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The Islamic Human Rights Commission is an independent, non-profit, campaign, research and advocacy organization that struggles for justice, founded in 1997.
Jan 15 4 tweets 1 min read
IHRC is deeply concerned by the UK government's decision to proscribe Hizb ut-Tahrir as a terrorist organisation.

The use of anti-terrorism legislation to silence dissent and shrink civil society space has become one of the defining features of the time we live in.
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IHRC has flagged this issue up repeatedly, including in its 2019 briefing on shrinking civil society space.


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May 23, 2022 42 tweets 8 min read
"The Board of Deputies refused to answer question after question"

Update from Day 1 of Rev Stephen Sizer's Tribunal where the Board of Deputies of British Jews is accusing him of anti-Semitism.

Watch the full video fb.watch/dbtupycJVs/ or read the THREAD for key points 1/ This update is from Mick Napier of Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign, from Day 1 of Reverend Stephen Sizer's Tribunal at St Andrew's Church in London where the Board of Deputies of British Jews has complained that the pro-Palestinian Reverend of anti-Semitism...

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Aug 5, 2019 9 tweets 1 min read
[08.59 London / Abuja time] Updates on Sheikh #Zakzaky's hearing of 5 August can be found in this thread. [09.14] The lawyers are now in court