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8/4/16: Clifford D. May Appointed to USCIRF
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 4, 2016   WASHINGTON, DC– Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on August 2, 2016 appointed Clifford D. May to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF).
8/2/16: Serious Flaws in U.S. Treatment of Asylum Seekers in Expedited Removal: Children Especially Harmed
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7/28/16: SAUDI ARABIA: Release Raif Badawi
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 28, 2016  
7/8/16: RUSSIA: USCIRF Condemns Enactment of Anti-Terrorism Laws
Click here to view this press release in Russian.   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 8, 2016  
7/6/16: CHINA: USCIRF Condemns the Government’s Ramadan Restrictions
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 6, 2016  
6/23/16: Rev. Thomas J. Reese, S.J., Elected as USCIRF Chair
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 23, 2016  
5/18/16: Two USCIRF Commissioners Appointed
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 18, 2016  
5/13/16: President Obama Appoints Rev. Thomas Reese, S.J. and Dr. John Ruskay to USCIRF
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 13, 2016  
5/3/16: Senator Reid Appoints Sandra Jolley to USCIRF
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 3, 2016  
5/2/16: USCIRF Issues its 2016 Annual Report
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 2, 2016  

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