Showing posts with label Syria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Syria. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 04, 2018

Congress Passes Bill Aimed At Prosecuting Iraq and Syria Genocide

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Last week, Congress gave final passage to HR 390, the  Iraq and Syria Genocide Relief and Accountability Act  ( full text ). The bill now a...
Friday, April 27, 2018

Iranian Christians Denied Refugee Status Sue

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A class action lawsuit was filed last week on behalf of 87 Christians, Mandaeans, and other persecuted religious minorities from Iran who (t...
Wednesday, February 15, 2017

New Suit Challenges Syrian Refugee Ban In Trump Executive Order; Hawaii Suit Moves Ahead

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The portion of President Trump's travel ban Executive Order which suspends entry of refugees from Syria into the United States was chall...
Friday, October 28, 2016

3rd Circuit Judge Questions Religious Mix of Syrian Refugees

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In Heartland Alliance National Immigrant Justice Center v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security ,  (7th Cir., Oct. 21, 2016), the U.S. 7th C...
Sunday, June 26, 2016

Court Says Religious Autonomy Precludes Adjudication of Suit By Torture Victim

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In a fascinating decision handed down June 17, an Oklahoma trial court held that the "religious autonomy doctrine" requires it to ...
Friday, June 17, 2016

UN Commission Says ISIS Has Committed Genocide Against Yazidis

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Yesterday, the International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic established by the United Nations Human Rights Council issued...
Thursday, June 25, 2015

Islamic State Militants Destroy Two Historic Tombs In Palmyra, Syria

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AP reported yesterday that in Syria, Islamic State militants have destroyed two historic mausoleums in or near their recently-captured histo...
Saturday, June 14, 2014

Suit Claims Church's Publicity On Muslim's Conversion Led To His Torture and Near Death In Syria

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In Tulsa, Oklahoma, a John Doe plaintiff has filed a state court lawsuit seeking $75,000 in punitive damages against the First Presbyterian ...
Friday, February 28, 2014

Islamist Syrian Rebel Group Imposes Strict Controls On Christians In Town of Raqqa

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BBC News reported yesterday that in the northern Syrian town of Raqqa, the rebel group Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) that con...
Thursday, January 16, 2014

USCIRF Says US Should Raise Plight of Religious Minorities At Geneva II Syrian Peace Conference

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The Geneva II, UN-backed peace conference on Syria will begin in Montreux, Switzerland on January 22. ( Background .) On Tuesday, the U.S. C...