IHRC is saddened to learn of the death of the veteran US civil rights campaigner Imam Jamil Al-Amin. The outspoken campaigner for justice died yesterday in a federal jail after a long struggle with bad health. Better known as H Rap Brown prior to his
Join IHRC for the 12th annual Islamophobia conference this December, titled ‘From Freedom to Comfort: How the State Redefined Conscience as Extremism’. At the core of what it is and what it means to be human is our possession of a conscience. It allows one
The Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP Home Office 2 Marsham Street London SW1P 4DF shabana.mahmood.mp@parliament.uk 8 October 2025 Dear Home Secretary, RE: Disparity proves anti-terror laws are unnecessary, discriminatory political theatre I write on behalf of the Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC)
The Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) is pleased to announce its seventeenth Annual Genocide Memorial Day, which will take place on Sunday, 18 January 2026. This year’s theme is ‘Genocide 2026: How did we get here?’ focusing on the ongoing genocide in Gaza. The genocide in
The Rt Hon. Sir Keir Starmer MP Prime Minister 10 Downing Street London SW1A 2AA 6 October 2025 Dear Prime Minister We are writing to demand your immediate intervention to establish the whereabouts and safety of British nationals abducted by Israeli forces last week
IHRC has written to the prime minister Keir Starmer to demand his urgent intervention in securing the safety and release of UK nationals detained by Israel after soldiers stormed the vessels they were sailing in to attempt to break the blockade of Gaza. Several British
IHRC is among over 200 international figures and organisations that have come together to write to the United Nations demanding that it fulfil the purpose for which it was created and rein in the out of control Israeli state. The signatories, who come from 29
To: His Excellency Mr António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations Subject: An Appeal for the Dismantling of Apartheid and the End of Impunity Excellency, We write to you at a moment of grave historical reckoning, when silence has become complicity and hesitation a betrayal
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