Tag Archives: Topic: Department of State

OneNewsNow.com: The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) welcomes the Obama administration’s release of the Annual Report on International Religious Freedom, and the Commission is urging the U.S. government to increase action to promote freedom of religion or belief. Burma, Eritrea, China, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Uzbekistan are eight “countries of particular concern,” but USCIRF spokesperson Elizabeth Cassidy says her group thinks the list is incomplete . . .

Religion Clause: Yesterday, Secretary of State Clinton spoke (full text) at the release of the Department’s 13th Annual Report on International Religious Freedom. The report covers the period July- December 2010, reflecting a change in the reporting cycle by the Department. The report discusses separately the situation in 198 countries.

Christian Post: Observing that Islamabad has failed to protect freedom of religion or belief, the United States Commission for International Religious Freedom on Thursday demanded Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declare Pakistan a “country of particular concern.”

U.S. Dept. of State: We deplore the attack today outside the Holy Family Church in Kirkuk and extend our condolences to the victims’ families and loved ones. Attacks like this, which target religious minorities, demonstrate the extent to which certain terrorist groups will go to disrupt the progress Iraq has made toward reducing violence

Persecution.org: Congress passed the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA) in 1998 and thus integrated IRF into U.S. foreign policy for the first time. IRFA created the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), a bi-partisan organization that holds the State Department accountable to its IRF responsibilities.

LifeNews.com: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is warning members of the U.S. House that she will personally urge pro-abortion President Barack Obama to veto a State Department funding bill over cuts to groups that perform and promote abortions.