UN experts raise concerns over compulsory cremation

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...

President Joe Biden rescinded the Trump administration’s discriminatory entry bans on his first day in office. The ACLU welcomed the change as a victory for immigrant communities and advocates while...

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...

UN Special Rapporteur Ahmed Shaheed presented his report on countering Islamophobia and anti-Muslim hatred to the Human Rights Council. He connected discrimination with stereotypes that construct...