Contents
1. Intro
2. Alerts
3. Press Release
4. Campaigns
5. IHRC in Media
6. Multimedia – Videos
7. Multimedia – Pictures
8. Event Report
9. Comment
10. Upcoming Events
11. Shop
1. Intro
Join IHRC and Sandew Hira in London or Birmingham this September. Following the success of last year’s course, IHRC is delighted to be holding more Decolonising the Mind courses led by Sandew Hira from the International Institute for Scientific Research in the Netherlands. As well as the Visionary Exhibition Launch more information below.
In the UK, the case of the Butcher of Gujarat, Narendra Modi, has reared its head again, with an invitation being extended to him to come to the UK. Below we link to our report from 2003 on the horrors of the 2002 massacres. Protest against invitation to Narendra Modi is just one of the events taking place this month, read more in the upcoming events section.
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2. Alerts
Action Alert: USA – Campaign for the release of Lynne Stewart
Support Lynne Stewart by writing to the Prison Governor for her release.
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Free Advice Surgeries – London, UK
Islamic Human Rights Commission offers free weekly Information and Advice surgeries every Wednesday. Our professional caseworkers can provide people with information and advice on a whole range of issues.
Our service is confidential, independent and free.
3. Press Release
Forwarded Press Release: UK – Protest against invitation to Modi is still on
Protest on 9 September against invitation to Narendra Modi by British MP Barry Gardiner.
The protest against Barry Gardiner’s invitation to Modi is still going on as planned on 9 September, 2013[1]
South Asia Solidarity Group said ‘in the face of so much opposition to the invitation to Modi, Barry Gardiner has now released a statement saying that Modi is unable to come in the next few weeks. But we are continuing our campaign demanding that the invitation is officially withdrawn and not repeated. Modi has already tried to make political capital in India from this invitation, and we need to send a clear message that he is not welcome here’
4. Campaigns
A collection of resources and links from IHRC in relation to the events taking place in Myanmar.
Follow the latest campaign actions and information on the political trials.
Find out more about Lynne and join the campaign for her release.
IHRC is urging campaigners to contact the prison where Lynne Stewart is held, and to Lynne herself to show support to this tireless campaigner for justice.
Send a pack to a prisoner this Eid
Following the successful distribution of Eid packs to 600 prisoners for the last two years (see below), IHRC is organising to send more packs for Eid ul Adha 2013. If you would like to donate please call us on +44 20 8904 4222 or email advocacy[AT]ihrc.org or donate on-line here.
You can pay for 10 packs at £50, 20 packs at £100 or 100 packs at £500. If you want to donate a different amount please call us.
Know Your Rights: Schedule 7 Resources
A compilation of resources and links from IHRC in relation to the Schedule 7 and know your rights.
5. IHRC in Media
NYPD spying on Mosques is ‘outrageous’
Massoud Shadjareh, IHRC’s chairman talking to Press TV on NYPD targeting Muslim instituitions.
The New York Police Department’s massive spying on mosques in the New York area and secretly earmarking them as terrorism organizations is “outrageous”, a human rights activist tells Press TV.
6. Multimedia – Video
G4S Protest London HQ 30 Aug 2013
Free the Hares Boys & Free the Nablus 3 – Protest G4S complicity in their torture.
Protesting the collaboration and complicity of G4S in the incarceration and torture of defenceless Palestinians, and specifically Palestinian women and children, which the cowardly Zionist regime sadistically targets in order to frighten and intimidate the remaining population, those which it has not yet succeeded in murdering or chasing out from the land it stole from them.
Author evening with Joe Glenton
IHRC hosted an author evening with Joe Glenton, ex-soldier, writer and film maker to discuss his book ‘Soldier Box’. On Wednesday 28th August 2013 IHRC hosted an author evening with Joe Glenton, ex-soldier, writer and film maker to discuss his book ‘Soldier Box’.
