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"America's Sudan Policy: A New Direction?"
Testimony by Michael Young, Commissioner United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Before a joint hearing of the Subcommittee on Africa and the Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights of the Committee on…
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 Asks President Bush to Raise Religious-Freedom Issues With Egyptian President Mubarak
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 2, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has written to President Bush to ask him to raise religious-freedom…
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 Writes to Secretaries Powell, O'Neill Regarding Vietnam
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 Colin Powell and Secretary of the Treasury Paul O…
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 Revisits China-Bond Issue with President Bush
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 written to President Bush to ask whether he agrees…
"Sudan: The Atrocities Must Stop."
Remarks by Elliott Abrams, Chairman and Nina Shea, Commissioner United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Before the Congressional Human Rights Caucus of the United States House of Representatives April 26, 2001 Co-Chairman Wolf, Co…
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…
"China: Human Rights Issues to Consider."
Remarks by Elliott Abrams, former Chairman United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Before the Congressional Human Rights Caucus of the United States House of Representatives May 15, 2001 Thank you, Mr. Chairman and members of 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 Asks Powell to Raise Religious Freedom During Pakistani Minister's Visit
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 letter to Secretary of State Colin L.…
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…
Commission Asks Powell to Raise Religious-Freedom Issues on Asia Trip
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 prominently the protection of religious…
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…
"Religious Freedom in Sudan."
Presented by Nina Shea, Commissioner U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Congressional Human Rights Caucus September 28, 2001 Mr. Chairman and Members of the Caucus: On behalf of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom…
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
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 security advisor Condolezza Rice and…
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 Bush to Press Georgian President to End Attacks
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 security advisor Condolezza Rice and…
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…
Commission Urges President to Continue to Defend Human Rights, Religious Freedom
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 President Bush, urging him "to…
Commission Meets With Chinese Delegation to Express Religious-Freedom Concerns
Oct 11, 2001 OR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 11, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - A delegation from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom met…
Commission Condemns Harsh Sentence Meted Out to Vietnamese Priest
Oct 29, 2001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 29, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom today strongly condemned the…
Afghanistan's Future Political System Should Ensure Religious Freedom
Nov 1, 2001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 1, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent government…
Afghanistan's Future Political System Should Ensure Religious Freedom
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 1, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent government agency advising the executive…
Commission Issues Recommendations to Promote Religious Freedom in Uzbekistan
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 13, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent government agency advising the Administration and Congress…
Commissioner Shea to Address Religious Freedom at Belarus Conference
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 13, 2002 Contact: Eileen A. Sullivan, Deputy Director of Communications, (202) 523-3240, ext. 26 WASHINGTON - Nina Shea, Commissioner of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent…
Commission Issues Recommendations to Promote Religious Freedom in Uzbekistan
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 13, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent government agency advising the…
Commissioner Shea to Address Religious Freedom at Belarus Conference
Nov 13, 2001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 13, 2002 Contact: Eileen A. Sullivan, Deputy Director of Communications, (202) 523-3240, ext. 26 WASHINGTON - Nina Shea, Commissioner of the U.S. Commission on International Religious…
Commission Issues Recommendations to Promote Religious Freedom in Uzbekistan
Nov 13, 2001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 13, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent…
Commission to Hold Hearing on Religious Freedom and the Campaign Against Terrorism
Nov 19, 2001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 19, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent…
Hearing Tomorrow on Religious Freedom and the Campaign Against Terrorism
Nov 26, 2001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 26, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent…
Commission Writes Secretary Powell About Sectarian Violence in Indonesia
Dec 5, 2001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 5, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - With Muslim-Christian violence flaring yet again in Indonesia, the U.S.…
Commission Writes Secretary Powell About Sectarian Violence in Indonesia
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 5, 2001 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - With Muslim-Christian violence flaring yet again in Indonesia, the U.S. Commission on International Religious…
2002 Correspondence
