Palestine

Genocide Memorial Day to remember horrors of Gaza

IHRC is pleased to announce that its sixteenth annual Genocide Memorial Day will take place on Sunday, 19 January. This year’s theme is ‘Resisting Genocide’. Fifteen months after it started, Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza ploughs forward relentlessly. Despite the ICJ finding a plausible

Little Heroes, Big Voices: Poems for Palestine Workshop

Join us for an interactive poetry workshop with Anika Wadood, to explore your creativity and emotions through the art of poetry. WHEN: Thursday, 10 April, 2025 WHERE: IHRC Bookshop (202 Preston Road, Wembley, HA9 8PA) WHO’S INVITED: for ages 7 to 14 (parents are welcome

Event Report: Islamophobia Conference 2024

IHRC held the 11th annual Islamophobia Conference on Saturday, 14 and Sunday, 15 December 2024. Entitled, The Vanishing Public Muslim, the focus of the conference was what it means for Muslims when they exercise their rights, particularly those in the Western hemisphere and claim to

IHRC urges boycott of official Holocaust commemorations

IHRC is urging local government and other organisations to boycott the official 2025 Holocaust commemorations after the government-led charity that presides over Holocaust Memorial Day refused to include Gaza among the genocides being marked. In a letter to 460 councils and universities across the UK,

Letter re Holocaust Memorial Day to councils and universities

17 December 2024 To whom it may concern Dear Sir/Madam   The front page of the official Holocaust Memorial Day website describes its mission as follows: “to remember the 6 million Jews murdered during the Holocaust, alongside the millions of people murdered under Nazi persecution

Letter to Holocaust Memorial Day Trust re Gaza genocide

Holocaust Memorial Day Trust PO Box 61074 London SE1P 5BX   27 November 2024   Dear Sir or Madam, Absence of the ongoing genocide in Gaza from the list of genocides mentioned by HMD The front page of the official Holocaust Memorial Day website describes

Syria statement

The Islamic Human Rights Commission affirms the fundamental right of both the Syrian and Palestinian people to resist oppression and tyranny and live a dignified existence. Justice and moral consistency demand that we cannot trade one people’s rights away to secure another’s.  Yet once more