In his book Glenton reveals why he left the army, and the personal war he faced fighting for his convictions. What he saw overseas in Afghanistan and Kenya left him disillusioned and he returned manifesting symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. Refusing a second tour to Afghanistan, he went AWOL and left the country, but returned voluntarily to fight his case with the military accusing him of desertion. Despite being threatened with years in prison, he continued to speak out and won the support of many of his fellow soldiers. He was eventually incarcerated for five months.
7. Multimedia – Pictures
Free the Hares Boys & Free the Nablus 3
Vigils for Palestine – Protest G4S complicity in their torture, Friday 30th August 5-7pm – G4S Headquarters
8. Event Report
Event Report: Author evening with Joe Glenton
IHRC hosted an author evening with Joe Glenton, ex-soldier, writer and film maker to discuss his book ‘Soldier Box’. On Wednesday 28th August 2013 IHRC hosted an author evening with Joe Glenton, ex-soldier, writer and film maker to discuss his book ‘Soldier Box’.
In his book Glenton reveals why he left the army, and the personal war he faced fighting for his convictions. What he saw overseas in Afghanistan and Kenya left him disillusioned and he returned manifesting symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. Refusing a second tour to Afghanistan, he went AWOL and left the country, but returned voluntarily to fight his case with the military accusing him of desertion. Despite being threatened with years in prison, he continued to speak out and won the support of many of his fellow soldiers. He was eventually incarcerated for five months.
9. Comment
The Palestinian Genocide by Israel
1948 Genocide Convention in relation to Palestine and Kuala Lumpur.
10. Upcoming Events
Barry Gardiner: Withdraw your invitation to the ‘butcher of Gujarat’!-PROTEST
Protest against invitation to Narendra Modi
Monday 9 September 2013, 11:30 AM – 1 PM, at Barry Gardiner MP’s surgery, Brent Civic Centre, Engineers Way, Wembley HA9 0FJ
Nearest Tube Station: Wembley Park (see map http://www.brent.gov.uk/
Protest in solidarity with hunger strikers in Israeli prisons
Upcoming protest on Friday 13th September 4.30-6.30pm – Royal Jordanian Airlines.
Protest in solidarity with hunger striker Alaa Hammad & other 25 Jordanians in Israeli prisons #ShameOnJordan
Friday 13th September 4.30-6.30pm – Space One
Space One, 1 Beadon Road, London W6 0ER
Closest tube station : Hammersmith
We will protest in solidarity with Ala’ Hammad’s continued hunger strike, and for the child prisoner Mohammad Mehdi Saleh Suleiman and for the missing son Laith Al-Kinani and for the release of all the Palestinian prisoners. Lets not fail them, please join us on this protest.
Decolonising the Mind – Training Course
Join IHRC and Sandew Hira in London or Birmingham this September. Following the success of last year’s course, IHRC is delighted to be holding more Decolonising the Mind courses led by Sandew Hira from the International Institute for Scientific Research in the Netherlands.
Decolonizing Postcolonial Studies and the Paradigms of Political-Economy
Evening with Ramon Grosfoguel on the current academic paradigms from a decolonial perspective.
Ramón Grosfoguel: Decolonizing Postcolonial Studies and the Paradigms of Political-Economy
Tuesday 10 December 2013, 6.45pm – 8.45pm (GMT) at the IHRC Bookshop & Gallery
Watch live on www.ihrc.tv.
11. Shop
The September 11 anniversary is almost upon us. Most people associate this day with the World Trade Center attacks. But before 2001, September 11 was already a day of infamy for Latin America and Chile in particular. On that day in 1973, General Augusto Pinochet led a US-backed coup against the popularly elected government of Salvador Allende, and thus began his repressive 17-year dicatorship. Take a look at Chile: The Other September 11
Similar titles:
Being Luis: a Chilean life by Luis Munoz
A powerful account of a life that reflects recent Chilean history from the 1960s to the present through the author’s extraordinary personal experiences.
Salvador Allende: Revolutionary Democrat by Victor Figueroa Clark
This is a political biography of the president of Chile until he was ousted by General Pinochet in a US-supported coup in 1973.
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