IHRC Interview on Forced Marriages – BBC One Six O’Clock News

August 4, 2000

Courtesy BBC Online.

A History of Muslims in Australia

July 1, 2000

Bilal Cleland’s excellent history of the Muslim presence and participation in Australian society.

Anti-Muslim Hostility & Discrimination in the UK, 2000

February 16, 2000

In pursuing its aims, the IHRC has dealt with numerous cases of discrimination, and incitement to hostility, against Muslims in the U.K.

Report of IHRC Observer into the Trial of Huda Kaya and the Malatya 75

July 1, 1999

Osama Daneshyar’s 1999 report into the trial of Huda Kaya and the Malatya 75, 51 of whom faced the death penalty for participating in a peaceful demonstration in support of women suspended from university for wearing hijab.

Turkey Unveiled: The Treatment and Welfare of Political Prisoners

June 1, 1999

An overview of the treatment of prisoners held for their beliefs in Turkey in the late 1990s.

Other Voices in the Garden: Why Muslim Women Don’t Have Human Rights

March 1, 1999

Arzu Merali argues that the current human rights discourse discriminates against Muslim and ‘other’ women. Download the report here. The report uses Iran and Turkey as examples in some points as well as referring to the case of Gul Aslan. Arzu cites Katerina Dalacoura’s studies

A Brief History of Palestine

February 28, 1999

Shelina Janmohammed gives a short chronicle of Palestinian aspiration and nationhood, and the atrocities committed against it. Download the report here.