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FIFTY YEARS OF INTERNAL OPPRESSION

Celebrations of fifty years of the independence of India and the creation of Pakistan, serious human rights issues have been covered up by the respective governments and ignored by their Western supporters.

FEARS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN PAKISTAN

IHRC has grave concerns for the safety of several Muslim clerics, students and ordinary civilians detained under anti-terrorist legislation.

MUSLIMS WILL NEVER FORGET GENOCIDE

Islamic Human Rights Commission is organising a vigil outside No.10 Downing Street, to commemorate the second anniversary of the massacre of 10,000 men from the UN ‘safe-haven’ of Srebrenica in Bosnia.

VIGIL AGAINST HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN INDIA

The Islamic Human Rights Commission is organising a vigil outside the Indian High Commission in London, in protest at the continued curfew imposed on Muslims in Lucknow in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India.

FEARS FOR DETAINEES IN LUCKNOW

IHRC has grave concerns for the safety of several Muslims detained under Indian security legislation after police opened fire on two processions in the last week in Lucknow, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh in India.