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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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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: 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,…
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…
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…
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 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 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…
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…
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…
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
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 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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
Re: Religious Freedom in Vietnam Dear Secretary Powell:
Mar 29, 2001 The Honorable Colin L. Powell Secretary of State United States Department of State Washington, DC 20520 Dear Secretary Powell: On behalf of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (the Commission), I…
Re: Religious Freedom in Vietnam Dear Secretary O'Neill
Mar 29, 2001 The Honorable Paul H. O'Neill Secretary of Treasury United States Department of Treasury Washington, DC 20220 Dear Secretary O'Neill: On behalf of the U.S. Commission on International Religious…
Commission Asks President Bush to Raise Religious-Freedom Issues With Egyptian President Mubarak
Apr 2, 2001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 2, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has written to President Bush to ask…
Commission Asks President Bush to Raise Religious-Freedom Issues With Egyptian President Mubarak
Apr 2, 2001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 2, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has written to President Bush to ask him to…
Commission Writes to Secretaries Powell, O'Neill Regarding Vietnam
Apr 5, 2001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 5, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has written to Secretary of State…
Commission Revisits China-Bond Issue with President Bush
Apr 20, 2001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 20, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom announced today that it has…
Commission to Issue Second Annual Report, Hold Press Conference
Apr 26, 2001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 26, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom will issue its second Annual…
Commission Hails SEC Move to Require More Disclosure For Foreign Companies
May 11, 2001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 11, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom today welcomed a decision by the…
Commission Issues Reports on Egypt and Saudi Arabia
May 16, 2001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 16, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom today issued an Addendum to its May 1, 2001…
Nina Shea Reappointed to Commission
May 17, 2001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 17, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 Nina Shea, Director of the Center for Religious Freedom of Freedom House in Washington, D.C…
Commission to Testify on its 2001 Annual Report Before HIRC
May 22, 2001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 22, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WHAT: The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom will testify before the House…
Commission Asks Powell to Raise Religious Freedom During Pakistani Minister's Visit
May 23, 2001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 30, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom today released the text of a May 14…
Michael Young Reappointed to Commission
May 23, 2001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 23, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 Michael K. Young, Dean of the George Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C.,…
Commission To Testify on its 2001 Annual Report Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Jun 1, 2001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 1, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WHAT: The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom will testify before the Senate…
Kazemzadeh, Stith, Named to Commission
Jun 11, 2001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 11, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 Firuz Kazemzadeh, Ph.D., of Alta Loma, California, and the Rev. Charles R. Stith of Boston…
Sadat, Gaer Appointed to Commission
Jun 27, 2001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 27, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 Leila Nadya Sadat of St. Louis, Mo., and Felice Gaer of Paramus, N.J., have been appointed…
Commission "Deeply Disappointed" by Awarding of Olympic Games to Beijing
Jul 13, 2001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 13, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom today issued the following statement: "The…
Commission Asks Powell to Raise Religious-Freedom Issues on Asia Trip
Jul 23, 2001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 23, 2001 Contact: Eileen A. Sullivan, Deputy Director of Communications, (202) 523-3240, ext. 26 The U.S. Commission has written to Secretary of State Colin L. Powell asking him to "raise…
USCIRF Asks State Dept to Designate 9 Countries As Worst Religious-Freedom Violators
Aug 16, 2001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 16, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has nominated Burma, China, Iran, Iraq,…
USCIRF Urges President to Support Capital-Market Provisions in the Sudan Peace Act
Sep 6, 2001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 6, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 For 18 years, Sudan has been plagued by a civil war that has killed more than 2 million people…
Congress Should Demand Religious-Freedom Improvements As It Considers Vietnam Trade
Sep 12, 2001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 12, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 The Senate will soon consider the Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) with Vietnam, approved by…
USCIRF Urges Bush to Raise Religious Freedom with Indonesian Pres. Megawati Sukarnoputri
Sep 17, 2001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 17, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has written to National Security…
President Bush Appoints Three Distinguished Leaders to Commission; Panel Complete
Sep 18, 2001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 18, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 President George W. Bush yesterday appointed Dr. Richard D. Land of Nashville,…
Commission Elects Dean Michael K. Young Chairman
Sep 24, 2001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 24, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom today announced the election…
President Bush Nominates Ambassador-at-Large
Sep 27, 2001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 27, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 The White House announced September 26 that President Bush intends to nominate John V…
Commission Forwards Recommendations to Special Envoy on Sudan
Oct 2, 2001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 2, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 Washington -Michael K. Young, Chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom,…
Commission Urges Bush to Press Georgian President to End Attacks
Oct 5, 2001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 5, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom wrote October 4 to national…
Commission Urges President to Continue to Defend Human Rights, Religious Freedom
Oct 8, 2001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 8, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom October 5 wrote…