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Pakistan: IHRC urges President Zardari to protect Parachinar Shia

IHRC has urged the Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari to take immediate action to restore peace and order to the city of Parachinar which has recently the subject of a suffocating blockade and horrific massacres of its citizens. In a letter to the president, IHRC

Anti-genocide conference passes Holocaust memorial boycott resolution

Attendees of the 16th Genocide Memorial Day (GMD) in London last weekend passed a resolution requiring GMD to urge all faith leaders to ensure that Holocaust Memorials also include the ongoing genocide in Gaza. The annual Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) will take place on Monday

King urged to include Gaza genocide in Holocaust memorial

Scores of academics, activists and celebrities are supporting a call for King Charles to overturn the decision by the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust not to include Gaza among the genocides it will remember in this year’s official memorial. The annual Holocaust Memorial Day will take

Independent reviewer asked to examine abuse of anti-terror laws

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

Genocide Memorial Day to remember horrors of Gaza

IHRC is pleased to announce that its sixteenth annual Genocide Memorial Day will take place on Sunday, 19 January. This year’s theme is ‘Resisting Genocide’. Fifteen months after it started, Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza ploughs forward relentlessly. Despite the ICJ finding a plausible

IHRC urges boycott of official Holocaust commemorations

IHRC is urging local government and other organisations to boycott the official 2025 Holocaust commemorations after the government-led charity that presides over Holocaust Memorial Day refused to include Gaza among the genocides being marked. In a letter to 460 councils and universities across the UK,

Defending your rights!

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

Islamophobia conference to discuss crackdown on Muslim expression

A stellar panel of speakers is lined up to present papers at the annual Islamophobia Conference this weekend. Among the luminaries are the acclaimed anti-Zionist historian, Prof. Ilan Pappé, former Bristol University academic Prof. David Miller, decolonial thinker Prof. Ramon Grosfoguel and Imam Dawud Walid