IHRC at EU – What we do

April 14, 2021

Information about IHRC’s advocacy acitivities with the EU institutions

To contact the IHRC at EU team, please email the EU Officer, Caterina Aiena on caterina[AT]ihrc.org. For media enquiries, and / or to be added to the IHRC at EU media email list please email the Press Officer media[AT]ihrc.org. Subscribe to our mailing list here,

Campaigning for political activists and human rights defenders

April 14, 2021

Since 2015, IHRC has undertaken a campaign work in support of Sheikh Ibrahim el-Zakzaky and Mallama Zeenah along with other Islamic Movement of Nigeria activists, who have been detained in Nigeria and illegally detained and targeted by State violence and brutality. The campaign has been

Report on Anti-Muslim Hatred and Discrimination

April 6, 2021

Prepared and submitted to the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief on 30 November 2020 by the Islamic Human Rights Commission (UK) Prepared in response to a consultation, this report overviews a working definition of Islamophobia, its various manifestations and ways to tackle

Murderous police attacks continue ahead of Zakzakys’ trial

March 30, 2021

Violence aimed at quelling protests aimed at the release of Sheikh Ibrahim el-Zakzaky and his wife Mallima Zeenah is continuing in Nigeria ahead of the couple’s scheduled appearance in court tomorrow. At least one person, Muhsin Jafar, was killed in the capital yesterday when police

UK- Williamson needs to retract his statement on Batley Grammar School incident

March 26, 2021

PRESS RELEASE IHRC is deeply concerned at the statements by Gavin Williamson, Secretary of State for Education, that effectively accuses concerned parents of violence against the school and making threats. Neither of these claims seems substantiated by video footage* of the parent protest outside the

Mahal: a Gap Year in the Killing Fields

February 25, 2021

PRESS RELEASE The role of British citizens joining the Israeli armed forces and committing atrocities while in uniform is to come under scrutiny this weekend in a live webinar hosted by IHRC. A panel of experts will look at the Mahal programme under which scores

Two confirmed dead as police fire at pro-Zakzaky protestors

January 26, 2021

PRESS RELEASE Police have shot and killed two protestors in the Nigerian capital demonstrating against the continued detention of Sheikh Ibrahim el-Zakzaky and his wife Mallima Zeenah after their trial was adjourned again today. Reports from the Maitama district of Abuja say there are many