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3/24/02: New Religion Law Would Take Kazakhstan in the Wrong Direction
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 25, 2002 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - A new religion law awaiting presidential signature would move Kazakhstan away from democracy and reform, says the U.S. Commission on International... Read More
3/13/02: Commission Releases Report, Recommendations on Turkmenistan
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 14, 2002 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - Religious-freedom conditions in Turkmenistan are extremely poor and respect for freedom of religion there is deteriorating. Those are among the... Read More
3/11/02: U.S. Must Help India Foster a Climate of Religious Tolerance, Commission Says
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 12, 2002 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has observed with great concern the rioting between religious groups in India over the past... Read More
3/7/02: Commission Says U.S. Must Press Uzbekistan on Religious Freedom
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 8, 2002 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - The upcoming visit of Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov affords President Bush and the Secretary of State the opportunity to express the U.S.... Read More
3/5/02: Commissioner Shea to Speak Before Helsinki Commission on Central Asia
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 6, 2002 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 participate in a briefing by... Read More
2/24/02: Commission Welcomes President Bush's Speech in China
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 25, 2002 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent federal agency advising the Administration and Congress, today welcomed... Read More
2/10/02: Commission to Testify on Religious Freedom in China, Vietnam
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 11, 2002 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WHAT:Michael K. Young, Chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, will testify on the Commission's behalf before the House International... Read More
2/3/02: Commission Urges President Bush to Raise Religious-Freedom Issues With Pakistani Leader
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 4, 2002 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent federal agency advising the Administration and Congress, wrote to President... Read More
1/31/02: Commission Recommends President Bush Seek to Address Chinese People During Visit
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 1, 2002 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent federal agency advising the Administration and Congress, yesterday wrote... Read More
1/29/02: Commission Recommends U.S. Seek to Regain Seat on the UNCHR
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 30, 2002 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - On January 28 the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent government agency advising the Administration and Congress,... Read More

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