PRESS STATEMENT ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE The August 31st report by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights outlines in alarming details the human rights violations and abuses occurring in Xinjiang. It concludes that “the extent of arbitrary and discriminatory detention of members of the Uyghur and predominantly Muslim groups… may ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 1 September, 2022 | Topics: History, Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: China, Genocide, Human Rights, religious freedom, Secretary Blinken, Uyghurs
NED PRICE, DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON We are disturbed by reports that a Russian court sentenced Valentina Baranovskaya and her son, Roman Baranovsky, to terms of two and six years in a Russian penal colony, respectively, simply for being practicing Jehovah’s Witnesses. The sentencing of Valentina, a 69-year-old stroke victim, is particularly cruel. It also marks the first ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 25 February, 2021 | Topics: Human Rights, News | Tags: religious freedom
“On the issues of human dignity and religious freedom, these issues that transcend everyday politics, on the enduring struggle of the individual’s right to believe and worship, we must – and I know we will – march together.” – U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo, October 2, 2019 Secretary Pompeo will visit Vatican City ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 30 September, 2020 | Topics: History, Human Rights, News | Tags: Office of the Spokesperson, religious freedom, Secretary Trip, The Secretary of State
MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE SECRETARY POMPEO: Good morning, everyone. Thank you, Ambassador Gingrich, for that incredibly kind introduction. You’ve done wonderful work with this important symposium. I’m glad to be here for the second time. To Your Eminence Cardinal Parolin, thank you for being here. It’s great to see you again too, Archbishop ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 30 September, 2020 | Topics: Human Rights, Key Officials, News, Speeches | Tags: religious freedom, Secretary Pompeo
Executive Order on Advancing International Religious Freedom (June 2) By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Policy. (a) Religious freedom, America’s first freedom, is a moral and national security imperative. Religious freedom for all people worldwide is ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 2 June, 2020 | Topics: History, Human Rights, Key Officials, News, President of the United States | Tags: religious freedom
Briefing With Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback On COVID-19 Impact on Religious Minorities (May 14) MS ORTAGUS: Thank you very much and good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for joining us for this on-the-record briefing to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on religious minorities throughout the world. Just a reminder that this call is ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 14 May, 2020 | Topics: Health Issues, Human Rights, Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: COVID-19, religious freedom
Briefing With Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback On COVID-19 Impact on Religious Minorities (April 2)
SAMUEL D. BROWNBACK, AMBASSADOR AT LARGE FOR INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM MS ORTAGUS: Thank you very much. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you so much for joining us on ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 2 April, 2020 | Topics: Health Issues, Human Rights, News, News from Washington | Tags: COVID-19, Global Health, religious freedom
Pompeo: the U.S. stands for religious freedom (March 2) U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo underscored the U.S. commitment to defending religious freedom as regimes around the world restrict their own people’s right to worship as they choose. Pompeo told the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) February 28 in Oxon Hill, Maryland, that ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 2 March, 2020 | Topics: Human Rights, Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: religious freedom, Secretary Pompeo
