#NotBornARadical

Azerbaijan recently held its 5th World Forum on Intercultural Dialogue in its capital city Baku where international leaders and members of the United Nations convened to discuss ways the Muslim-majority secular Republic can continue to strengthen its role as a model for other nations in the highly-volatile region to aspire to and to building a counter-narrative to violent extremism throughout the world. … Read more →

Join us on the evening of Thursday 14 March for a discussion hosted by Valerie Peay, Director of the International Observatory of Human Rights that will bring together families of British and European children to share their first-hand experiences of trying to get the children back to safety. … Read more →

Counter-terrorism experts, UN & EU advisors, a former extremist and academics from nine nations joined the #IOHR initiative in the UK to launch the #NotBornARadical campaign aimed at preventing radicalism and countering extremism. … Read more →

Hanif Qadir, Chief Executive of the Active Change Foundation, speaks on how his personal experience as an extremist proved to be a valuable asset in advising governments in reforming prevention and countering of violent extremism. He addresses the challenges of rehabilitation and reintegration programmes, the importance of curbing terrorism financing and how empowering the youth is key to preventing extremism. … Read more →

The UK and European contemporary record for counter-extremism policy has travelled a bumpy road so far. Having reached a crossroads at which several organisations, including the UN (United Nations 2017), have spoken out over human rights concerns within UK policy; events have now reached critical mass. … Read more →

After several weeks of volunteering for Zhian Health Organisation, a local NGO in Iraqi Kurdistan, I was presented with the opportunity in August of 2018 to visit a women’s correctional facility, which I was told had become a dumping ground for ISIS brides after the recapture of Mosul. So far, I had accompanied a small team to several refugee camps around the Kurdish region … Read more →

The International Observatory of Human Rights (IOHR) is working in partnership with Dr. Nina Käsehage of the University of Rostock’s Department of Religious Studies and Intercultural Theology to bring an event that puts the focus on women who have joined terrorist groups such as ISIS. Nina has carried out extensive research on the role of women in the Muslim-Salafi movements. She has been working … Read more →

American journalist and author Theo Padnos formerly kidnapped for two years by Al Nusra Front, an affiliate of Al Qaeda in Syria, supports the #NotBornARadical campaign and speaks to youth about and the dangers of radicalisation. … Read more →

Ibrahim Khan saved his friend’s life before he was shot during the 2014 Peshawar school massacre in Pakistan that left 149 people killed at the hands of Taliban terrorists. Ibrahim raises awareness against extremism and promotes peace through education as he undertakes medical treatment in the UK. … Read more →

The International Observatory of Human Rights, a non-profit NGO based in the UK is launching a new initiative focusing on the issue of radicalisation and extremism on Monday, 30th April 2018. Young people around the world are being recruited by terrorist networks on a daily basis. These people are misled and radicalised, and end up committing gruesome violent acts while fighting in places like Syria, Iraq, Somalia and … Read more →