Camp X-Ray. Photo credit: AP Photo/Charles Dharapak Fifteen prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre were sent to the United Arab Emirates in the single largest release of detainees during the Obama administration. The transfer of 12 Yemeni nationals and three Afghans to the UAE comes amid a renewed push to reduce the number of detainees held at the US prison in Cuba that President Barack Obama aims to close. The Pentagon says 61 detainees now remain at Guantanamo, which was opened in January 2002 to hold foreign fighters suspected of links to the Taliban or the al-Qaida terrorist organisation. During the Bush administration, 532 prisoners were released from Guantanamo, often in large groups to Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia.
Family Battles ICE For The Same Reason They Fled Their Home: They re Muslim
Muslim immigrants fleeing persecution find themselves fighting anti-Islam bias in the U.S. immigration system, even as the Biden administration seeks change.
By Rowaida Abdelaziz
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Feb 20, 2021
One of the first times Muhammad was harassed for being Muslim ― and there were many times ― was in his home country of Tajikistan. He was 23 years old. It was August 2014, and he’d returned home from Russia, where he was living and working, for his upcoming wedding. One day while out shopping, he was stopped by the Tajik KGB, who brought him in for questioning.
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Facebook Blocks Australian News Sites From Being Shared on its Platform
February 18, 2021
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Responding to Facebook blocking Australian news sites from being shared on its platform, Amnesty International Australia campaigner Tim O’Connor said:
“It is extremely concerning that a private company is willing to control access to information that people rely on.
“Facebook’s action starkly demonstrates why allowing one company to exert such dominant power over our information ecosystem threatens human rights.
“It’s alarming that community support groups, emergency services and charities have had their content blocked.
“We’re particularly concerned with the effect this is having on people in the Pacific, many of whom rely on getting information and news from Facebook due to the nature of their agreements with telecommunications providers.