Documentaries

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Praying in Cordoba

Praying in Cordoba is a short reflection from four Muslims who visited the Grand Mosque, now known as the Mosque-Cathedral in Cordoba, Spain. A group of IHRC officers and advisors visited Cordoba in 2018. They share their reflections of visiting the so-called ‘Mosque-Cathedral’, a supposedly now secular space, but in which they find

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The Zaria Massacre, 2014

On al-Quds Day in July 2014, a unit of the Nigerian army opened fire on one of the 33 al-Quds Day demonstrations in Zaria, Nigeria. 40 were killed and many injured. This is the story of that day as uncovered by an IHRC team. Edited by Turab Shah Producer, Arzu Merali

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Zone of Non-Being: Guantanamo

Rather than a brutal exception to current history, this film’s contributors discuss the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, the so-called ‘war on terror’ including drone strikes within a history of racist domination and colonisation since 1492, using Frantz Fanon’s concept of the Zone of Non-Being. Find the full film below as

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VIDEO: Extradition

Extradition is a film that explores the injustices of the Extradition Act 2003 through the suffering of two individuals and their families. The act stipulates that any British Citizen can be extradited to the US without their government even providing prima facie evidence. Babar Ahmad and Talha Ahsan have been held for

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