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10/11/00: Commission Hails Defeat of Sudan's Bid for Security Council Seat

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 11, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom today applauded the defeat of Sudan's bid for a United Nations Security Council seat and the election of Mauritius as the... Read More

10/9/00: Commission Asks Sec. Albright to Stress Religious-Freedom Issues in North Korea

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 10, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom wrote to Secretary of State Madeleine Albright on October 10 urging that she raise religious-freedom issues with... Read More

10/4/00: Commission Asks Pres. Clinton to Raise Religious-Freedom Issues During Trip to Vietnam

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 5, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom wrote to President Clinton October 4 urging that he raise with the government of Vietnam "the need to protect... Read More

9/25/00: Commissioner Shea to Testify on Religious Freedom in Sudan Before Human Rights Caucus

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 26, 2000 Contact: Eileen A. Sullivan, Deputy Director of Communications , (202) 523-3240 WHAT:The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom will testify Thursday during a briefing before the Congressional Human Rights Caucus entitled... Read More

9/13/00: Hearings on Religious Freedom in India, Pakistan

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 14, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom is holding hearings on Monday, September 18 in Washington, D.C. to examine religious freedom in India and... Read More

9/10/00: Commission Asks Pres. Clinton to Raise Religious-Freedom Issues with Indian PM Vajpayee

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 11, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom wrote to President Clinton September 6 urging that he raise with India's Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee "... Read More

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

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