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The National Interest -- Where Your Religion Can Still Send You to Jail
Dec 10, 2015 FOR YOUR INFORMATIONDecember 10, 2015 | Mary Ann Glendon and Katrina Lantos Swett The following op-ed appeared in The National Interest on December 10, 2015 December 10 marks Human Rights Day, the sixty-seventh…
Religion News Service -- Today — of all days — remember the disappeared
Aug 30, 2016 FOR YOUR INFORMATION August 30, 2016 | Daniel I. Mark and Sandra Jolley The following op/ed appeared in Religion News Service on August 30, 2016   (RNS) Gedhun Choekyi Nyima was a 6-year-old boy when he…
Religion News Service: Empower women by standing for religious freedom
Dec 9, 2016 The following op-ed appeared in Religion New Service on December 9, 2016 By former USCIRF Commissioners Kristina Arriaga and John Ruskay   Pwint Phyu Latt is a Muslim peace activist in Burma who sought to…
The Hill: The List No One Wants to Be On
Nov 16, 2017 The following originally op-ed appeared in The Hill on November 16, 2017   By former USCIRF Commissioners Daniel Mark and Sandra Jolley   People love lists. And when those lists are in the news,…
Religion News Service: A Presbyterian Pastor Languishes in a Turkish Prison
Jan 17, 2018 This Op-Ed appeared originally in Religion News Service on January 11, 2018. By former USCIRF Commissioners Sandra Jolley and Kristina Arriaga (RNS) — For most pastors, the beginning of a new…
Wall Street Journal: The Pastor Caught in Turkey's Chaos
Jul 24, 2018 This op-ed was originally published by the Wall Street Journal on Jul9 19, 2018. By former USCIRF Commissioner Kristina Arriaga President Trump tweeted Wednesday evening: “A total disgrace that Turkey…
Newsweek: Religious Freedom in a Changing World
Jun 7, 2020 This op-ed originally appeared on Newsweek By USCIRF Chair Tony Perkins and Vice Chair Gayle Manchin.  From the coronavirus pandemic to the use of surveillance, freedom of religion or belief…
Newsweek: Hagia Sophia Must Stay a Monument of Coexistence
Jul 2, 2020 This op-ed originally appeared on Newsweek, on July 2, 2020.  By USCIRF Commissioner Johnnie Moore and  Tugba Tabyeri-Erdemir Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated his desire to convert…
The Diplomat: Uzbekistan Must Stay on the Path of Religious Freedom Reform
Jul 9, 2020 This op-ed originally appears in The Diplomat, on July 9, 2020. By USCIRF Commissioners Nadine Maenza and Nury Turkel For many years, Uzbekistan presented a bleak picture in a region notorious for poor human…
Newsweek: U.S. Leaders Must Stand against Turkey’s Atrocities in Northern Syria
Jul 25, 2020 This op-ed originally appeared in Newsweek, on July 25, 2020. By USCIRF Vice Chair Anurima Bhargava and Commissioner Nadine Maenza As the world passively watches, Turkey is currently amassing troops on its…