Nigeria court acquits last indicted Islamic Movement members

21 February, 2020

PRESS RELEASE: IHRC welcomes the decision by a court in Nigeria today ordering the release of the last remaining Islamic Movement members detained following a government massacre of the group’s supporters in 2015. 87 members of the movement were acquitted and discharged by the Kaduna

IHRC urges end to sham trial of Sheikh Zakzaky

5 February, 2020

PRESS RELEASE: IHRC is calling on the Nigerian authorities to free the imprisoned leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim el-Zakzaky, and his spouse ahead of their appearance in court this Thursday 6 Feb in a politically motivated trial. The pair face charges

IHRC writes to Buhari seeking Zakzakys release

29 January, 2020

PRESS RELEASE: IHRC has written to the Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari urging him to release the imprisoned leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and his wife Zeenah al-Zakzaky. The letter is the latest in a long line correspondence with Buhari and

IHRC urges release of Kosovo social media poster

28 January, 2020

PRESS RELEASE: IHRC has written to the Kosovan ambassador in London to expressing deep concern over the unlawful arrest, detention and mistreatment of Ikballe Berisha Huduti by the Kosovan authorities on 7 January 2020 after a comment she posted on social media about the extra-judicial

IHRC welcomes ICJ ruling on Rohingya genocide

23 January, 2020

PRESS RELEASE: IHRC cautiously welcomes today’s ruling by the International Court of Justice ordering the government of Myanmar to prevent genocidal violence against its Rohingya Muslim minority and preserve any evidence of past crimes. We are pleased that the decision in the United Nations’ highest

Genocide Memorial Day successfully marked

23 January, 2020

PRESS RELEASE: The annual Genocide Memorial Day in London passed off peacefully without incident at the weekend with an international panel of speakers sharing damning views about how economic sanctions have and continue to contribute towards genocides against developing world peoples. An attentive audience heard

Report: UK failing in human rights obligations

21 January, 2020

PRESS RELEASE 16 January 2020 The marked deterioration in racial/religious equality in Britain for Muslims over the last four years is the subject of a IHRC report submitted to a United Nations committee looking at how far the nation is meeting its human rights obligations.

Launch of new book examining US exceptionalism

20 January, 2020

PRESS RELEASE IHRC will host author Saeed A. Khan next week to launch a new book looking at US exceptionalism through the prism of colonialism. In 2018, IHRC held the conference The New Colonialism: The American Model of Human Rights, to unmask the systemic problems