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Yesterday marked 20 years since the opening of the Guantanamo Bay Detention Prison, which is the world’s “infamous symbol of kidnap, torture, and indefinite imprisonment without charge or trial”.

Just weeks before the 2022 Beijing Olympics get underway, a major sponsor has once again been condemned for its property listings in the Xinjiang region of China.

China has reacted desperately to the passage and enactment of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, referring to the new piece of pro-Uyghur legislation as “economic bullying” by the US.

H.R.6210 – which is better known as the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act – has finally been passed by Congress.

The United States House of Representatives has narrowly passed a groundbreaking bill that – if approved in the Senate – will see the establishment of a State Department anti-Islamophobia office.

Whilst currently within the lavish confines of Belmarsh prison, the Australian human rights activist and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been dealt a devastating blow in his ongoing legal proceedings.

Malikah Shabazz, the youngest child of the iconic African-American Muslim leader and civil rights campaigner Malcolm X (raḥimahu Allāh) was found dead at her home in Brooklyn, New York.

The UK-based human rights advocacy group CAGE has commemorated the twentieth anniversary of two of the bloodiest and most horrific massacres in modern US history.

"I don't feel like going back. I'm really uncomfortable. I don't want to see anyone, and I've been in my room all day – don't want to see my friends, especially after what that teacher said to me."

The US Department of Defense has belatedly stated that it will provide financial compensation to the bereaved family of an Afghan aid worker and his nine close relatives, with the fatalities including seven children.