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8/20/2012: Envoy Visits Monk, Activist - Radio Free Asia |
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The following article appeared in Radio Free Asia on August 20, 2012 at http://www.rfa.org/english/news/vietnam/ambassador-08202012181357.html.
The U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam meets with dissidents to discuss human rights and religious freedom. The U.S. ambassador to Vietnam has held rare talks with two local prominent dissidents—the head of a banned Buddhist group under de facto house arrest and a prodemocracy activist—in an apparent bid to highlight religious freedom and prodemocracy activism in the country.
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7/30/2012: State Department highlights global religious restrictions in new report - Religion News Service |
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(RNS) Religious minorities continue to suffer loss of their rights across the globe, the State Department reported Monday (July 30), with a rise in blasphemy laws and restrictions on faith practices.
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7/15/2012: Highland Park woman says father’s religion led to imprisonment in Iran - Chicago Tribune |
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The following article, written by Jeff Danna, appeared in the Chicago Tribune on July 15, 2012 at http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-07-15/news/ct-met-highland-park-family-iran-20120715_1_baha-is-islamic-republic-zoroastrians.
Highland Park resident Nasrin Nakhaei learned in May that her 85-year-old father, Muhammad-Husayn Nakha'i, had been arrested and jailed in his home country of Iran. The government has not said why it arrested him, Nakhaei said, but the family suspects it's because of his Baha'i faith.
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7/4/2012 Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett: The BIggest Problem Faced by Copts in Egypt is Impunity - Mideast Christian News |
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The following article appeared in the MidEast Christian News on July 4, 2012:
The Third Annual Coptic Solidarity Conference which took place only one day after the victory of an Islamist in the Egyptian presidential elections, focused on U.S. National Security and Advancing Human and Minority Rights in Egypt.
Attending the conference was Ms Katrina Lantos Swett, chairperson of the United States Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF).
Dr Katrina Lantos Swett who was appointed to the Commission in March 2012 and is serving her first term, said that the biggest problem faced by the Copts in Egypt continues to be one of impunity.
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6/28/2012: Ahmadiyya Muslims Get Warm Welcome in Congress - Religion News Service |
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The following article, written by Lauren Markoe, appeared in Religion News Service on June 28, 2012 at http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-faith/ahmadi-muslim-leader-pushes-plight-in-congress/2012/06/28/gJQAuduf9V_print.html.
WASHINGTON — The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is persecuted around the world, but it has plenty of friends on Capitol Hill.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., joined more than 20 House colleagues and at least one senator Wednesday (June 27) at a reception to mark the first visit of the Ahmadiyya’s spiritual leader, Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, to Congress.
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6/27/2012: US lawmakers show support for Ahmadiyya - AFP |
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The following article appeared in AFP on June 27, 2012 at http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j5yU9pDg_EqSHo6MaEGslly3eKLA?docId=CNG.5062a6e9ad961459ed8c0e9fb7fbef00.4c1.
WASHINGTON — US lawmakers on Wednesday offered support for the global leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community, which has faced discrimination and violence in Pakistan and Indonesia.
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6/19/2012: Police Beat Buddhist Monk - Radio Free Asia |
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The following article, written by Rachel Vanderbrink, appeared in Radio Free Asia on June 19, 2012 at http://www.rfa.org/english/news/vietnam/monk-beaten-06192012154610.html.
Vietnamese police have beaten a monk who is a member of an outlawed Buddhist association after pulling him over for not wearing a helmet, an overseas rights group said Tuesday.
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9/30/2011: Leonard Leo on Extremist Ideology and Religious Freedom on Fox and Friends |
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Fox & Friends
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September 30, 2011| 6:00 – 7:00 AM
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Gretchen Carlson, Co-Host: Joining us now is Leonard Leo; he is the Chairman of the United States Commission on International Freedom. Good morning to you, Mr. Leo.
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5/20/2011: Coptic Christians Need Protection -- Will the U.S. Help Them? - Fox News |
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5/19/2011: Hizmetophobia: A by-product of the Turkish Muslim Spring - Today's Zaman |
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5/16/2011: Violence Bursts Out Again as Christians Protest in Egypt - Christian Post |
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