Showing posts with label State Department. Show all posts
Showing posts with label State Department. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 11, 2024

USCIRF Report: US Better at Condemning Violations of Religious Freedom Than at Promoting Change

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Last week (Sept. 6), the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom issued a 28-page report ( full text ) titled Revisiting the CPC ...
Wednesday, September 04, 2024

Catholic Diocese Sues Feds Over Rule Change For Religious Worker Visas

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Suit was filed last month in a New Jersey federal district court by the Catholic diocese of Patterson, New Jersey and by several Catholic pr...
Friday, July 19, 2024

International Representatives Release Guidelines for Countering Antisemitism

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On Wednesday in Buenos Aires, Argentina, representatives of 36 nations and international organizations, including U.S. Special Envoy to Moni...
Friday, May 03, 2024

USCIRF Issues Annual Report on Countries Violating Religious Freedom

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On Tuesday, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom released its 96-page 2024 Annual Report ( full text ). It detail developm...
Sunday, January 21, 2024

State Department Names Recipients of International Religious Freedom Awards

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Last Thursday, the State Department announced that Secretary Blinken has awarded the Department's International Religious Freedom Award...
Monday, January 15, 2024

State Department Issues Updated List of Religious Freedom Violators; USCIRF Reacts

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On January 4, the State Department, pursuant to the International Religious Freedom Act , released its annual list of countries and entities...
Tuesday, May 16, 2023

State Department Releases 2022 Report on International Religious Freedom

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Yesterday the U.S. State Department released its 2022 Report on International Religious Freedom ( full text ). The Report describes the stat...
Wednesday, May 03, 2023

USCIRF Releases 2023 Annual Report

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 On May 1, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom released its 2023 Annual Report ( full text ). A press release from the C...
Wednesday, December 28, 2022

State Department Gets Broader Authority to Pay Rewards in War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity and Genocide Cases

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Yesterday President Biden signed into law  H.R.4250 ( full text ) which expands the Department of State War Crimes Rewards Program that allo...
Wednesday, December 07, 2022

State Department Updates List of Countries Violating Religious Freedom; USCIRF Reacts

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Last week (Dec. 2) the U.S. State Department, as required by the International Religious Freedom Act , announced its annual list of countrie...
Monday, August 22, 2022

International Day Commemorating Victims Of Religious Persecution

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Today was International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence based on Religion or Belief,  so designated by a United Nations Ge...
Wednesday, June 15, 2022

State Department Issues International Religious Freedom Report

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On June 2, the State Department issued its annual Report to Congress on International Religious Freedom.  Issued in accordance with the Inte...
Thursday, April 14, 2022

State Department Issues 2021 Report On Human Rights Practices Around The World

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On Tuesday, the State Department released  the  2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices . This year's reports cover 198 countries...
Thursday, March 31, 2022

Lipstadt Finally Confirmed As Special Envoy To Combat Antisemitism

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Late yesterday, The U.S. Senate by voice vote confirmed Prof. Deborah Lipstadt to be Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, wi...
Wednesday, March 23, 2022

U.S. Imposes New Sanctions On China For Repression Of Ethnic And Religious Minorities

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On Monday, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced ( full text of press statement ) that the U.S. is imposing new sanctions on Chinese ...
Tuesday, March 22, 2022

U.S. Labels Burmese Military's Treatment Of Rohingya As Genocide

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In a speech ( full text ) yesterday at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced that the Un...
Wednesday, February 09, 2022

Lipstadt Finally Gets Hearing On Her Nomination As Anti-Semitism Monitor

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Yesterday, the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing on the nomination of Emory Prof. Deborah Lipstadt to be Special Envoy...
Friday, December 17, 2021

Rashad Hussain Confirmed As International Religious Freedom Ambassador

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Yesterday the U.S. Senate, by a vote of 85-5 , confirmed Rashad Hussain to be Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom. The W...
Tuesday, November 23, 2021

State Department Designates "Countries of Particular Concern" For Violating Religious Freedom Rights

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Last week, in a little noticed move, pursuant to the International Religious Freedom Act the U.S. State Department published this year...
Tuesday, July 06, 2021

State Department Will Accommodate LGBTQI+ Citizens In Passport Designations

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The U.S. State Department in a press release dated June 30 announced:  the Department will be taking further steps toward ensuring the fair...