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Religious Freedom: A Fundamental Human Right
Dec 10, 1999 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec. 09, 1999 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change…
Message to China: Make Peace With Falun Gong
Dec 10, 1999 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec. 09, 1999 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The Chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, Rabbi David Saperstein, today…
Why are U.S. Mayors and Governors Apologizing to China?
Dec 16, 1999 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec. 15, 1999 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U. S. Commission on International Religious Freedom today deplored apologies to the Chinese government…
Move Food Aid to the Hungry in Southern Sudan
Dec 17, 1999 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec. 16, 1999 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U. S. Commission on International Religious Freedom today decried the Sudanese government's use of food…
Commission to Examine Capital-Market Sanctions
Dec 21, 1999 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec. 20, 1999 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom today announced creation of a task force to examine…
War in Chechnya Fed by Religious Bigotry
Dec 22, 1999 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec. 21, 1999 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 As United States and international policymakers wrestle with the important question about how best to express their…
Religious Repression Worsening in China
Dec 31, 1999 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec. 30, 1999 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The repression of religion in China has worsened considerably in recent weeks with the sentencing of several…
2000 Correspondence
December 20, 2000 Commission Issues Recommendations on Religious Freedom in North Korea December 19, 2000 Commission Asks Secretary Albright to Denounce the Targeting of Holy…
Commission Regrets Chinese Naming of Bishops
Jan 13, 2000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan. 12, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom today expressed disappointment with China's move last…
Commission Expresses Profound Concern Over Indonesian Strife
Feb 1, 2000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan. 31, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom today expressed its profound concern over recent…