A Message on the UK Riots
August 6, 2024
IHRC has been warning about the environment of hate in the UK for 25 years. We are not surprised by what is happening on our streets. Here’s our message
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IHRC warns of racial “tipping point” after Southport mob violence
July 31, 2024
Last night’s attack on a Southport mosque by a far right mob intent on weaponising the horrific murder of three children is the latest warning that racialised minorities, especially Muslims, are no longer safe in Britain. No sooner had news broken of the attack on
UK – IHRC demands GM Police investigate systemic culture of abuse
July 25, 2024
Islamophobic violence as evidenced in Manchester airport attacks likely tip of the iceberg IHRC has written to the of Chief Constable  Greater Manchester Police Stephen Watson demanding immediate action following the footage from Manchester Airport yesterday showing officers kick and stomp on an arrestee’s head
Alert – Take action against the Tajikistan’s Islamophobic ban on the hijab
July 19, 2024
Summary The Tajikistani government is taking extreme measures to ban the practising of Islam from the country. This includes enforcing a hijab ban. Join us in opposing this. Background On 20th June 2024, the Tajikistani government banned the hijab (headscarf) considered to be a
IHRC writes to Met police chief over Islamophobic attacks on Iranian voters
July 3, 2024
IHRC has written to the head of the Metropolitan Police in London, Sir Mark Rowley, to protest about the force’s failure to adequately police voting by Iranian nationals at the country’s embassy in London. At least two people were physically attacked by an anti-Iranian government
American Imperialism and Eid Book Recommendations
May 27, 2024
Since today is National Memorial Day in the USA and 29 May 2024 is the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, we have prepared a list of recommendations on American imperialism. National Day honours all the US military personnel that died while serving the US
Telling Tales of the ‘British’ Nation: The Michaela School Moment and the End of Minority Rights
May 22, 2024
Arzu Merali looks at how the Michaela School judgment fits into new narratives of nation in the UK, and how it heralds the collapse of minority rights norms. Who gets to explain what Britain is? A country supposedly with some of the highest levels of
Gaza and the Politics of Genocide Recognition
May 22, 2024
Afroze F Zaidi argues that Western countries refusal to use the term genocide to describe events in Gaza is a nod to their complicity not only in the ongoing slaughter but a reminder of its place in the recent histories of colonialism, recompense for which
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