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Islamic Relief Canada Calls for Immediate International Action to Prevent Further Catastrophe in Gaza

Islamic Relief Canada Responds to Minister Joly’s Announcement on Cancelling Arms Export Permits to Israel

Islamic Relief Canada Responds to Minister Joly’s Announcement on Cancelling Arms Export Permits to Israel

September 10th, 2024 – Today, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly held a press conference where she stated, "We will not have any arms or parts of arms be sent to Gaza. Period." She further revealed...

Sep 10, 2024 Statement

Open Letter: Civil society coalition urges Canada to stop all arms transfers to Israel

Open Letter: Civil society coalition urges Canada to stop all arms transfers to Israel

Dear Minister Joly, We, the undersigned civil society organizations, are deeply concerned at the enduring devastation in Gaza. Canada risks complicity in this humanitarian catastrophe through its ongo...

Statements

Sep 3, 2024 Statement

Islamic Relief begins aid response in crisis hit communities of Bangladesh after 284,888 people displaced by heavy flooding

Islamic Relief begins aid response in crisis hit communities of Bangladesh after 284,888 people displaced by heavy flooding

Islamic Relief has begun delivering food aid to disaster affected communities in Bangladesh after heavy flooding displaced 284,888 people in the country, killing 18, and has impacted at least 4.9 mill...

Aug 29, 2024 Statement

Islamic Relief Canada condemns largest Israeli assault in West Bank in twenty years and its expansion of violence from Gaza to Lebanon

Islamic Relief Canada condemns largest Israeli assault in West Bank in twenty years and its expansion of violence from Gaza to Lebanon

Islamic Relief Canada condemns the actions of the Israeli military over the last two days in what has been the largest attack on the occupied West Bank in 20 years. Soldiers, fighter jets, and drones ...

Aug 29, 2024 Statement

Public joint statement on Sudan:

Public joint statement on Sudan:

Dear Minister Joly, Dear Minister Hussen, Today marks 500 days since violent conflict erupted in the capital of Sudan, triggering widespread violence and instability across the country and the broader...

Aug 28, 2024 Statement

Islamic Relief staff describe scenes of starvation after 500 days of war in Sudan

Islamic Relief staff describe scenes of starvation after 500 days of war in Sudan

500 days of war has turned Sudan into the world’s biggest hunger crisis and starvation is spreading across the country, Islamic Relief is warning. Islamic Relief’s Regional Humanitarian Manager, Moham...

Aug 26, 2024 Statement

Islamic Relief Canada condemns attack at Gaza school where it distributes food

Islamic Relief Canada condemns attack at Gaza school where it distributes food

Islamic Relief is horrified at the massacre of dozens of civilians at one of the school shelters where we have been distributing daily hot meals to displaced families. Today’s attack at al-Tabeen scho...

Statements

Aug 10, 2024 Statement

Statement: Islamic Relief Canada calls for urgent international action as famine conditions announced in parts of Sudan

Statement: Islamic Relief Canada calls for urgent international action as famine conditions announced in parts of Sudan

In reaction to today's announcement by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) that famine conditions are prevalent in parts of North Darfur in Sudan, Yusuf Roble, Regional Director fo...

Aug 1, 2024 Statement

Statement: ICJ ruling must be a step towards ending Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestine

Statement: ICJ ruling must be a step towards ending Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestine

July 19, 2024- Today’s International Court of Justice ruling that Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory is unlawful sends a clear message that the occupation must end. No state must be above in...

Jul 22, 2024 Statement

Statement: An entire generation at risk, as new report shows catastrophic hunger and starvation in Gaza

Statement: An entire generation at risk, as new report shows catastrophic hunger and starvation in Gaza

Israel is systematically starving Palestinians in Gaza, Islamic Relief Canada says as a new IPC* report shows that around half a million people are suffering catastrophic levels of hunger and almost e...

Jun 25, 2024 Statement

PRESS RELEASE - While Parliament Rests for the Summer, Gaza Bleeds: Canadian Humanitarian Agencies Call for Action

PRESS RELEASE - While Parliament Rests for the Summer, Gaza Bleeds: Canadian Humanitarian Agencies Call for Action

OTTAWA, 19 June 2024 – As Parliament breaks for summer, Canada’s leading humanitarian agencies held a press conference today on Parliament Hill to call on the Government of Canada to take urgent and d...

Jun 19, 2024 Press Release

Islamic Relief Canada's reaction to UN Security Council Resolution 2735

Islamic Relief Canada's reaction to UN Security Council Resolution 2735

Islamic Relief Canada welcomes the UN Security Council’s call for an immediate ceasefire, but the real test will now be its implementation. UN member states, including Canada, must use all their lever...

Jun 11, 2024 Statement

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