How states sanitise genocide and genocidal acts

November 22, 2021

In line with the aim of the annual event which aims to raise awareness of genocide so that new generations can understand the causes and recognise the warning signs of such atrocities, this year’s theme is the sanitisation of genocides and genocidal acts. Wherever and

Police urged to resist ministers’ calls to investigate anti-Israel protest

November 11, 2021

PRESS RELEASE – IHRC has written to the Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick over calls from government ministers for the police to investigate university students demonstrating against the presence of Israeli ambassador to the UK, Tzipi Hotovely, at a university event in London on Tuesday

EVENT NOTICE: Can Muslims and Minorities work with the Westernised Establishment?

November 5, 2021

Dates: 11 & 12 December Venue: Online ihrc.tv and YouTube and Facebook For press enquiries and to organise interviews please email media[AT]ihrc.org or call / message +447958607475. The annual Islamophobia conference takes place across 11 and 12 December 2021. Co-organised by Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC), Scotland Against Criminalising Communities (SACC) and the Decolonial

Zakzakys fight for return of passports

November 4, 2021

PRESS RELEASE – Nigerian security forces will answer in the Federal High Court tomorrow why they are not returning the passports of the recently freed leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim el-Zakzaky and his wife Mallimah Zeenah. Since the pair were released

Abused Israeli refusenik pleads to stay in Britain

October 27, 2021

PRESS RELEASE – The extensive violence faced by Israeli conscientious objectors will come under the spotlight today in a British court when a Jewish asylum seeker resumes his legal battle in a case that could have far-reaching repercussions for those seeking to flee the Zionist

Bristol University could lose millions over sacking of professor

October 26, 2021

PRESS RELEASE – Civil society organisations, scholars and activists from Malaysia have written to Bristol University threatening to lobby the government to stop sending students there unless it reinstates a professor sacked for criticising Israel and Zionism. Prof Miller, who was professor of political sociology

Bristol University faces boycott over sacking of academic

October 11, 2021

PRESS RELEASE – Civil society organisations and activists in the UK and overseas are threatening to organise a mass boycott of Bristol University unless it reverses its dismissal of a professor for his outspokenly critical stance on Israel. In a letter sent to the university

IHRC condemns bloody police attack on Nigeria rally

September 29, 2021

PRESS RELEASE: IHRC condemns the unprovoked and wanton attack yesterday by police against a Shia religious procession in Nigeria Eight people are now confirmed dead and many more injured after the attack by police on the peaceful procession in the capital, Abuja. Police opened fire