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Metropolitan Police accused of racialising Palestine demonstrations

Twelve British human rights and media organisations have written to the head of the Metropolitan Police, Sir Mark Rowley, to protest about the force’s handling of pro-Palestine demonstrations in the capital. They accuse the Metropolitan Police, itself reeling under recent racism scandals, of bias in

New anti-Israeli boycott list issued

IHRC and InMinds have launched a new series of leaflets identifying companies for boycott because of their continued support for the apartheid state of Israel. The companies have all been selected on the basis of their size and the level of support they have provided

Boycott Genocide

Israel is committing genocide right now, openly in front of the world. Our governments are refusing to support a ceasefire to end the genocide, instead they are cheer leading the slaughter, providing arms and political cover so that Israel can continue exterminating Palestinians with impunity.

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FA asked to explain Palestinians’ omission from minute’s silence

IHRC has asked the Football Association to explain why it excluded Palestinians killed in the conflict in the holy land from a one minute’s silence it held for victims ahead of the recent international match between England and Italy. The silence was held to remember

Global call for UN to act now over Gaza war crimes

Over 300 prominent activists, politicians, academic and religious figures from all over the world have come together to make an urgent plea to the United Nations to use its offices to bring an immediate end to the “bloodbath” in Gaza. Spearheaded by the IHRC, the

IHRC refers European states’ attacks on Palestine supporters to UN

In view of the deteriorating climate for human rights activists in Europe supporting Palestine, IHRC has today written to the United Nations seeking its intervention to protect fundamental human rights. The letter serves notice of our intention to document the attacks on freedoms by the

Sheikh Zakzaky arrives in Iran for medical treatment

After a long battle with the Nigerian authorities to recover their travel documents the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim el-Zakzaky has arrived in Iran together with his wife to receive much needed medical treatment. The pair touched down in Tehran on