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Islamic Human Rights Commission
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26 November 2008
What’s New at www.ihrc.org.uk?
In this ‘What’s New’ an alert requesting your nominations for the 2008 Islamophobia awards. You will also find campaign update alerts regarding prisoners of faith. The articles section encompasses a series of articles on the human rights situation in Occupied Palestine, Guantanamo Bay, Sudan, US, Tunisia, Turkey, and Niger. There are further articles concerning the UK-Israeli dispute on the export of Israeli produce made in ‘territories’ beyond Israel’s 1967 borders. Another highlight of this month’s ‘What’s New’ is Ralph Nader’s thought provoking open letter to President-Elect Obama on reviving the Israel-Palestine issue. Lastly, “Teachers told to spy on five year old Muslim pupil” is the title of an article on the government’s ghastly move in its new controversial de-radicalisation guidelines.
Alerts
Briefing
Articles
Alerts
Alert: Send your nominations for the Islamophobia Awards 2008
21 November 2008
IHRC welcomes your nominations for our annual Islamophobia Awards. Please choose a nominee for any or each of five geographical categories.
https://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=3794
Alert: Morocco – Dozens of Islamic schools shut down
18 November 2008
Following statements made by a religious leader in Morocco, authorities have ordered the closure of dozens of religious schools in the country.
https://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=3773
URGENT ALERT UPDATE: UK – Amended Lloyds TSB contact in relation to Interpal case
17 November 2008
Campaigners writing to Lloyds TSB regarding the current Interpal case should be advised of an important change of contacts.
https://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=3765
Campaign Update: Prisoners of Faith (USA) – Imam Jamil Al-Amin: Imam Jamil replies to IHRC Eid card, fact sheet with updates online
30 October 2008
Imam Jamil sends message to the ummah in a reply to an IHRC Eid card. Also, a fact sheet with updated information on Imam Jamil’s case is now available online.
https://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=3739
Update Alert: Libya – More refugees removed from detention for resettlement
30 October 2008
More good news – some detained refugees removed from Misratah detention centre for resettlement elsewhere.
https://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=3740
Campaign Update: Prisoners of Faith – Sheikh Omar Abdul Rahman’s health deteriorates
30 October 2008
Recent reports state that health of the elderly Egyptian sheikh, Omar Abdul Rahman, deteriorates in prison.
https://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=3741
Briefing
Bahrain; Failed Political Experiment; Serious HR Violations
21 October 2008
This seminar was organised by Lord Avebury, the Vice-Chairman of the Parliamentary Human Rights Group, on Thursday 21st August 2008
https://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=3703
Articles
Israel worried that UK pressure will harm exports to Europe
19 November 2008
The old disagreement between Israel and the European Union Over exports from the “territories” – areas beyond Israel’s pre-1967 borders – has resurfaced, this time courtesy of Britain.
https://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=3781
Teachers told to spy on five year old Muslim pupils
31 October 2008
New controversial guidelines issued by Schools Secretary Ed Balls as part of the Government’s “de-radicalisation” strategy have been greeted with a certain amount of caution and cynicism from teachers and Muslims alike.
https://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=3793
Terror suspect ‘unfit for trial’
18 November 2008
A Pakistani scientist accused oh having links to the al-Qaeda leadership has been deemed by US psychiatrists as mentally unfit to stand trial.
https://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=3772
Study finds ex-Guantanamo prisoners broken
18 November 2008
LOS ANGELES, (Xinhua): Many of the prisoners released from the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba are physically and psychologically traumatized, debt-ridden and shunned in their communities as terrorist suspects, a study showed.
https://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=3791
Israeli Government Criticizes UK Governments Move to Clearly Label Settlement Made Products
17 November 2008
Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told her British counterpart David Miliband this week that the UK was taking an “exaggerated” stance with its initiative to clearly label agricultural produce originating in Israel’s West Bank colonies as such.
https://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=3776
An orphaned Koranic prodigy finds his place in the world
17 November 2008
A Hong Kong mosque rallies to save Umar Khatab – who has nearly memorized the whole Muslim holy book – from being sent back to Pakistan where he has no family to care for him.
https://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=3789
Sudan declares Darfur ceasefire
12 November 2008
Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir has announced an immediate ceasefire in the Darfur region of western Sudan.
https://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=3758
REASON #3947 TO BE LIBERTARIAN
09 November 2008
The price of freedom is eternal vigilance–not just against foreign influence, but also against our own governments.
https://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=3756
Reviving the Israel-Palestine Issue: Nader’s Letter to Obama
06 November 2008
A reader from Pennsylvania passes on a portion of Ralph Nader’s open letter to Barack Obama.
https://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=3757
21 Islamists pardoned and freed in Tunisia
05 November 2008
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) – Authorities in Tunisia have pardoned and released 21 people sentenced to long prison terms for belonging to a banned Islamist party, a government official said on Wednesday.
https://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=3760
Smith orders inquiry into MI5 and CIA torture claims
30 October 2008
Investigation into possible criminal wrongdoing. Guantanamo campaigner welcomes decision.
https://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=3748
Niger guilty in landmark slavery
27 October 2008
Judgment on Niger’s failure to protect slave girl has major implications for tens of thousands of slaves in west Africa
https://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=3731
Police will use new device to take fingerprints in street
27 October 2008
Civil rights campaigners say images must not be added to databases
https://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=3730
Turkish prime ministers attempt to lift ban on headscarves ruled antisecular
24 October 2008
Court said Erdogan’s party violated secular laws but did not incite violence.
https://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=3737
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