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Inaugural Meeting of U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
Jun 24, 1999 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 23, 1999 Contact: Rabbi David Saperstein, Chair, (202) 387-2800 Dean Michael K. Young, Vice-Chair, (202) 994-6288 INAUGURAL MEETING ISSUES TIME-URGENT CALLS ON EGYPT, IRAN David…
McFarland Selected Executive Director
Aug 14, 1999 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 13, 1999 Contact: Jeff Mandell, (202) 387-2800 (WASHINGTON) -- The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom today named Steven T. McFarland as its executive director…
September Meeting on State Department's Global Report
Sep 9, 1999 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 15, 2002 Contact: Rabbi David Saperstein, Chair, (202) 387-2800 Dean Michael K Young, Vice-Chair, (202) 994-6288 Steve McFarland, Executive Director, (703) 625-1085 WASHINGTON,…
"The First Annual State Department Report on International Religious Freedom."
Congressional Testimony Delivered by The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom October 6, 1999 Robert A. Seiple Hearing on the First Annual Department of State Report on International Religious Freedom Nina Shea The…
Nina Shea, Commissioner, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
Testimony before the Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights House Committee on International Relations The First Annual State Department Report on International Religious Freedom October 6, 1999 On behalf of the U.S. Commission…
Meeting with President Clinton to Urge Action on Sudan and China
Oct 20, 1999 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 19, 1999 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 WASHINGTON, October 19, 1999 -- The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom met today…
Commission Urges Banning of Foreign Investors in Sudan Oil Pipeline from U.S. Stock Markets
Nov 2, 1999 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 01, 1999 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 WASHINGTON, November 1, 1999 - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom is urging the…
Commission Announces Senior Staff Appointments
Nov 23, 1999 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 22, 1999 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 Steven T. McFarland, Executive Director of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, at…
Commission Welcomes Russian Court Decision
Nov 25, 1999 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 24, 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…
Religious Freedom: A Fundamental Human Right
Dec 10, 1999 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…
Message to China: Make Peace With Falun Gong
Dec 10, 1999 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…
Why are U.S. Mayors and Governors Apologizing to China?
Dec 16, 1999 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…
Move Food Aid to the Hungry in Southern Sudan
Dec 17, 1999 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…
Commission to Examine Capital-Market Sanctions
Dec 21, 1999 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…
War in Chechnya Fed by Religious Bigotry
Dec 22, 1999 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…
Religious Repression Worsening in China
Dec 31, 1999 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…
2000 Correspondence
December 20, 2000 Commission Issues Recommendations on Religious Freedom in North Korea December 19, 2000 Commission Asks Secretary Albright to Denounce the Targeting of Holy…
Commission Regrets Chinese Naming of Bishops
Jan 13, 2000 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…
Commission Expresses Profound Concern Over Indonesian Strife
Feb 1, 2000 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…
Hearings on Religious Persecution in Sudan
Feb 5, 2000 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…
Additional Sudan Hearing Witnesses Announced
Feb 12, 2000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Feb. 11, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom announced today additional witnesses who will appear…
Hearing on Religious Persecution in Sudan
Feb 15, 2000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Feb. 14, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom will hold its first hearing on Tuesday, Feb. 15 to…
Commission Urges Action to Protect Iranian Baha'is
Feb 25, 2000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Feb. 24, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom and Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kansas) held a joint press…
Commission Sets L.A. Hearing on China
Mar 8, 2000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Mar. 7, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 What:U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom field hearing on religious freedom in China. The…
"The U.S. State Department Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1999."
TESTIMONY ON THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES FOR 1999 PRESENTED BY NINA SHEA, DIRECTOR CENTER FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM OF FREEDOM HO#USE AND COMMISSIONER, U.S. COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM BEFORE…
Hearing on Religious Persecution in China
Mar 14, 2000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Mar. 13, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom is holding its second hearing on Thursday, March 16…
"The State of Democracy and Human Rights in Turkmenistan."
