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In December 2012, the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, in conjunction with the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom and Amnesty International USA, launched the Defending Freedoms Project with the aim of supporting human rights and…
The Chinese government continues to perpetrate particularly severe violations of religious freedom. In May 2014, USCIRF released its 2014 Annual Report and again recommended that China be designated as a “country of particular concern,” or…
Feb 26, 2015
FOR YOUR INFORMATIONFebruary 26, 2015 | By Katrina Lantos Swett & Robert P. George
The following op-ed appeared in Al Jazeera America on February 26, 2015.
By all accounts, the past year in China…
Mar 18, 2015
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 18, 2015 | USCIRF
Washington, D.C. – As the Iranian government prepares to respond on March 19 to recommendations made during the UN Human Rights Council’s (UNHRC) Universal Periodic Review…
May 28, 2015
FOR YOUR INFORMATIONMay 28, 2015 | Katrina Lantos Swett & Robert P. George
The following op-ed appeared in Deseret News on May 28, 2015
“We do not jail people for their opinions.”
So insisted Iranian Foreign…
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom sent the following letter to Secretary Kerry on June 18, 2015.
The Honorable John F. Kerry
Secretary of State
U.S. Department of State
Washington, DC 20520
Dear Secretary Kerry:
I write…
Jun 18, 2015
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJune 18, 2015
For Uighur Muslims in China’s autonomous region of Xinjiang, observing Ramadan – a month-long period of introspection, fasting, prayer, and devotion – is difficult, if not…
Jul 6, 2015
FOR YOUR INFORMATIONJuly 6, 2015 | Robert P. George and Katrina Lantos Swett
The following op-ed appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer on July 5, 2015
Today, July 6, the Dalai Lama of Tibet, a modern-day exemplar of…
Aug 3, 2015
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAugust 3, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) this week marks the two-year anniversary of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s assumption of…
Sep 22, 2015
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 22, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) solemnly marks the one-year anniversary of the life sentence handed down to Chinese Uighur…