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Religious Freedom: Iran's Litmus Test
Sep 23, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 23, 2013 | By USCIRF Religious Freedom: Iran's Litmus Test Washington, D.C. - On the eve of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's first ever address to the United Nations General Assembly…
USCIRF Letter to President Obama on Upcoming Meeting with Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan
Sep 23, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 23, 2013| By USCIRF USCIRF Letter to President Obama on Upcoming Meeting with Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) sent…
CNN World -- Nigeria must hold extremists accountable
Oct 18, 2013 FOR YOUR INFORMATIONOctober 4, 2013 | By Robert P. George The following op-ed appeared in CNN World on October 4, 2013. Editor's note: Robert P. George is the chairman of the U.S. Commission on International…
The Providence Journal -- Thanksgiving and Hanukkah spell re-dedication to religious freedom
Dec 3, 2013 FOR YOUR INFORMATIONDecember 2, 2013 | By Robert P. George The following op-ed appeared in the Providence Journal on November 30, 2013. Washington - As the nation celebrates Thanksgiving, Jewish Americans are also…
Reuters -- Human Rights Day: Still pursuing religious freedom
Dec 11, 2013 FOR YOUR INFORMATION December 11, 2013 | By Katrina Lantos Swett and Mary Ann Glendon The following op-ed appeared in Reuters & the Chicago Tribune on December 10, 2013. December 10 marks Human Rights Day,…
Testimony of USCIRF Co-chair Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett before House Foreign Affairs Joint Subcommittee Hearing on "Iran's Persecution of American Pastor Abedini Worsens"
December 12, 2013USCIRF Co-Chair Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett testified before the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations and the Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa of the House Foreign…
Real Clear World -- Iran's War on Religion
Dec 31, 2013 FOR YOUR INFORMATIONDecember 30, 2013 | By Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett The following op-ed appeared in Real Clear World on December 28, 2013. December 28, 2013 - With the approach of a new year comes the hope of peace…
The Continued Need to Combat Anti-Semitism
Nov 10, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENovember 10, 2014 | USCIRF WASHINGTON, D.C. – Two anniversaries this month highlight the importance of continually confronting and combatting anti-Semitism wherever and whenever it arises.…
NIGERIA: USCIRF Condemns Horrific Attack on Worshippers in Mosque
Dec 2, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 2, 2014 I USCIRF WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) strongly condemns the horrific November 28 attack on worshippers at Kano’s Central…
January 2015 Factsheet: Religious Freedom and Nigeria's 2015 Elections
Click here to view the January 2015 Factsheet: Religious Freedom and Nigeria's 2015 Elections