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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

Factsheet

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

Factsheet

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

Editorial

30 Dec 2019 | Law Enforcement

In 2019, Islamophobia Was Normalized by Those in Power

In 2019, hate crimes against marginalized communities continued to rise, but what distinguished the discrimination and violence targeting Muslims was that it was normalized and weaponized by political leaders around the globe. From the United... read the complete article

Article

15 Oct 2019 | Military

What you need to know about China’s campaign against Uighur Muslims

Currently, at least one million Uighur Muslims along with other Turkic Muslim minorities, are being detained in a network of concentration camps in the semi-autonomous northwest region of Xinjiang. The Chinese government has employed a... read the complete article

Article

17 Jan 2019 | Law Enforcement

A people forgotten: The Rohingya

For much of the last century, the story of the Rohingya has been one of a people fleeing forces beyond their control. The genocide that took our Facebook feeds by storm didn’t materialize out of... read the complete article

Factsheet

05 Dec 2018 | Individuals

Factsheet: Robert Spencer

Though less well-known than his colleague, Pamela Geller, Robert Spencer heads anti-Muslim organizations and is one of the leading writers who claims Islam promotes violence. Trump administration strategist Steve Bannon considers him an expert on Islam. read the complete article

Factsheet

04 Dec 2018 | Individuals

Factsheet: Gen. Michael Flynn

Gen. Michael Flynn, who asserts that “fear of Muslims is rational,” spreads falsified claims about Muslims, and supports a group considered by many to be an anti-Muslim organization, serves in Donald Trump’s cabinet as National Security Advisor. read the complete article

Factsheet

02 May 2018 | Individuals

Factsheet: Sam Brownback

The current U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, Sam Brownback is the former Governor of Kansas who signed anti-sharia legislation into state law and withdrew Kansas from the federal refugee resettlement program for purported reasons of national security. As a Governor, Brownback also advocated religious freedom at the expense of anti-discrimination laws that protected LGBT Kansans. read the complete article

Factsheet

03 Apr 2018 | Law Enforcement

Factsheet: Clarion Project

The Clarion Project is an organization that advances anti-Muslim content through its web-based and video production platforms. Its films have been used in trainings with law enforcement, the U.S. military and the federal government, and one was reportedly wielded to influence the outcome of the 2008 presidential elections. The Clarion Project has close ties with American anti-Muslim figures such as Frank Gaffney and Daniel Pipes and organizations that advocate issues concerning Israel. read the complete article