by UFPJ web | Jan 27, 2024 | Afghanistan, Confronting Islamophobia, Events & Updates, Top Story
The Detention Facility on the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base marked its 22nd anniversary on January 11th, and while the number of detainees has dwindled to 30 there is a growing awareness of the enormity of the on-going damages and human rights violations the 780 Muslim...
by UFPJ web | Feb 24, 2023 | Afghanistan, Anti-Intervention, Confronting Islamophobia, Member Group, Saudi Arabia, Top Story
Good news and Guantanamo are two ideas not normally associated with one another, but February 2023 has been a month of important positive developments for the men being held at the Guantanamo detention facility and for eventually ending the failed system of military...
by UFPJ web | Jun 25, 2022 | Confronting Islamophobia, Events & Updates, Member Group, Top Story
Majid Khan’s sentencing hearing in October of 2021 produced a sea change in the Guantanamo military commissions. These proceedings include the pre-trial hearings of the five men accused of plotting and supporting the 9/11 attacks, which have hopelessly faltered after...
by admin | Dec 14, 2021 | Afghanistan, Confronting Islamophobia, Member Group, Top Story
Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL), the most vocal congressional champion of closing Guantánamo, chaired a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on December 7. Colleen Kelly a co-founder of September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, one of the founding...
by admin | May 20, 2021 | Action Alerts, Confronting Islamophobia, Top Story
United for Peace and Justice supports the ongoing struggle for Palestinian freedom and joins with all groups calling for an arms embargo on Israel and a ceasefire of current attacks. UFPJ encourages all UFPJ member and affiliated groups to join or organize protests in...
by admin | Jan 23, 2021 | Afghanistan, Confronting Islamophobia, Member Group, Top Story
Almost unnoticed amidst the chaos of the final days of the Trump Administration, the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba began its 20th year of operation on January 11, 2021. In the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, the Bush Administration sent 780 Muslim men and...