Biden rescinds entry bans after years of community resistance

After the French government’s December 2 dissolution decree against CCIF, Human Rights Watch warned that shutting the group threatened expression, association and religious freedom. It challenged...

Amnesty International condemned Sri Lanka’s mandatory cremation policy for people who died or were suspected of dying from COVID-19. It highlighted Muslim families’ distress and challenges brought...

Austria’s Constitutional Court annulled the prohibition on head coverings in primary schools that effectively targeted Muslim girls. It found violations of equality and religious freedom and...

The Muslim Council of Britain submitted a response to the Law Commission’s hate-crime consultation. It drew on experience of religiously and racially motivated abuse and problems in police...

The College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka issued a position statement opposing claims that burial of COVID-19 victims would spread the virus through groundwater. It supported allowing...

UN special-procedure mandate holders sent a joint communication to Sri Lanka concerning compulsory cremation and its impact on Muslims. The communication documented allegations about religious rights,...

The Canadian government announced its intention to make January 29 a National Day of Remembrance of the Quebec City Mosque Attack and Action Against Islamophobia. The announcement honored victims...

Human Rights Watch called attention to discriminatory laws and policies and biased investigations nearly a year after the Delhi violence. It argued that prejudice in state institutions enabled attacks...

Amnesty International welcomed Sri Lanka’s decision to end forced cremation of COVID-19 victims. It credited the sustained struggle of bereaved families, activists and Muslim community members for...

The Muslim Council of Britain launched Defining Islamophobia, examining the APPG on British Muslims’ definition and how to use it in practice. The report treated Islamophobia as racism targeting...