Presented by Firuz Kazemzadeh, Commissioner, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom and Professor Emeritus of Yale University Before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe March 21, 2000 Mr. Chairman, members of the…
Commission Asks Clinton to Address Religious Freedom With Egyptian President Mubarak
Mar 28, 2000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 27, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Friday wrote to President Clinton to raise the…
Commission Condemns Vietnam's Interference in Buddhist Commemoration
Apr 1, 2000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 31, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom today condemned the government of Vietnam's actions…
Commissioners to Testify on Religious Persecution in China
Apr 5, 2000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 26, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom May 1 will issue its first annual report, which will…
"People's Republic of China and Religious Freedom in Larger Human Rights Context."
Presented by Vice Chair Michael Young and Chair David Saperstein U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Before the Congressional Human Rights Caucus April 6, 2000 Commission Vice Chair Michael Young (r) and Chair David Saperstein (l)…
Commission to Hold Press Conference, Issue First Annual Report
Apr 27, 2000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 26, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom May 1 will issue its first annual report, which will…
Commissioner Abrams to Testify Before Ways and Means on China and the WTO
May 3, 2000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 2, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 WHAT:The Hon. Elliott Abrams, member of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom and a former…
"Accession of China to the WTO."
Testimony Of Elliott Abrams on behalf of The U.S. Commission On International Religious Freedom to the Committee On Ways and Means on: PNTR for China May 3, 2000 Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee: On behalf of the United States Commission on…
McFarland to Testify Before House International Relations Committee on China Trade
May 10, 2000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 9, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 WHAT:Steven T. McFarland, Executive Director of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, will…
"Granting Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) Status to China: Is it in the U.S. National Interest?"
Testimony Of Steven T. McFarland on behalf of The U.S. Commission On International Religious Freedom Before the Committee On International Relations Of The United States House Of Representatives May 10, 2000 Mr. Chairman and members of the Committee,…
Abrams, McFarland to Speak in Discussion on Commission's First Annual Report
May 12, 2000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 11, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 WHAT:Commissioner Elliott Abrams of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom and Steven T.…
Commission to Testify Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
May 16, 2000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 15, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 WHAT: Members of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom will testify before the…
Testimony on Religious Freedom in Sudan and the May 1, 2000 Report of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
Presented by Nina Shea, Commissioner U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Senate Foreign Relations Committee May 16, 2000 Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee: On behalf of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, on…
Dissent to Testimony on Religious Freedom in Sudan
Commission on International Religious Freedom Hearing before the House International Relations Committee May 16, 2000 Laila Al-Marayati, MD, Commissioner This statement is written in objection to segments of the testimony delivered before this…
Commission to Testify Before the House Int'l Relations Committee on Annual Report
May 23, 2000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 22, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 WHAT:Members of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom will testify before the House…
Testimony on the IRFA Process, Religious Freedom in Russia, and the May 1, 2000 Report of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
Presented by Rabbi David Saperstein, Chair U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom House International Relations Committee May 24, 2000 Good morning Mr. Chairman and members of the Committee. I'm Rabbi David Saperstein and I am…
Commission Chairman Voices Disappointment with House Vote on China Trade
May 26, 2000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 25, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The Chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom today expressed regret over the House…
Commission Elects Elliott Abrams as Chairman, Firuz Kazemzadeh as Vice Chairman
Jun 2, 2000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 1, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom today elected Commissioner Elliott Abrams to serve as…
Commission to Expand Focus in Coming Year
Jun 19, 2000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 19, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom today announced an expanded work program for…
Commission Requests 'More Energetic' U.S. Response to Religious Killings in Indonesia
Jul 5, 2000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 5, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom today wrote to Secretary of State Madeleine…
Commission Requests 'More Energetic' U.S. Response to Religious Killings in Indonesia
