Mixed reaction from human rights group after Commonwealth meeting.

The Islamic Human Rights Commission notes that despite the release of some political prisoners in Nigeria, no Muslims from the Muslim Brotherhood, held simply for their beliefs have been released by the junta.

The attempted introduction of so-called anti-terror legislation by the government next week, is being strongly opposed by the Islamic Human Rights Commission.

Muslims in South Africa have become subject to a backlash after the Planet Hollywood restaurant bombing which took place on Tuesday 25 August in Cape Town.

Gul Aslan, a Turkish journalist jailed for over three years, without charge was released Friday, August 20. Aslan was one of the Prisoners of Faith visited by IHRC observers on their fact-finding trip to Turkey last year.

IHRC comment on the US attack against Al-Shifa Pharmaceutical Factory in Khartoum, Sudan.

The Islamic Human Rights Commission is calling on the new Nigerian regime of General Abubakr Salamu to release Mu’allim Ibrahim Al-Zakzaky, the leader of Nigeria’s Islamic opposition, and all political prisoners from the Muslim Brotherhood.

Security measures based on prejudice, not preparation.