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Baltimore Sun Op-Ed: In Nigeria, getting away with murder PDF Print E-mail

January 25, 2012 | by Leonard A. Leo and Rev. William Shaw

 

The following op-ed appeared in the Baltimore Sun on January 23, 2012.  For a link to the original article, go to

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-nigeria-20120123,0,6743343.story

 

Since the arrival of the New Year, America's Nigerian diaspora, including its significant community in Maryland, must be dismayed by the news from Africa's most populous country. The reluctance of Nigeria's government to prevent or punish violence between Muslims and Christians has invited further violations of religious freedom and losses of innocent life.

 

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Houston Chronicle Op-Ed: Let's reform detention system for asylum seekers PDF Print E-mail

December 15, 2011 | by Felice Gaer and Richard Land

 

The following article appeared in the Houston Chronicle on December 14, 2011

 

Each year, asylum seekers come to the United States seeking refuge from religious and other forms of persecution. Desiring new lives of freedom and dignity, many confront a system that, in the name of security, treats them like criminals.

 

Such was the finding of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), an independent, bipartisan federal advisory body on which we serve, in a 2005 study and the 2007 follow-up report.

 

Unfortunately, to this day, little has changed.

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11/30/2011 Clinton's historic visit to Burma must advance religious freedom - San Jose Mercury News Op-Ed PDF Print E-mail

 

The following article appeared in the San Jose Mercury News on November 30, 2011:
 
 

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11/9/2011: A call for reform in Pakistan’s schools - Washington Post PDF Print E-mail
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5/20/2011: Coptic Christians Need Protection -- Will the U.S. Help Them? - Fox News PDF Print E-mail
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5/19/2011: Hizmetophobia: A by-product of the Turkish Muslim Spring - Today's Zaman PDF Print E-mail
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