October 3, 2002 Ensure Human Rights Are on the Agenda With North Korea, Commission Urges President August 19, 2002 Armitage Asked to Raise Religious Freedom on Visits to India, Pakistan, and China…
Administration, Congress, Must Press Religious-Freedom Cases With China
Jan 16, 2002 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 16, 2002 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent government…
Administration, Congress, Must Press Religious-Freedom Cases With China
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 16, 2002 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent government agency advising the Administration and…
Commission Hails Pakistan's Abolition of Discriminatory Electoral System
Jan 17, 2002 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 17, 2002 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 to Hold Hearing on Religious Freedom in North Korea
Jan 18, 2002 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 18, 2002 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent government…
Commission Urges Danforth: Press Sudan for Religious Freedom
Jan 21, 2002 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 21, 2002 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent…
Commission Urges Danforth: Press Sudan for Religious Freedom
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 21, 2002 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent federal agency advising the Administration…
North Korean Defector to Testify at Hearing on Religious Freedom in North Korea
Jan 22, 2002 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 22, 2002 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent government agency…
Public Hearing: Religious Freedom in North Korea
Longworth House Office Building, Room 1302Photo Gallery: Commission members (left to right): Richard D. Land, Firuz Kazemzadeh, Bishop William Francis Murphy, Felice D. Gaer, Executive Director Steven T. McFarland,…
USCIRF Congratulates Chairman Young on Appt. To Brown v. Board of Ed. Anniversary Body
Jan 30, 2002 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 30, 2002 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent…
Commission Recommends U.S. Seek to Regain Seat on the UNCHR
Jan 30, 2002 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 30, 2002 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - On January 28 the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an…
Commission Recommends U.S. Seek to Regain Seat on the UNCHR
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 30, 2002 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - On January 28 the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent government agency advising…
Commission Recommends President Bush Seek to Address Chinese People During Visit
Feb 1, 2002 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 1, 2002 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent federal…
Commission Recommends President Bush Seek to Address Chinese People During Visit
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 1, 2002 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent federal agency advising the Administration and…
Commission Urges President Bush to Raise Religious-Freedom Issues With Pakistani Leader
Feb 4, 2002 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 4, 2002 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent…
Commission Urges President Bush to Raise Religious-Freedom Issues With Pakistani Leader
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 4, 2002 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent federal agency advising the Administration…
"The Resurgence of Anti-Semitism in Western Europe."
By Felice D. Gaer, Chair U.S. Commission On International Religious Freedom for the Congressional Human Rights Caucus August 1, 2002 Expert witnesses take questions from the audience. Left to right: Rabbi Abraham Cooper, HRC Co-Chair Rep. Tom Lantos (D-CA…
Commission to Testify on Religious Freedom in China, Vietnam
Feb 11, 2002 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 11, 2002 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WHAT:Michael K. Young, Chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, will…
"Communist Entrenchment and Religious Persecution in China and Vietnam."
TESTIMONY OF MICHAEL K. YOUNG, CHAIR United States Commission on International Religious Freedom BEFORE THE HO#USE COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS February 13, 2002 Commission Chair…
Commission Welcomes President Bush's Speech in China
Feb 25, 2002 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 25, 2002 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent federal…
Commissioner Shea to Speak Before Helsinki Commission on Central Asia
Mar 6, 2002 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 6, 2002 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent government…
Commission Says U.S. Must Press Uzbekistan on Religious Freedom
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 8, 2002 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - The upcoming visit of Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov affords President Bush and the Secretary of State the…
Commission Says U.S. Must Press Uzbekistan on Religious Freedom
Mar 8, 2002 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 8, 2002 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - The upcoming visit of Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov affords President Bush and…
U.S. Must Help India Foster a Climate of Religious Tolerance, Commission Says
Mar 12, 2002 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 12, 2002 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has observed with great…
Commission Releases Report, Recommendations on Turkmenistan
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 14, 2002 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - Religious-freedom conditions in Turkmenistan are extremely poor and respect for freedom of religion there is…
Commission Releases Report, Recommendations on Turkmenistan
Mar 14, 2002 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 14, 2002 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - Religious-freedom conditions in Turkmenistan are extremely poor and respect for…
"Religious Freedom and U.S. Foreign Policy."
