Amnesty welcomes the end of forced cremations as a campaign victory

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President Joe Biden rescinded the Trump administration’s discriminatory entry bans on his first day in office.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...

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...

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...

As referendum projections indicated approval of a face-covering ban, Amnesty International urged Swiss authorities to protect Muslim women’s fundamental rights. It argued that the measure...

Human Rights Watch and Stanford Law School’s Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Clinic published a report assessing abuses against Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang. They concluded that...

The Quebec Superior Court struck down some parts of Bill 21 while leaving most of the religious-symbol restrictions intact. The Canadian Civil Liberties Association, litigating with NCCM and Muslim...