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 5, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom today wrote to Secretary of State Madeleine Albright with recommendations for a…
Commission: Don't Let Sudan Off the Hook
Jul 6, 2000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 6, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom today issued a statement urging Congress and the…
Chinese Persecution of Uighur Muslims May Be Increasing, Commission Says
Jul 14, 2000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 14, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom today issued a statement deploring what appears to be…
Commission Expresses Regret at Upcoming Resignation of Ambassador Robert Seiple
Jul 17, 2000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 17, 2000 Contact: Eileen A. Sullivan, Deputy Director of Communications, (202) 523-3240 The Chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, Elliott Abrams,…
CIRF Urges Laos, N. Korea, Saudi Arabia, Turkmenistan as Countries of Particular Concern
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 31, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 (202) 523-3240 (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom wrote Friday, July 28 to Secretary of State Madeleine…
USCIRF Urges Laos, N. Korea, Saudi Arabia, Turkmenistan as Countries of Particular Concern
Jul 31, 2000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 31, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom wrote Friday, July 28 to Secretary of State Madeleine…
Commission Asks President Clinton to Raise Religious-Freedom Issues During Nigerian Visit
Aug 10, 2000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 10, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom wrote to President Clinton August 8 urging that he…
Commission Statement on Religious Persecution in China
Sep 4, 2000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 4, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 679-7655 (cell) Steven T. McFarland, Executive Director, (202) 679-7653 (cell) In a Los Angeles speech two weeks…
Commission Praises Seiple Report, Urges Administration and Congress to Act
Sep 5, 2000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 5, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom today issued the following statement by…
Commission to Testify on State Department Religious Freedom Report
Sep 6, 2000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 6, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 WHAT:The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom will testify Thursday on the State…
"State Department Annual Report on International Religious Freedom for 2000."
Presented by Firuz Kazemzadeh, Vice-Chairman U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom House International Relations Committee Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights September 7, 2000 Three…
Commission Announces Hearings on Religious Freedom in India, Pakistan
Sep 8, 2000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 8, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 WHAT:The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom will hold hearings on religious freedom in…
Commission Asks Pres. Clinton to Raise Religious-Freedom Issues with Indian PM Vajpayee
Sep 11, 2000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 11, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom wrote to President Clinton September 6…
Commission Asks Pres. Clinton to Raise Religious-Freedom Issues with Indian PM Vajpayee
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 11, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom wrote to President Clinton September 6 urging that he raise with India's…
Hearings on Religious Freedom in India, Pakistan
Sep 14, 2000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 14, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom is holding hearings on Monday, September 18 in…
Commissioner Shea to Testify on Religious Freedom in Sudan Before Human Rights Caucus
Sep 26, 2000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 26, 2000 Contact: Eileen A. Sullivan, Deputy Director of Communications , (202) 523-3240 WHAT:The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom will testify Thursday during a…
Commission Asks Pres. Clinton to Raise Religious-Freedom Issues During Trip to Vietnam
Oct 5, 2000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 5, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom wrote to President Clinton October 4 urging…
Commission Asks Pres. Clinton to Raise Religious-Freedom Issues During Trip to Vietnam
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 5, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom wrote to President Clinton October 4 urging that he raise with the government of…
Commission Asks Sec. Albright to Stress Religious-Freedom Issues in North Korea
Oct 10, 2000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 10, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom wrote to Secretary of State Madeleine…
Commission Asks Sec. Albright to Stress Religious-Freedom Issues in North Korea
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 10, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom wrote to Secretary of State Madeleine Albright on October 10 urging that she…
Commission Hails Defeat of Sudan's Bid for Security Council Seat
Oct 12, 2000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 11, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom today applauded the defeat of Sudan's bid for a…
Commission Urges Sudanese Minister to Improve Religious Freedom
Oct 18, 2000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 18, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom wrote to the Minister of External Relations of…
Commission Recommends SEC Investigate Sinopec's Disclosure of Interests in Sudan
Oct 20, 2000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 20, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom today wrote to the U.S. Securities and Exchange…
