From the USA TODAY Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY Published 8:52 p.m. ET Dec. 18, 2018 | Updated 4:40 p.m. ET Dec. 19, 2018 WASHINGTON – … In a major step in the criminal justice reform effort, the Senate voted 87 to 12 late Tuesday to approve the bipartisan “First Step Act” pushed by Sens. […]
From The Epoch Times By Jennifer Zeng October 14, 2018 Updated: October 15, 2018 WASHINGTON—Religious freedom should be an important facet of any new or retooled trade agreement between the United States and China, an expert said during a briefing on human rights and religious freedom in China. In the briefing on Oct. 11, hosted […]
From the Embassy of Hungary Washington Website On September 13-14, Assistant Secretary Tristan Azbej, Head of the State Secretariat for the Aid of Persecuted Christians and Humanitarian Assistance of the Prime Minister’s Office met with leading officials of the United States International Development Agency (USAID) in Washington, D.C., held talks with State Department officials [...]
From The Epoch Times By Jennifer Zeng July 24, 2018 Updated: August 1, 2018 WASHINGTON—A roundtable focusing on religious persecution in China set the stage on July 23 for the U.S. Department of State’s first ever Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom. The ministerial signals that the Trump administration intends to place religious freedom at the […]
From Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) — U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback opened a summit at the State Department this week by urging leaders from a range of faiths to work together to help the persecuted across the globe. “We need your faith in action to move the world to not just […]
From the European Federation for Freedom or Belief Practicing What We Preach in Europe Last 28th of June at Brussels in the premises of the prestigious Solvay Library at the European Parliament the Faith and Freedom Summit 2018 was successfully held. Speakers and participants from several countries attended a packed one-day conference that covered the […]
From Reuters. World. Feb 03, 2017. By Maher Chmaytelli and Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s prime minister has squashed a move by pro-Iranian factions in his government who wanted to retaliate against President Donald Trump’s travel ban. The struggle shows the difficult position the Iraqi leader finds himself in – pulled between his most […]
Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley says he’s not done yet pressing a cause with broad bipartisan support. From Politico. By Seung Min Kim. 01/04/17 05:13 AM EST Criminal justice reform — the great bipartisan hope of 2016 that ended in disappointment — may not be dead just yet. Senate Judiciary Committee Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) plans […]
