Statements

Syria statement

The Islamic Human Rights Commission affirms the fundamental right of both the Syrian and Palestinian people to resist oppression and tyranny and live a dignified existence. Justice and moral consistency demand that we cannot trade one people’s rights away to secure another’s.  Yet once more

PM Starmer must commit now to arresting Israeli leaders

The arrest warrants issued today by the International Criminal Court against Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and erstwhile Yoav Gallant defence minister are long overdue. Usually, better late than never might be a justified reaction but in this instance it is more a case of too

IHRC demands end to unlawful arrests of pro-Palestine protestors

IHRC has written to the Metropolitan Police Chief, Sir Mark Rowley, protesting the continuing arrests of pro-Palestinian demonstrators in the capital. The letter addresses the latest arrest, which took place at Trafalgar Square on 6 October 2024, in which a protestor was arrested for chanting

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IHRC takes “Save Our Mosques” campaign to UN

IHRC has taken its “Save Our Mosques” campaign to the United Nations to highlight Britain’s free speech crackdown on the UK’s mosques. A side panel meeting today 7 October at 11am (GMT) will mark the first step in taking the fight against the British government

The world cannot afford to let Israel normalise genocide

Today the world crosses a shameful and dangerous threshold. Exactly one year after the beginning of a live-streamed genocide by Israeli forces against the Palestinians in Gaza, the industrial scale slaughter of men, women and children and the destruction of the essential conditions necessary for