Commission Recommends SEC Investigate Sinopec's Disclosure of Interests in Sudan
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 20, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom today wrote to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to recommend…
USCIRF Asks Clinton to Raise Religious-Freedom Issues in Meeting With Russian President
Oct 26, 2000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 26, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom wrote to President Clinton October 26…
USCIRF Asks Clinton to Raise Religious-Freedom Issues in Meeting With Russian President
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 26, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom wrote to President Clinton October 26 urging that he raise religious-freedom…
Commission Expresses Concern, Issues Recommendations on Iran
Nov 1, 2000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 1, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom today expressed deep concern over the conditions…
Commission Queries President on Blocking China Sovereign-Bond Sales
Nov 2, 2000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 2, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Wednesday asked President Clinton whether he agrees…
Commission Queries President on Blocking China Sovereign-Bond Sales
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 2, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Wednesday asked President Clinton whether he agrees with its analysis that the President…
In Russia, 'Liquidating' Churches - The Washington Post
Nov 14, 2000 The Washington Post November 14, 2000 By Elliott Abrams An amendment signed into law by Russian President Vladimir Putin threatens the "liquidation" of thousands of religious groups at the end of…
The Washington Post -- In Russia, 'Liquidating' Churches
Nov 14, 2000 The Washington Post November 14, 2000 By Elliott Abrams An amendment signed into law by Russian President Vladimir Putin threatens the "liquidation" of thousands of religious groups at the end of…
Commission Congratulates Theodore McCarrick on His Appointment as Archbishop of Washington, D.C.
Nov 21, 2000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 21, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 The Vice Chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, Firuz…
Commission To Issue Report Card on Religious Freedom on Eve of Human Rights Day
Dec 6, 2000 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…
Commission Congratulates Commissioner McCarrick On Receipt of Human Rights Award
Dec 7, 2000 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…
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…
Commission Asks Secretary Albright to Denounce the Targeting of Holy Places
Dec 19, 2000 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.…
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…
Commission Issues Recommendations on Religious Freedom in North Korea
Dec 20, 2000 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…
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…
Los Angeles Times -- China's Religious Repression Imperils All
Dec 29, 2000 Los Angeles Times Friday, December 29, 2000 By Elliott Abrams The latest move in China's ongoing anti-religion campaign is as subtle as a sledgehammer. Literally. In the eastern province of Zhejiang,…
The Washington Times -- Candle in the Darkness
Jan 1, 2001 The Washington Times January 1, 2001 By Elliott Abrams With the passage of the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA) in October 1998, Congress launched an important experiment in American diplomacy. Could the…
2001 Correspondence
December 5, 2001 Commission Writes Secretary Powell About Sectarian Violence in Indonesia November 13, 2001 Commission Issues Recommendations to Promote Religious Freedom in…
Chairman Congratulates Commissioner McCarrick on Elevation to Cardinal
Jan 22, 2001 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…
Press Conference on Religious Freedom and the Civil War in Sudan
Jan 26, 2001 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…
"USCIRF Press Conference on Religious Freedom and the Civil War in Sudan."
Participants: Elliott Abrams, Chairman, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom; Dr. Susan Rice, Former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs; Congressman Joseph Pitts; and Congressman Frank Wolf 1539 Longworth House…
Commission Hearing on Religious-Freedom Violations in Vietnam, Indonesia
Feb 1, 2001 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,…
Letter Asks President Bush to Raise Religious-Freedom Issues With Nigerian President
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 11, 2001 Contact: Anne Johnson, Director of Communications, (202) 523-3240 (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom today released the text of a letter sent to President Bush May 3 asking…
Commission Asks for Vigorous U.S. Diplomacy to Cite China, Iran, Sudan, and Others
Feb 20, 2001 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…
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…
Delegation from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Visits Egypt
Mar 16, 2001 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…
Commission Issues New Recommendations on Sudan
Mar 21, 2001 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…
Commission Statement on Visit to Cairo, Egypt
Mar 26, 2001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 26, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 The delegation of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) completed its…
Commission To Testify on Sudan Before HIRC Subcommittees
Mar 27, 2001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 27, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WHAT:The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom will testify at a joint hearing of the…