Statement: An American Civil Rights Lawyer Turned Political Prisoner; Fall Internship Applications open!
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Issue 87: Friday, 22 July 2022
THIS WEEK IN DC – Biden-Harris Administration Launches Effort To Create More Affordable And Equitable Outdoor Recreation Opportunities; President Biden Tests Positive For COVID-19; House Passes Bill To Protect Access To Contraceptives After Supreme Court Warning Shot; Senate Democrats Unveil Long-Awaited Marijuana Legalization Bill; Senators Introduce Bipartisan Resolution Recognizing Russian Acts In Ukraine As Genocide; House Oversight Chair Calls On HHS To Address ‘Barriers’ To Monkeypox Treatments; Matthews Testifies Trump Tweet Gave ‘Green Light’ To Rioters; OIG Asks Secret Service To Stop Internal Investigation Into ‘Erased’ Texts; Senate Confirms Childs, Possible Future Supreme Court Pick, To DC Circuit; Pence Seeks Distance From Trump As He Considers 2024 Presidential Run.
** MPAC Congratulates Dr. Shereef Elnahal on Historic Confirmation
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On Thursday, the Senate confirmed Dr. Shereef Elnahal as Under Secretary for Health at the Veterans Health Administration. He is now one of the highest ranking members of the Biden Administration from the American Muslim community and will oversee hundreds of hospitals and clinics that comprise the largest health care system in the nation…
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** Statement on Mr. Asim Ghafoor: An American Civil Rights Lawyer Turned Political Prisoner
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This past Thursday, Mr. Asim Ghafoor, former lawyer of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi, was sentenced to three years in prison for charges relating to tax evasion and money laundering in the United States. He was detained in the Dubai airport and is still being held in Abu Dhabi.
In other words, a foreign government has independently determined that an American citizen has committed a crime in the United States and decided to arrest him, all while our State Department has issued a statement saying that it “has not sought the arrest of Mr. Ghafoor.”
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** Fall Internship Applications are open!
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Applications are now open in policy, communications and development— Share this opportunity with your family and friends!
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Ongoing: House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol
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The House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol continues with a series of committee hearings.
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GOOD TO KNOW
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* Painter pioneers ([link removed]) Islamicate impressionism with an eye for the universal
* India’s ruling BJP removes ([link removed]) official over 'Anti-Islam' tweet
- THIS WEEK IN HISTORY -
July 18, 1936 - The Spanish Civil War starts as a revolt by right wing Spanish military officers in Morocco which spreads to mainland Spain; July 19, 998 - Battle of Apamea took place when the Fatimids defeat a Byzantine army near Apamea; July 19, 711 - Umayyad forces under Tariq ibn Zayid defeat the Visigoths led by King Roderic; July 20, 1951 - King Abdullah I is killed by a Palestinian during Friday prayers in Jerusalem; July 20, 1956 - France recognizes Tunisian independence; July 21, 1970 - Aswan River Dam opens in Egypt which enables human flooding of the Nile; July 21, 1941 - 200 Jewish Torahs are burned in Ukraine; July 23, 636 - Arabs gain control of most of Palestine from Byzantine empire.
July 17, 1861 - US Congress authorizes paper money; July 18, 1968 - Intel is founded in Santa Clara California; July 18, 1984 - There was a McDonald’s massacre in San Ysidro, California, where 21 people are killed and 19 are injured; July 18, 1947 - President Harry Truman signs The Presidential Succession Act; July 18, 1994 - The bombing of the Argentine Jewish Community Center kills 85 and injures 300; July 19, 1993 - President Bill Clinton fires FBI director William Sessions; July 19, 1941 - The first US army school for black cadets is dedicated in Tuskegee, Alabama; July 19, 1848 - A two days women’s convention opens in Seneca falls New York; July 20, 1973 - US congress passes the war powers act; July 21, 1846 - Mormons found first English settlement in California; July 23, 1903 - Ford motor company sells its first car; July 23, 1967 - In Detroit, the Detroit riots begins and kills 42 people and injures 343.
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