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9/7/00: Commission Announces Hearings on Religious Freedom in India, Pakistan
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 8, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 WHAT:The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom will hold hearings on religious freedom in India and Pakistan WHEN:Monday, Sept. 18, 2000, 9:00 a.m. to... Read More
9/5/00: Commission to Testify on State Department Religious Freedom Report
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 6, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 WHAT:The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom will testify Thursday on the State Department's second Annual Report on International Religious Freedom... Read More
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 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom today issued the following statement by Chairman Elliott Abrams in reaction to the release of the State... Read More
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) In a Los Angeles speech two weeks ago, Bishop Michael Fu Tieshan of the government-controlled... Read More
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 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom wrote to President Clinton August 8 urging that he raise with President Obasanjo of Nigeria "the need for his government to... Read More
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 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom wrote Friday, July 28 to Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, recommending that Laos, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, and Turkmenistan... Read More
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 The Chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, Elliott Abrams, today expressed the Commission's regret at the upcoming resignation of... Read More
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 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom today issued a statement deploring what appears to be increasing persecution of Uighur Muslims in China's... Read More
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 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom today issued a statement urging Congress and the Administration not to lift sanctions on Sudan before that country... Read More
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 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom today wrote to Secretary of State Madeleine Albright with recommendations for a stronger U.S. government response to... Read More

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