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2/4/00: Hearings on Religious Persecution in Sudan
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Feb. 8, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 For 17 years, the Sudanese government in Khartoum has waged civil war against Christians and followers of traditional African religions in the south. More than 2 million people have died... Read More
1/31/00: Commission Expresses Profound Concern Over Indonesian Strife
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan. 31, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom today expressed its profound concern over recent religious strife in Indonesia and urged the United States government... Read More
1/12/00: Commission Regrets Chinese Naming of Bishops
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan. 12, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom today expressed disappointment with China's move last week to consecrate five Catholic bishops. The Chinese... Read More
12/30/99: Religious Repression Worsening in China
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec. 30, 1999 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The repression of religion in China has worsened considerably in recent weeks with the sentencing of several Falun Gong and Christian leaders to long prision terms, said Rabbi David... Read More
12/21/99: War in Chechnya Fed by Religious Bigotry
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec. 21, 1999 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 As United States and international policymakers wrestle with the important question about how best to express their deepest concern over Russian behavior in Chechnya, they... Read More
12/20/99: Commission to Examine Capital-Market Sanctions
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec. 20, 1999 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom today announced creation of a task force to examine possible capital-market sanctions against companies investing or doing business... Read More
12/16/99: Move Food Aid to the Hungry in Southern Sudan
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec. 16, 1999 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U. S. Commission on International Religious Freedom today decried the Sudanese government's use of food aid as a weapon of war and called on the U.S. government to take a series of... Read More
12/15/99: Why are U.S. Mayors and Governors Apologizing to China?
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec. 15, 1999 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U. S. Commission on International Religious Freedom today deplored apologies to the Chinese government by American mayors and governors for earlier proclamations honoring the Falun... Read More
12/9/99: Religious Freedom: A Fundamental Human Right
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec. 09, 1999 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others... Read More
12/9/99: Message to China: Make Peace With Falun Gong
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec. 09, 1999 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The Chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, Rabbi David Saperstein, today reiterated President Clinton's call to China to halt its suppression of the Falun... Read More

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