Bilal Siddiqui 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
Bilal Siddiqui 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
Bilal Siddiqui Sudan: Fighting in Al Fasher is pushing hundreds of thousands of people across Darfur closer to famine Fierce ongoing fighting in and around the Sudanese city of Al Fasher is pushing hundreds of thousands of people across Darfur closer to famine. The fighting in Al Fasher, the capital of North Darfur s... Jun 4, 2024 Statement
Bilal Siddiqui Statement: Islamic Relief Canada welcomes new ICJ ruling – Israel must halt Rafah attack and allow aid into Gaza Islamic Relief Canada welcomes today’s ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which comes as Israeli attacks on civilians intensify across north and south Gaza and as life-saving aid is r... May 24, 2024 Statement
Bilal Siddiqui Press Release: Islamic Relief Canada Outraged at the Killing of 117 Sponsored Orphans in Gaza Since October 7 Burlington, Ontario (May 16, 2024) - Islamic Relief Canada is devastated to announce the killing of Canadian-sponsored Gaza orphans and is appalled by the lack of urgency displayed by the Canadian Gov... May 16, 2024 Press Release
Bilal Siddiqui Press Release: The Canadian Government must act immediately and publicly condemn Israel’s offensive into Rafah before more lives are lost. May 7th, 2024 - Islamic Relief Canada has launched its latest campaign, “Rafah Under Attack” demanding the Canadian government take immediate action in condemning Israel's latest offensive into Rafah.... May 7, 2024 Press Release
Bilal Siddiqui Rafah evacuation order will cost more lives, Islamic Relief Canada warns (May 6th, 2024) Islamic Relief Canada is appalled at the news that Israel has told over 100,000 Palestinians to evacuate Rafah, which will put many lives at even greater risk. People must not be force... May 6, 2024 Statement
Bilal Siddiqui Statement: Sudan at risk of collapse after 1 year of brutal war, with famine looming Sudan is at imminent risk of collapsing after one year of violent conflict and is on the verge of mass famine with its food supply decimated and young children now starving to death in its cities, vil... Apr 17, 2024 Statement
Bilal Siddiqui Canadian Aid Sector Welcomes Budget Boost for Humanitarian Needs Ottawa, April 16, 2024 - A coalition of Canadian international cooperation organizations welcomes new funding for humanitarian programs committed as part of Federal Budget 2024. The coalition recogniz... Apr 16, 2024 Statement
Bilal Siddiqui Islamic Relief Canada's Press Release in response to attacks on aid workers in Gaza April 2, 2024 - We are outraged by yet another deadly attack on humanitarian workers, including one Canadian Citizen, trying to prevent a man-made famine. Our thoughts and prayers are with everybody a... Apr 2, 2024 Press Release
Bilal Siddiqui Statement: Words must become action: Islamic Relief Canadas response to UN Security Council resolution (March 25th, 2024): It has taken far too long but finally, the United Nations Security Council has listened to the pleas from Gaza and around the world and called for an immediate ceasefire for the re... Mar 25, 2024 Statement
Bilal Siddiqui Imminent famine in Gaza is entirely man-made, Islamic Relief says (March 18th, 2024) : Today’s new IPC* report on Gaza confirms what our team is seeing on the ground – people are starving to death, mass famine is imminent and more than 1 million people are now livin... Mar 22, 2024 Statement
