Despite warring priorities within the Biden administration, Rashad Hussain’s mandate to elevate the plight of the persecuted is vital. Here are three ways that the new ambassador can quickly begin to make a difference.
Arielle Del TurcoJanuary 27, 2022
Recent coronavirus outbreaks have led Vietnam to impose harsher restrictions to protect the health of citizens. But COVID-19 has also enabled the socialist government to ramp up its persecution of Christians.
Cora Wack & Olivia EnosAugust 11, 2021
Given the gravity of the situation in China, the administration and Congress must step up efforts to hold the CCP accountable for its violations of religious freedom.
Hannah So & Olivia EnosMay 10, 2021
Religious freedom is a pillar of peace, stability, and prosperity in democratic societies, while religious repression undermines prospects for order and human flourishing.
Jeffrey CimminoApril 1, 2021
Even as we remember that Jesus rose from the dead in Jerusalem, Christians in the Middle East and elsewhere experience some of the highest levels of persecution in the world.
Thomas Farr & Toufic BaakliniApril 12, 2020
While many aspects of the Russo-Ukrainian war—such as the annexation of Crimea, the shootdown of passenger airliner MH17, and the creation of an autocephalous Ukrainian Orthodox Church—have been widely discussed by experts, the plight of religious minorities in occupied eastern Ukraine has largely gone ignored.
George BarrosSeptember 27, 2019
State Department Ministerial is part of Ambassador Brownback’s rewiring of US foreign policy to prioritize religious freedom.
Peter BurnsJuly 22, 2019
There were two notable conferences in DC this past week: the second annual Ministerial on International Religious Freedom, hosted by…
Mark TooleyJuly 20, 2019
The US should grant asylum to Asia Bibi, a Catholic mother of five whose blasphemy trial and acquittal have embroiled Pakistan in violence. The aftermath of her deserved acquittal teaches an even larger lesson, for it demonstrates once again how restricting religious freedom can tear a nation apart.
Emilie Kao & Joshua MeserveyDecember 13, 2018