Civil Rights Groups to Hold Press Conference to Condemn Trump’s Muslim Ban

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Some local civil rights groups are planning a press conference Monday to condemn actions by US President Donald Trump, including his expansion of a Muslim ban.

The news conference will be held at Liberty Plaza outside of the State Capitol in Washington, DC, CBS46 website reported.

The groups are protesting President Trump’s decision to expand what they described as the president’s Muslim ban.

On Friday, Trump added six countries to his list of nations facing travel restrictions.

Those countries include Burma, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Sudan, and Tanzania. The travel restrictions will take place February 21.

According to the Council on American-Islamic Relations, “the expansion adds tens of millions of Muslims to the more than 100 million Muslims already banned from the United States.”