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September 6, 2012| By: Azizah al-Hibri and Robert P. George
The following appeared in the Indianapolis Star on September 5, 2012.
Editor"s note: Indiana is home to the largest concentration of Burmese refugees in the United States. About 7,000 Burmese live in the state... Read More
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August 14, 2012| By: Katrina Lantos Swett
The followingop-ed appeared in The Detroit News on August 14, 2012:
On July 19, on behalf of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), I spoke on Capitol Hill in Washington about the desperate plight of the... Read More
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August 14, 2012| By Mary Ann Glendon and Sam Gejdenson
The following guest column appeared in The Star-Ledger on August 14, 2012.
September will be here before we know it. While some will be looking forward to autumn, others will be apprehensive as the month approaches... Read More
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August 1, 2012| by Azizah al-Hibri and M. Zuhdi Jasser
The following op-ed article appeared in the Washington Post on August 1, 2012: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/guest-voices/post/ramadan-and-religious-freedom/2012/08/01/gJQA9HqBQX_blog.html
The U.S.... Read More
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July 31, 2012| by Katrina Lantos Swett and Robert P. George
The following op-ed appeared in The Moscow Times on July 31, 2012..: :
Has Russia truly changed its ways on human rights? Certainly its new law restricting... Read More
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July 16, 2012 | by Katrina Lantos Swett
The following op-ed article appeared in The Hill publication July 16, 2012:
http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/238199-us-should-pressure-nations-to-rescind-anti-ahmadiyya-laws
On June 27,... Read More
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7/16/2012| By Katrina Lantos Swett
The following op-ed,Swett: Egyptian Tolerance Is Democracy Barometer, The Treatment of Coptic Christians and Other Religious Minorities Poses a Cause for Concern,appeared in Roll Call on July 16, 2012.
Since its... Read More
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July 3, 2012| By Katrina Lantos Swett
The following op-ed appeared in Roll Call on July 3, 2012, 11:46 a.m.
As we prepare to celebrate our Declaration of Independence, we are reminded of its powerful proclamation of freedom.
Freedom includes many things, but at its core... Read More
5/23/12: Cornell International Affairs Review -- Vietnam Still Abuses Human Rights and Religious Freedom
May 23, 2012 | by Robert P. George
The following testimony appeared in the Cornell University International Affairs Review today.
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has testified before Congress on Vietnam numerous times over the past seven years. Before each... Read More
May 16, 2012 | by M. Zuhdi Jasser and Katrina Lantos Swett
The following op-ed appeared in The Hilltoday. For a link to the original article, go to
http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/227753-blasphemy-bans-threaten-arab-spring-religious-freedom .
Kuwait"s parliament has... Read More