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18 Sep 2020 | Organizations

Factsheet: Gates of Vienna

IMPACT: Gates of Vienna is an international far-right, anti-Muslim blogging website established in 2004 by the United States-based blogger Edward S. May and his wife. The website features the work of hard-line anti-Muslim writers and... read the complete article

Factsheet

17 Sep 2020 | Organizations

Factsheet: COUNTER-JIHAD MOVEMENT

IMPACT: The self-described “Counter-Jihad Movement” (CJM) is a network of European and North American anti-Muslim movements, institutions, political parties, authors, bloggers, and activists who claim that ‘Western civilization’ is “under attack” by Islam. While CJM... read the complete article

Factsheet

19 Jul 2020 | Law Enforcement

FACTSHEET: Torture at Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp

IMPACT: A majority of those imprisoned at the Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp were subjected to various forms of physical and psychological abuse—techniques that were developed by two American psychologists contracted by the CIA to develop... read the complete article

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19 Jul 2020 | Law Enforcement

FACTSHEET: Legal Challenges to Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp

IMPACT: U.S. legislation and case law have both upheld and challenged the legal authority of the Guantánamo Bay military prison. This includes the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) and the Military Commissions... read the complete article

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18 Jul 2020 | Law Enforcement

Factsheet: The Human Cost of Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp

IMPACT: Guantánamo Bay military prison is a site of egregious and ongoing human rights violations perpetrated by the United States government. Opened in early 2002 on a U.S. naval base in Cuba, the prison has... read the complete article

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18 Jul 2020 | Law Enforcement

Factsheet: The History and Evolution of Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp

IMPACT: Guantánamo Bay Naval Base, located in Cuba, was chosen as the site of a detention center due to its uncertain legal status—allowing the U.S. government to argue that those detained at the base were... read the complete article

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16 Jul 2020 | Individuals

Factsheet: Louie Gohmert

IMPACT: Louie Gohmert is a Republican representative from Texas with a long history of anti-Muslim rhetoric, including claims that “terror babies” were being raised to destroy the American “way of life.” Gohmert has connections with... read the complete article

Article

08 Jul 2020 | Terms/Tropes

COVID-19 Racial Disparities Are One of Many Outcomes of Structural Racism

Nearly two months after the first known death from the novel coronavirus was logged in the U.S., protests spread around the country in support of ending stay-at-home orders. Ohio, Minnesota, Virginia, Florida, Texas, and several... read the complete article

Factsheet

25 Jun 2020 | Individuals

Factsheet: Mark Kevin Lloyd

IMPACT: Mark Kevin Lloyd is a longtime Tea Party activist in Virginia who has a long track record of posting anti-Muslim and misogynist statements on social media. In May 2020 Lloyd was appointed the religious... read the complete article

Infographic

23 Jun 2020 | Politics

The Muslim and African Bans: by the numbers

Interactive infographic showing how the Muslim and African Bans impacted immigrant and non-immigrant visa issuances, refugee admissions, F1 student visas, and visa waivers. read the complete article