Category: Civil Rights

ADC Legal Fellowship Opportunity: Seeking Legal Fellow

October 24, 2019October 24, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

ADC Legal Fellowship Opportunity: Seeking Legal Fellow The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) is hiring one legal fellow to work with ADC’s Legal Department for the upcoming year of 2020. Interested law graduates must submit all required materials by December 1, 2019 to be considered. Description: ADC has protected the Arab-American community for 39 years against defamation,…

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Governments and Internet companies fail to meet challenges of online hate – UN expert

October 21, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Governments and Internet companies fail to meet challenges of online hate – UN expert In a landmark report that reinforces legal standards to combat online hate, the UN’s monitor for freedom of expression calls on governments and companies to move away from standardless policies and inconsistent enforcement, and to align their laws and practices against…

Civil Rights, News

CAIR to host 25th Annual Gala Nov. 9, 2019

September 30, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

CAIR to host 25th Annual Gala Nov. 9, 2019 The early-bird registration discount ends at midnight tonight for CAIR’s 25th anniversary gala featuring special guest Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), political commentator Dean Obeidallah, activist and community leader Linda Sarsour, and State Representative Movita Johnson-Harrell (D-PA) to be held Saturday, November 9, at the Grand Hyatt…

American Arabs, Christian & Muslim, Civil Rights, Culture, Event, Events

US Institute for Peace to detail Syria Report Sept. 26

September 24, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

US Institute for Peace to detail Syria Report Sept. 26 Congress directed the United States Institute for Peace (USIP) to facilitate the bipartisan Syria Study Group (SSG) to examine the current state of the conflict and make recommendations on the military and diplomatic strategy of the United States going forward. To present the SSG’s final…

Arab World, Civil Rights, Event, Events, Features, News, Syria

Syrian refugees must re-register between Sept. 23 and Nov. 22 to keep status

September 23, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Syrian refugees must re-register between Sept. 23 and Nov. 22 to keep status U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that current beneficiaries of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) under Syria’s designation who want to maintain their status through March 31, 2021, must re-register between Sept. 23 and Nov. 22, 2019. Re-registration procedures, including how…

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Canadians for Justice and Peace in Palestine release new video series

September 5, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Canadians for Justice and Peace in Palestine release new video series Previously we wrote to you in detail about our new video series titled Oppression 101. With this series, we hope to make it easier for you to share the brutality of Israel’s oppression of the Palestinians with your friends. Today, we release Oppression 101…

Arab World, Civil Rights, Editors Picks, Features, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine & Jordan, Video

Combatants for Peace expands its powerful voice in the United States

September 2, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Combatants for Peace expands its powerful voice in the United States Combatants for Peace, one of several important Israeli and Palestinian organizations that champion human and civil rights and advocates for a just peace between Palestinians and Israelis, announced this week that they are expanding their chapters to strengthen their powerful voice in the United…

Activism, American Arabs, Civil Rights, Features, Israel, Middle East, Palestine & Jordan

Rights Groups denounce Alabama’s racist attacks against Rep. Omar

August 28, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Rights Groups denounce Alabama’s racist attacks against Rep. Omar Muslim Advocates Denounces Alabama GOP’s Anti-Muslim Resolution to Expel Rep. Ilhan Omar The following is a statement from Scott Simpson, public advocacy director for Muslim Advocates, condemning a resolution adopted on Saturday by the Alabama Republican Party Executive Committee, the body that governs Alabama’s Republican Party, which asks the…

American Arabs, Civil Rights, mainstream, News, Politics, racism

Findley, champion of justice and Palestinian rights, dies

August 14, 2019August 14, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Findley, champion of justice and Palestinian rights, dies A powerful champion of Palestinian rights, Paul Findley, was laid to rest on August 9, 2019 in his hometown of Jacksonville, Illinois where he launched his successful 11-term, 22 year congressional career in the U.S. Congress, until he was toppled by pro-Israel funded challenger Dick Durbin in…

