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April 15, 2002: Commission Deplores Anti-Semitic Attacks in France and Belgium
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 15, 2002Contact:Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27WASHINGTON - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent federal agency advising the Administration and Congress,…
President Bush Discusses Freedom in Iraq and Middle East
November 6, 2003 Remarks by President George W. Bush on the 20th Anniversary of the National Endowment for Democracy United States Chamber of Commerce Washington, D.C. President Bush's remarks on the 20th Anniversary of the National Endowment…
The Guardian -- The Disturbing Persistence of Antisemitism in Europe
Apr 1, 2013 FOR YOUR INFORMATION By  USCIRF Chair Katrina Lantos Swett  Even as we prepare to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day, European society's dark past of bigotry haunts our present The following op-ed appeared…
Did You Know...Anti-Semitism
…that April 8 is Yom Ha Shoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, but acts of anti-Semitism still occur in Europe?In Russia, xenophobia and intolerance, including anti-Semitism, fuel hate crimes by skinhead groups. In Belarus, the anti-Jewish utterances of…
Assessing the U.S. Government's Detention of Asylum Seekers
Click here to read USCIRF's report, Assessing the U.S. Government's Detention of Asylum Seekers: Further Attention Needed to Fully Implement Reforms.
Asylum Detention Needs Improvements
Apr 19, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 19, 2013 | By USCIRF WASHINGTON, D.C. - As Congress considers legislation to reform the U.S. immigration system, a new U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) report,…
Did You Know...Detention of Asylum Seekers
...that the United States government continues to detain many asylum seekers in jails or jail-like facilities?Between July and December 2012, USCIRF staff toured 10 detention facilities nationwide and met with asylum seekers and officials from the…
Star-Ledger--Asylum seekers deserve better from America: Opinion
Jun 28, 2013 FOR YOUR INFORMATION6/28/2013 | By Eric P. Schwartz and M. Zuhdi Jasser The following appeared in Star-Ledger on June 28, 2013. As our nation debates immigration reform, it is time to consider reform of our…
USCIRF Strongly Condemns Apostasy Prosecution of Sudanese Woman
May 16, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 16, 2014 | USCIRF The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) strongly condemns the death sentence against Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag, a Sudanese Christian woman…
The Detroit News -- Two holy days, observed in freedom
Oct 6, 2014 FOR YOUR INFORMATIONOctober 6, 2014 | By M. Zuhdi Jasser and Hannah Rosenthal The following op-ed appeared in The Detroit News on October 4, 2014. On Saturday we will witness a confluence of two holy days of…