PRESS RELEASE – UK/Gulf: Theresa May should cancel meeting with GCC leaders over human rights concerns

November 28, 2016

Theresa May’s decision shows a glaring disregard for human rights

Letter to Prime Minister concerning upcoming trip to Bahrain

November 28, 2016

In travelling to Bahrain May is effectively endorsing the al-Khalifa monarchy’s repression of its own people for nothing other than seeking to realise their fundamental human right to self-determination

PRESS RELEASE – UK/Saudi Arabia: Britain must halt arms sales to Saudi government after parliamentary report

September 8, 2016

A draft report by the cross party Committee on Arms Exports Control leaked to the press yesterday said it was likely British weapons had been used to violate international law

Letter to Prime Minister concerning support of Saudi Arabia’s human rights abuses

September 8, 2016

The argument that Britain needs to maintain a healthy relationship with Riyadh because this keeps us safe is actually the opposite of the truth

PRESS RELEASE – Saudi Arabia: UN urged to restore Riyadh to ‘child killer’ list

June 17, 2016

IHRC finds it deeply disturbing that the UN should cave in to what is essentially a campaign of blackmail led by Riyadh.

A Letter to the UN Secretary General concerning Saudi Arabia

June 17, 2016

IHRC writes to Ban Ki-moon concerning the removal of Saudi Arabia from a blacklist that had cited Riyadh for killing and maiming children in its continuing involvement in the civil war in Yemen