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Racist Israel group tries to block Arabs from running for Knesset

August 13, 2019August 13, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Racist Israel group tries to block Arabs from running for Knesset Arab Joint List responds to effort to disqualify the Arab Joint List from running in the Sept. 17, 2019 Israeli elections: “Election disqualification request filed by ‘Jewish Power’ party against us is racist” Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel…

Arab World, Civil Rights, Election, Israel, News, Palestine & Jordan, racism

Rising extremism is not a mental health issue, it’s a political and public health issue

August 12, 2019August 12, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Rising extremism is not a mental health issue, it’s a political and public health issue Guest comnmentary by AHRC Executive Director Imad Hamad discusses why extremism is not a mental health issue, but a political and a public health concern. By Imad Hamad The response to terrorism in this country is bifurcated. If the perpetrator…

American Arabs, Bloggers, Civil Rights, Commentary, Guest Columnist, Health, Opinion

Calls for New Jersey official’s resignation after threatening Tlaib on Facebook

July 24, 2019July 26, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Calls for New Jersey official’s resignation after threatening Tlaib on Facebook Muslim Advocates Calls for Removal of NJ Statewide School Board Association Member Daniel Patrick Leonard for Anti-Muslim, anti-Arab Facebook Posts. Official Posted a Death Wish on Rep. Rashida Tlaib and Accusations of Terrorism at Rep. Ilhan Omar Muslim Advocates called for Daniel Patrick Leonard, a…

American Arabs, Civil Rights, Media Bias, News, Politics, racism

AHRC Celebrates Nelson Mandela’s International Day

July 17, 2019July 17, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

AHRC Celebrates Nelson Mandela’s International Day The American Human Rights Council (AHRC-USA) joins the rest of the global community in celebrating Nelson Mandela International Day. The Day falls on July 18 every year in honor of the former South African President who helped end the Apartheid regime in South Africa. The day was officially…

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Tlaib trades barbs with Democrats over criticism of Israel

July 14, 2019July 14, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Tlaib trades barbs with Democrats over criticism of Israel While Progressive Democratic Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar have been battling with the President Donald Trump and the extremism of several leading Republicans, the duo have also come under attack from prominent Democrats, too, proving that when it comes to Israel’s war crimes and human…

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UN Human Rights agency releases report on Khashoggi murder

June 19, 2019June 19, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

UN Human Rights agency releases report on Khashoggi murder The United Nations Human Rights Council released a 99 page report detailing the gruesome murder of former Saudi advocate and later Washington Post columnist and critic of the Saudi Government, Jamal Khashoggi, on Wednesday, June 19, 2019. Khashoggi had been an insider with special access and…

Arab World, Civil Rights, Journalism, Media Bias, Middle East, News, Politics, Saudi Arabia, Terrorism

Census and (lack of) Sensibility in the way nation’s manipulate population data

June 19, 2019June 19, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Census and (lack of) Sensibility in the way nation’s manipulate population data Governments around the world manipulate their Census data on populations in order to undermine minority rights and strengthen government abuses against minorities. In the United States, the government has used the Census for decades as a means of suppressing the actual numbers of…

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UN and rights groups denounce Egypt’s abuse of Morsi

June 18, 2019June 18, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

UN and rights groups denounce Egypt’s abuse of Morsi The United Nations Human Rights joins in denouncing the abuse of former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi who died in Egyptian custody after being held in solitary confinement for years following the military coup. Morsi had brought on his own troubles by seeking to amend the Egyptian…

Arab World, Civil Rights, Egypt, Middle East, News, Politics, Terrorism

Who was better for Palestinians, Trump, Bush or Obama?

May 29, 2019May 29, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Who was better for Palestinians, Trump, Bush or Obama? Much is made of how President Obama was a “Muslim,” a myth perpetrated by his middle name being Hussein, and how he was a good president for Palestinians and peace. But when you look at the consequences of his term in office, you have to wonder…

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