Bilal Siddiqui Press Release: Lebanese Canadian From GTA Traveling to Lebanon to Assist with Relief Efforts. BURLINGTON, September , 2024 – With Lebanon facing its deadliest days in decades amidst the massive escalation of Israeli airstrikes, Islamic Relief Canada staff has arrived in Lebanon to help with re... 30 sept. 2024 Press Release
Bilal Siddiqui Islamic Relief Canada strongly condemns deadly attacks on civilians in Lebanon Islamic Relief Canada strongly condemns today’s deadly attacks on civilians in Lebanon and calls on world leaders to take urgent action to stop further escalation. Today’s Israeli bombing has caused b... 23 sept. 2024 Statement
Bilal Siddiqui UN General Assembly must act to stop famine spreading in Sudan Millions of Sudanese lives are at stake as world leaders get ready to meet in New York at the UN General Assembly (UNGA), Islamic Relief is warning. With hunger spreading across the country, governmen... 20 sept. 2024 Statement
Bilal Siddiqui Update Statement - UN General Assembly message We welcome today's loud and clear message from the UN General Assembly that Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory is unlawful and must end within 12 months. An overwhelming majority of 124 coun... 20 sept. 2024 Statement
Bilal Siddiqui NGOs call on all UN Member States to adhere to the ICJ Advisory Opinion on the unlawfulness of Israel’s occupation In July the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a historic advisory opinion concluding that Israel’s decades long occupation 1 and annexation of Palestinian territory is unlawful because it vi... 19 sept. 2024 Statement
Bilal Siddiqui 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... 10 sept. 2024 Statement
Bilal Siddiqui 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 3 sept. 2024 Statement
Bilal Siddiqui 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... 29 août 2024 Statement
Bilal Siddiqui 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 ... 29 août 2024 Statement
Bilal Siddiqui 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... 28 août 2024 Statement
Bilal Siddiqui 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... 26 août 2024 Statement
Bilal Siddiqui 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 10 août 2024 Statement
