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Testimony on Muslim Ban and Congressional Briefing - Omar Al-Muqdad

Testimony from Amnesty International USA's briefing with Church World Service and Human Rights First to motivate the Senate to act urgently to fight the Muslim Ban. Omar Al-Muqdad is a Syrian journalist who was imprisoned and tortured for speaking out against the Assad regime. Though he found a new home in Arkansas, he worried about the fate of his family who stayed behind in Syria. Quoting a Somali writer in London, Omar underscored the importance of understanding that “no one leaves home, unless home is the mouth of a shark.” Those fleeing Syria have faced human rights violations and war crimes committed by the Assad regime and by armed groups such as the one calling itself Islamic State.