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Set for Thursday, Nov. 17
2011 Report on Religious Freedom Around World Focus of Hearing
Chairman of U.S. Commission on Int'l Rel. Freedom, Experts to Testify
Contact: Jeff Sagnip, 202-225-3765; chrissmith.house.gov
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17, 2011 /Standard Newswire/ -- A new report on the oppression of religious freedoms around the world and U.S. policy to address threats to this basic human right will be the focus of a congressional hearing held Thursday by Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04), chairman of the House congressional panel that oversees international human rights.
The hearing will center on the 2011 International Religious Freedom Report, and will feature testimony on the global challenges to freedom of religion before the House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights.
Who: Congressman Smith, Chairman of the human rights subcommittee on the Foreign Affairs Committee, and other Members of the subcommittee; testifying will be Leonard Leo, Chairman of U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF); the Most Rev. Ricardo Ramirez, Bishop of the Diocese of Las Cruces and USCIRF Commissioner; Benedict Rogers, East Asia Team Leader, Christian Solidarity Worldwide; the Rev. Majed El Shafie; President and Founder, One Free World International; R. Drew Smith, Ph.D., Scholar-in-Residence, Leadership Center at Morehouse College.
When: Thursday, Nov. 17 @ 3 p.m.
Where: 2172 Rayburn House Office Building.
