Mauritanian Network for Human Rights: Statement on the US State Department’s Mauritania 2020 Human Rights Report
In the decade since its inception, the United States annual Country Report on Human Rights Practices has been widely known and respected. This lengthy document presenting statistics and analysis of human rights in […]
Slavery and Land Grabbing in Mauritania
History of Land Slavery and Forced Displacement Black Mauritanians have historically been stripped of their land ownership rights, most notably beginning in the 1980’s when a new law provided a legal basis […]
Black British Women’s Experience of Maternal Healthcare Services: Why Black British Women Are Still Five Times More Likely To Die In Childbirth
On February 9th 2021, an urgent inquiry investigating alleged systemic racism within NHS maternity care services was launched with the support of Sandra Igwe, co-chair and founder of the Motherhood Group and […]
The Murder of Mohamud Mohammed Hassan is not just a Black problem, it is humanity’s problem especially including that of all Muslims
The 10th of January saw the death of 24 year old Mohamud Mohammed Hassan, a black man in Cardiff who was arrested for a breach of peace in his home and released […]
Ishaque Suubi Møller: Black Dane Verbally Assaulted on Public Transport In Racist Rant
A Black woman Cathrine boarded a train in Denmark , amidst a dispute between two passengers over the fact the female passenger wouldn’t get up from her seat to allow the male […]
Annual Islam and Racial Justice Conference: October 2020
Last month Black Muslim Forum partnered with the Muslim Council of Britain, Everyday Muslim and the Civil Service Muslim Network for our first annual conference on the problem of anti-black racism within […]
Ishaque Suubi Møller: In memory of Phillip Mbuji Johansen
Racism is not a common problem in Denmark. That is our national myth. A myth that was emphatically repeated across the nation when a 28-year old Afrodane Phillip Mbuji Johansen had been […]
Houleye Thiam: The Sad Story of Black Muslim Mauritanians
The Islamic Republic of Mauritania is a racially and ethnically diverse country that straddles the divide between North and West Africa, bridging the Sahara and the Sahel. Since its artificial creation by […]
