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Press Releases

2003 Press Releases

December

December 18, 2003

State Department: Commission comments on religious freedom report

December 12, 2003

Turkmenistan: USCIRF Deeply Concerned by Turkmenistan’s New Law on Religion

December 17, 2003

Commissioner inaccurately quoted in The Weekly Standard

December 8, 2003

China: Commission trip postponed again

December 5, 2003

Egypt: Commissioner says quotes are distorted and fabricated in Egyptian publication

 

November

November 21, 2003

House Recognizes IRFA 5th Anniversary

November 21, 2003

Vietnam: House Resolution 427

November 17, 2003

Is Saudi Arabia a Strategic Threat? November 18 hearing

November 10, 2003

Saudi Arabia: USCIRF Op-ed in The Wall Street Journal

November 10, 2003

U.S. Refugee Admissions Program

November 5, 2003

Vietnam: Commissioner Shea speaks on Capitol Hill

November 4, 2003

Afghanistan: Constitution Threatens to Institutionalize “Taliban-lite”

 

October

October 31, 2003

Pakistan: Letter to Powell

October 27, 2003

5th Anniversary of IRFA

October 24, 2003

Pelosi appoints Patti Chang to Commission

October 15, 2003

Anti-Semitism: Commissioner Gaer addresses OSCE rights meeting

October 10, 2003

Commissioners meet with President George W. Bush

October 1, 2003

Vietnam: USCIRF testifies on Capitol Hill

October 1, 2003

Afghanistan: USCIRF Op-ed in The New York Times

 

September

September 30, 2003

Vietnam: Commissioner Shea to testify at Congressional Members' briefing

September 26, 2003

Nigeria: Commission welcomes acquittal in stoning case

September 24, 2003

Afghanistan: Freedom in Crisis

September 15, 2003

Press Advisory: USCIRF Capitol Hill press conference on Vietnam

September 10, 2003

Vietnam: Fr. Thaddeus Van Ly’s Relatives Sentenced for “Abusing Democratic Freedoms”

 

August

August 21, 2003

United Nations: USCIRF mourns death of Sergio Vieira de Mello and 23 Colleagues

August 13, 2003

President Bush appoints new Commissioners

August 8, 2003

Afghanistan: Commissioners to visit Kabul

August 8, 2003

China: Commission trip to China postponed

 

July

July 29, 2003

China: Commissioner testifies on Capitol Hill

July 21, 2003

USCIRF: Michael K. Young elected Chair; Felice D. Gaer and Nina Shea elected Vice Chairs

July 15, 2003

OSCE: USCIRF on U.S. delegation to Vienna meeting

July 14, 2003

China: Uighur roundtable on Capitol Hill

July 7, 2003

Africa: USCIRF letter to President Bush

July 1, 2003

Hong Kong: Protect its Freedom

 

June

June 27, 2003

Iraq: Rebuilding civil society

June 25, 2003

North Korea: USCIRF Statement on Sen. Brownback’s Legislation

June 20, 2003

Pakistan: Bush-Musharraf meeting

June 10, 2003

Press Conference: North Korea

June 6, 2003

North Korea: Expose abuses

June 4, 2003

Bansal, Gaer, Ramirez, Shea, and Young appointed to Commission

 

May

May 30, 2003

Russia: Concern about growing influence of undemocratic forces

May 20, 2003

Sudan: Hold Khartoum accountable

May 14, 2003

USCIRF Policy Rec's for Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Vietnam, Russia, Laos, and Belarus

May 12, 2003

USCIRF to announce its annual policy recommendations

May 7, 2003

Commission Annual Report Press Conference

 

April

April 28, 2003

Iraq: Religion and Reconstruction

April 17, 2003

Sudan Peace Act: Administration Should Hold Sudanese Government Accountable

April 17, 2003

Afghanistan: Draft Constitution Could Codify Repression

April 14, 2003

Sudan: Action needed at United Nations Human Rights Commission

 

March

March 19, 2003

Laos: Cmmn finds severe violations of religious freedom, also opportunity for engagement

March 19, 2003

Religious minorities in peril; Secretary Powell warned about potential for retribution

March 5, 2003

Commission Welcomes CPC Designations but Deeply Disappointed at Neglect of Others

 

February

February 26, 2003

Afghanistan: Back to the Past?

 

January

January 22, 2003

High-level Speakers Confirmed for Forum: “Reconstructing Afghanistan: Freedom in Crisis

January 15, 2003

Commission to Visit Russia to Examine Threats to Religious Freedom

January 14, 2003

Commission to Hold International Forum; “Reconstructing Afghanistan: Freedom in Crisis”

 
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