Palestine

Activists demand answers over draconian policing of pro-Palestine march

A coalition of pro-Palestine organisations and activists has written to the Metropolitan Police chief Sir Mark Rowley to demand urgent answers over the draconian policing of the national demonstration for Palestine that took place in London on 18 January. Police made a total of 77

Letter to Metropolitan police re 18 January pro-Palestine demonstration

Tuesday 4th February 2025 New Scotland Yard, Victoria Embankment, London, SW1A 2JL   Dear Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley   We are writing to draw your attention to the procedural irregularities and the eventual draconian police tactics employed at the pro-Palestine demonstration in central London on

Jewish Chronicle article on IHRC and IHRC’s responses

On 27 January 2025, the Jewish Chronicle published a highly scurrilous attack on the IHRC and its chairman Massoud Shadjareh. The article is libellous and full of fabrications. Prior to the article being published the JC approached IHRC for comment. However it did not publish

King urged to include Gaza genocide in Holocaust memorial

Scores of academics, activists and celebrities are supporting a call for King Charles to overturn the decision by the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust not to include Gaza among the genocides it will remember in this year’s official memorial. The annual Holocaust Memorial Day will take

Genocide memorial to stress that “Never Again” also includes Gaza

The annual Genocide Memorial Day (GMD) will take place this Sunday, 19 January amid a raging controversy over the official Holocaust Memorial Day Trusts’ rejection of a call to include Gaza in its commemorations this year. The sixteenth GMD coincides with the beginning of the