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4/30/2013: USCIRF’s 2013 Annual Report on the State of International Religious Freedom Identifies World’s Worst Violators
3/28/2012: New USCIRF Commissioner Appointed
9/13/2011: USCIRF Comment on the State Department's Designation of “Countries of Particular Concern” and Annual Report on International Religious Freedom
4/28/2011: USCIRF Identifies World's Worst Religious Freedom Violators: Egypt Cited for First Time
9/23/2010: USCIRF Commemorates North Korea Refugee Day, Urges International Action to Protect...
8/06/2008: North Korea: USCIRF Welcomes U.S. Pledge to Include Human Rights in Discussions with Pyongyang, Seeks Further Action
6/12/2008: USCIRF Delegation Travels to South Korea, Releases Korean-language Report on Religious Freedom Conditions in North Korea
4/29/2008: EVENT ADVISORY: USCIRF Commissioners to Speak on North Korea Report, "A Prison Without Bars," at Congressional Press Conference
4/15/2008: EVENT ADVISORY: Release of USCIRF Report on North Korea
4/09/2008: Save the Date: Events on North Korea on April 15
7/19/2006: USCIRF and Rep. Gary Ackerman to Convene a Town Hall Meeting on Religious Freedom in North Korea
5/19/2006: North Korea: USCIRF Commissioner Bansal To Moderate Panel at Asia Society Event
3/23/2006: Religious Freedom in North Korea: Update and Options
11/14/2005: USCIRF releases "Thank you, Father Kim Il Sung": Eyewitness Accounts of Severe Violations of Freedom of Thought, Conscience and Religion in North Korea At Capitol Hill press conference with Congressional Members
11/10/2005: USCIRF Welcomes Redesignation of Eight "Countries of Particular Concern"; Disappointed that Pakistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan Not Designated
11/10/2005: USCIRF releases "Thank you, Father Kim Il Sung: Eyewitness Accounts of Severe Violations of Freedom of Thought, Conscience and Religion in North Korea" at press conference with Congressional Members
4/15/2005: USCIRF Commissioners discuss North Korea at UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva
10/19/2004: North Korea: USCIRF welcomes North Korea Human Rights Act
4/27/2004: North Korea: Vice Chair Shea speaks at Freedom Day Rally
2/25/2004: North Korea: Expand nuclear talks to include human rights and refugee issues
2/10/2004: USCIRF recommends 11 nations to Secretary Powell As "Countries of Particular Concern"
1/26/2004: North Korea: Human Rights Ground Zero
1/16/2004: North Korea: Human Rights Ground Zero
6/25/2003: North Korea: USCIRF Statement on Sen. Brownback's Legislation
6/10/2003: Press Conference: North Korea
6/06/2003: North Korea: Expose abuses
10/23/2002: Urge China's President to Advance Religious Freedom and Protect North Korean Refugees
9/30/2002: Commission Recommends 12 Nations for Designation As 'Countries of Particular Concern'
6/20/2002: Commission to Testify at Senate Hearing on North Korean Refugees
6/03/2002: U.S. Must Press China to Uphold International Rights for North Korean Refugees
4/16/2002: Chairman Young to Testify on North Korea; Commission to Release Report
1/22/2002: North Korean Defector to Testify at Hearing on Religious Freedom in North Korea
1/18/2002: Commission to Hold Hearing on Religious Freedom in North Korea
8/16/2001: USCIRF Asks State Dept to Designate 9 Countries As Worst Religious-Freedom Violators
7/23/2001: Commission Asks Powell to Raise Religious-Freedom Issues on Asia Trip
7/31/2000: CIRF Urges Laos, N. Korea, Saudi Arabia, Turkmenistan as Countries of Particular Concern

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12/6/2012: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette -- Hanukkah, a Festival of Freedom

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4/15/2008: Press Conference and Briefing on North Korea