Presented by Commissioner Richard D. Land United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Religion, Politics, and Human Rights Russian Academy of Public Service Moscow, Russia March 18, 2002 Introduction Russia has been traveling…
Religious Freedom and U.S. Foreign Policy (Moscow)
Presented by Commissioner Richard D. Land United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Religion, Politics, and Human Rights Russian Academy of Public Service Moscow, Russia March 18, 2002 Introduction Russia has been traveling…
3/18/2002 Religious Freedom and U.S. Foreign Policy (Moscow)
"Religious Freedom and U.S. Foreign Policy" Presented by Commissioner Richard D. Land United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Religion, Politics, and Human Rights Russian Academy of Public Service Moscow, Russia…
Remarks by USCIRF Commissioner Richard Land on Religion, Politics and Human Rights in Moscow, Russia
USCIRF Commissioner Richard D. Land provided the following remarks to the Russian Academy of Public Service in Moscow, Russia on March 18, 2002.Introduction Russia has been traveling on its path of democratic transition for over a decade, freed from…
New Religion Law Would Take Kazakhstan in the Wrong Direction
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 25, 2002 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - A new religion law awaiting presidential signature would move Kazakhstan away from democracy and reform, says the U.S…
New Religion Law Would Take Kazakhstan in the Wrong Direction
Mar 25, 2002 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 25, 2002 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - A new religion law awaiting presidential signature would move Kazakhstan away…
New Religion Law Would Take Kazakhstan in the Wrong Direction
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 25, 2002 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - A new religion law awaiting presidential signature would move Kazakhstan away from democracy and reform, says the U.S…
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,…
Chairman Young to Testify on North Korea; Commission to Release Report
Apr 16, 2002 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 16, 2002 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent federal agency…
Commission Deplores Anti-Semitic Attacks in France and Belgium
Apr 16, 2002 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 15, 2002 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent federal agency…
Commission Issues New Recommendations, Holds Press Conference on Sudan
Apr 16, 2002 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 15, 2002 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 to…
Commission Deplores Unwarranted Rejection of UNCHR Resolution on Iran
Apr 24, 2002 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 24, 2002 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, a federal agency advising the…
Condition Sudan's Oil Revenues; Negotiate Self-Determination; And Secular Government
Apr 29, 2002 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 14, 2003 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - A just peace in Sudan is not possible unless the Khartoum regime is prevented from…
Commission to Release Third Annual Report and Recommendations at Press Conference
May 2, 2002 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 2, 2002 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, a federal agency advising the Administration…
President Bush Should Meet With Non-Orthodox Christians During Trip to Russia
May 16, 2002 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 16, 2002 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 While acknowledging major improvements in the situation of religious freedom in Russia since the…
Commission Chair to Testify at House Hearing on Sudan
May 31, 2002 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 31, 2002 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WHAT:Michael K. Young, Chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, a federal…
U.S. Must Press China to Uphold International Rights for North Korean Refugees
Jun 3, 2002 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 3, 2002 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent government agency…
"U.S. Policy to Promote International Religious Freedom: France and the U.S. Commissi
Presented by Commissioner Leila Sadat United States Commission on International Religious Freedom The French Center on the United States Paris, France June 5, 2002 Introduction On behalf of the United States Commission on International Religious…
6/05/2002 U.S. Policy to Promote International Religious Freedom: France and the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (France)
Presented by Commissioner Leila Sadat United States Commission on International Religious Freedom The French Center on the United States Paris, France June 5, 2002 Introduction On behalf of the United States Commission on International Religious…
New Evidence on Mass Killings in India Prompts Commission to Hold Hearing
Jun 5, 2002 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 5, 2002 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, a federal agency…
Commission to Hold Hearing on Religious Violence in Gujarat, India
Jun 6, 2002 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 6, 2002 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent government agency…