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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
10/1/01: Commission Forwards Recommendations to Special Envoy on Sudan
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 2, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 Washington -Michael K. Young, Chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, wrote October 2 to former Sen. John Danforth, Special Envoy for... Read More
9/26/01: President Bush Nominates Ambassador-at-Large
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 27, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 The White House announced September 26 that President Bush intends to nominate John V. Hanford III for the position of Ambassador-at-Large for International... Read More
9/23/01: Commission Elects Dean Michael K. Young Chairman
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 24, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom today announced the election of Dean Michael K. Young of George Washington University Law School as... Read More
9/17/01: President Bush Appoints Three Distinguished Leaders to Commission; Panel Complete
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 18, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 President George W. Bush yesterday appointed Dr. Richard D. Land of Nashville, Tennessee, the Most Reverend William Francis Murphy of Rockville Centre, New... Read More

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