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3/20/01: Commission Issues New Recommendations on Sudan
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 21, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 Repeating its view that Sudan is "the world's most violent abuser of the right to freedom of religion and belief," the U.S. Commission on... Read More
3/15/01: Delegation from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Visits Egypt
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 16, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 Three members of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) will visit Egypt from March 20-24 as part of a regional tour that also includes visits... Read More
2/19/01: Commission Asks for Vigorous U.S. Diplomacy to Cite China, Iran, Sudan, and Others
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 20, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 Writing on behalf of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, Chairman Elliott Abrams wrote Secretary of State Colin Powell February 16 to ask for "vigorous... Read More
1/31/01: Commission Hearing on Religious-Freedom Violations in Vietnam, Indonesia
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 1, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom will hold two hearings on Tuesday, February 13 in Washington, D.C., to examine religious-freedom... Read More
1/25/01: Press Conference on Religious Freedom and the Civil War in Sudan
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 26, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WHEN:Tuesday, January 30, 2001 at 4:30 p.m. WHERE:1530 Longworth House Office Building (5th floor) WHO:Chairman Elliott Abrams, U.S. Commission on... Read More
1/21/01: Chairman Congratulates Commissioner McCarrick on Elevation to Cardinal
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan. 22, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 The Chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, Elliott Abrams, today congratulated Commissioner Theodore McCarrick, Archbishop of... Read More
12/19/00: Commission Issues Recommendations on Religious Freedom in North Korea
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec. 20, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom wrote the President, Secretary of State, and congressional leaders December 18 with recommendations for promoting... Read More
12/18/00: Commission Asks Secretary Albright to Denounce the Targeting of Holy Places
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec. 19, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom yesterday wrote to Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright urging the United States government to denounce forcefully the... Read More
12/6/00: Commission Congratulates Commissioner McCarrick On Receipt of Human Rights Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec. 7, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom today congratulated Archbishop Theodore McCarrick, a Commission member, on his receipt of the Eleanor... Read More
12/5/00: Commission To Issue Report Card on Religious Freedom on Eve of Human Rights Day
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 6, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WHAT:The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom will hold a press conference to release its report critiquing the implementation of the... Read More

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