Background A highly educated academic and mother of three, Dr. Aafia Siddiqui was abducted by the American government in Pakistan and was the first woman subjected to the full rendition to torture programme by the USA. Her children were taken – her 6-year-old son imprisoned.
Britain’s Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation is being urged to examine the misuse of anti-terrorism legislation to suppress protests and direct action against the genocide in Gaza. IHRC has written to Jonathan Hall KC asking that he urgently looks into the case of the Filton
Jonathan Hall KC Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation 6KBW College Hill 21 College Hill EC4R 2RP 9 January 2025 By email: Jonathan.Hall@6kbw.com Dear Mr Hall, Incarceration of the Filton 10 Activists I am writing to express my profound concern regarding the arrest and detention of
IHRC was the first Muslim organisation to address human rights issues from an Islamic perspective, and for 28 years, we have been championing justice and Muslim causes all over the world! The events of the last year have served as a painful and jolting
When it is said to them: “Make not mischief on the earth,” they say: “Why, we only want to make peace!” Unquestionably, they are the ones who make mischief, but they realise (it) not. (Quran 2:11-12) IHRC is calling on the UK and the
IHRC has written to the British Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, warning of the chilling implications of the government’s purge on pro-Palestine activists and journalists. Referring to the recent arrests/charging of Craig Murray, Richard Barnard, a co-founder of Palestine Action, Sarah Wilkinson, and fellow journalist cum
Camila Turner of The Daily Telegraph contacted IHRC for comment about its letter to the UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper about the recent riots, which included the well documented statement that some of the far-right fomenting the violence are supported by non-UK based pro-Israel /
The full second report, on curtailment of pro-Palestine support by UK, France and Germany, was published in August 2024 as ‘The Authoritarian Drift of the European Democratic State: the Crackdown on Pro-Palestine Movements – Part 2’, can be downloaded below alongside other resources. This second
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