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9/4/00: Commission Praises Seiple Report, Urges Administration and Congress to Act
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 5, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240
9/3/00: Commission Statement on Religious Persecution in China
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 4, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 679-7655 (cell) Steven T. McFarland, Executive Director, (202) 679-7653 (cell)
8/9/00: Commission Asks President Clinton to Raise Religious-Freedom Issues During Nigerian Visit
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 10, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240
7/30/00: USCIRF Urges Laos, N. Korea, Saudi Arabia, Turkmenistan as Countries of Particular Concern
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 31, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240
7/16/00: Commission Expresses Regret at Upcoming Resignation of Ambassador Robert Seiple
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 17, 2000 Contact: Eileen A. Sullivan, Deputy Director of Communications, (202) 523-3240
7/13/00: Chinese Persecution of Uighur Muslims May Be Increasing, Commission Says
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 14, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240
7/5/00: Commission: Don't Let Sudan Off the Hook
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 6, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240
7/4/00: Commission Requests 'More Energetic' U.S. Response to Religious Killings in Indonesia
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 5, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240
6/18/00: Commission to Expand Focus in Coming Year
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 19, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240
6/1/00: Commission Elects Elliott Abrams as Chairman, Firuz Kazemzadeh as Vice Chairman
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 1, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240

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