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12/4/01: Commission Writes Secretary Powell About Sectarian Violence in Indonesia
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 5, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - With Muslim-Christian violence flaring yet again in Indonesia, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent government... Read More
11/25/01: Hearing Tomorrow on Religious Freedom and the Campaign Against Terrorism
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 26, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent government agency advising the Administration and Congress, will hold a... Read More
11/18/01: Commission to Hold Hearing on Religious Freedom and the Campaign Against Terrorism
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 19, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent government agency advising the Administration and Congress, will hold a... Read More
11/12/01: Commissioner Shea to Address Religious Freedom at Belarus Conference
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 13, 2002 Contact: Eileen A. Sullivan, Deputy Director of Communications, (202) 523-3240, ext. 26 WASHINGTON - Nina Shea, Commissioner of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent federal agency advising the... Read More
11/12/01: Commission Issues Recommendations to Promote Religious Freedom in Uzbekistan
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 13, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent government agency advising the Administration and Congress, has forwarded... Read More
10/31/01: Afghanistan's Future Political System Should Ensure Religious Freedom
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 1, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent government agency advising the executive branch and Congress, October 30... Read More
10/28/01: Commission Condemns Harsh Sentence Meted Out to Vietnamese Priest
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 29, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom today strongly condemned the harsh, 15-year sentence Vietnamese authorities have reportedly... Read More
10/10/01: Commission Meets With Chinese Delegation to Express Religious-Freedom Concerns
OR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 11, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - A delegation from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom met October 10 with officials from the Chinese Foreign Ministry and Ministry of... Read More
10/7/01: Commission Urges President to Continue to Defend Human Rights, Religious Freedom
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 8, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom October 5 wrote President Bush, urging him "to continue to declare that the United... Read More
10/4/01: Commission Urges Bush to Press Georgian President to End Attacks
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 5, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom wrote October 4 to national security advisor Condolezza Rice and Assistant Secretary of State A. Elizabeth... Read More

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