Open letters

Open Letters

Letter to Foreign Sec James Cleverly MP re Prof. Awad al-Qarni

Rt Hon. James Cleverly MP Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs House of Commons London SW1A 0AA 6 February 2023 By email: fcdo.correspondence@fcdo.gov.uk   Dear Mr Cleverly, I am writing to urge your intervention to help prevent the execution of a prominent

Letter to President HRC re Prof. Awad al-Qarni

H. E. Ambassador Václav Bálek President of the UN Human Rights Council Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Palais des Nations CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland ohchr-registry@un.org   Your Excellency, I am writing to urge your intervention to help prevent the

Open Letter: The OIC Must Stand for Palestine, Now More than Ever

HE Hissein Brahim Taha Secretary General Organisation of Islamic Cooperation P.O.Box 178 Jeddah 21411 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia   11 August 2022   Your Excellency, OIC solidarity with the people of Palestine It seems a never-ending story. Again, Israeli aircraft are bombarding Gaza, killing children,

Letter to UK supermarkets re Israeli dates

Dear Sir/Madam I am writing to you out of concern pertaining to some of the dates that you may be selling. Many dates that are sold in supermarkets today are from Israeli companies, grown on settlements that are illegal by International Law. In fact, 60%

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Letter to PM Boris Johnson over planned visit to Saudi Arabia

Rt. Hon. Boris Johnson MP Prime Minister 10 Downing Street London SW1A 2AA 15 March 2022   Dear Mr. Johnson, Re: Planned visit to Saudi Arabia The execution of 81 prisoners by Saudi Arabia on March 12 is a timely reminder why you should call

Letter to Bristol University re David Miller dismissal

Professor Hugh Brady Vice-Chancellor and President University of Bristol 11 October 2021 Re: Dismissal of Professor David Miller Dear Professor Brady, We, the undersigned, are writing to protest in the strongest possible terms your decision to sack Prof David Miller. Prof Miller’s dismissal followed a

Letter to Jewish Chronicle

The Editor, Jewish Chronicle In a scurrilous report on September 25th (SOAS professor calls Israel a “Western virus”) Lee Harpin claims that to criticise Israel is antisemitic, which is total nonsense. All states are open to criticism and such claims have not been made in