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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
9/16/01: USCIRF Urges Bush to Raise Religious Freedom with Indonesian Pres. Megawati Sukarnoputri
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 17, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has written to National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice asking her to urge President Bush "to... Read More
9/11/01: Congress Should Demand Religious-Freedom Improvements As It Considers Vietnam Trade
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 12, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 The Senate will soon consider the Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) with Vietnam, approved by the House of Representatives last week. The agreement will extend... Read More
9/5/01: USCIRF Urges President to Support Capital-Market Provisions in the Sudan Peace Act
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 6, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 For 18 years, Sudan has been plagued by a civil war that has killed more than 2 million people and displaced more than 4 million. Religion is a major factor in... Read More

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