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Shrinking of civic space should ring alarm bells

29 JULY 2020 PRESS RELEASE: The finding by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) that the spaces in which civic organisations can safely operate have shrunk yet again should ring alarm bells in the Union. According to the second annual consultation carried out by

IHRC urges Buhari to free Zakzakys on eve of trial

PRESS RELEASE: IHRC has again written to the President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, urging him to free the leader of the country’s Islamic Movement, Sheikh Ibrahim el-Zakzaky and his wife Mallima Zeenah and end their near five-year ordeal. The couple remain in custody in Kaduna

IHRC welcomes compensation order against Nigerian police over killings

PRESS RELEASE – IHRC welcomes today’s decision by the Federal High Court in Nigeria to award compensation to the families of four men gunned down by police in Abuja last year as they protested the continued detention of a detained political leader. Suleiman Shehu, Mahdi

IHRC report details systematic state campaign to erase Uighur identity

PRESS RELEASE: IHRC has published a new report into the massive social engineering campaign being carried out by Chinese authorities against the Uighur inhabitants of its north western Xinjiang province. Based on first hand accounts of locals who have escaped the iron grip of Beijing,

Racism in the USA

[2 June 2020]With regard to the ongoing protests against the murder of George Floyd, systemic racism and police brutality in the USA, IHRC Chair Massoud Shadjareh said: “This moment in US history is crucial. The US’ foundational system of oppression based on racism and otherisation

Huge global online event to mark Al-Quds Day

PRESS RELEASE – PALESTINE/WORLDWIDE: The annual Al-Quds Day to show solidarity with the people of Palestine will be marked with a huge online event With lockdowns and public gathering restrictions in place in many countries in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Al-Quds Day has been

Al-Quds Day goes online with huge global event

PRESS RELEASE : A huge online event will take place this week to mark Al-Quds Day and show solidarity with the people of Palestine. With lockdowns and public gathering restrictions in place in many countries in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Al-Quds Day has been