Persecution - news
Religious freedom panel urges State Dept. to take action
A bipartisan United States commission has called for designation of the same 11 countries that it recommended last year as the world’s worst violators of religious liberty as it awaits a long overdue response from the State Department. more »
By Tom Strode - May 5, 2008
Topic: Citizenship, Persecution, Religious Liberty
Chinese leader denies that one-child policy is changing
China has no plans to eliminate its infamous one-child, population-control policy, a top official of the communist regime said March 5.
“We will adhere to the current policy of family planning, keep the birthrate low, improve the health of newborns and adopt a full range of measures to address the gender imbalance in babies,” Premier Wen Jiabao said at the opening of China’s annual parliament meeting, according to the Agence France-Presse news service. more »
By staff - Mar 6, 2008
Topic: Family, Children, Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Persecution
Fu receives ERLC religious freedom award
Bob Fu, a leading advocate for the persecuted church in his native China, received a Southern Baptist religious freedom award during a ceremony at the Library of Congress Feb. more »
By Tom Strode - Feb 12, 2008
Topic: Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Human Rights, Persecution, Religious Liberty
United States lead on Burma needed, USCIRF panel told
Effective, international pressure on the military junta of Burma, also known as Myanmar, to change its repressive ways depends on the leadership of the United States, a bipartisan, religious liberty panel was told in a Capitol Hill hearing. more »
By Tom Strode - Dec 5, 2007
Topic: Citizenship, Human Rights, Persecution, Religious Liberty
Action on Burma urged by U.S. commission
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has called on the United States and the United Nations to mount an international effort to hold the Burmese military regime accountable for its violent crackdown on peaceful demonstrations. more »
Topic: Citizenship, Human Rights, Persecution, Religious Liberty
Jena survives march, protest
JENA, La.– Colorful imagery splayed across national media notwithstanding, nothing much happened during a much-heralded, media-driven “race rally” that drew thousands of people from across the nation. more »
By Karen L. Willoughby - Sep 27, 2007
Topic: Citizenship, National, Persecution, Racial Reconciliation, Social Issues
Land: Petraeus advice may aid freedom
Religious freedom in Iraq could benefit from the United States adhering to the recommendation of its military leader there to refrain from an accelerated pullout of its forces, a Southern Baptist ethicist says. more »
By Tom Strode - Sep 21, 2007
Topic: Citizenship, Human Rights, National, Persecution, Religious Liberty, War
Central High 1957 desegregation crisis created struggle for Arkansas Baptists
During the Little Rock Central High School integration crisis of 50 years ago, Baptists stood firmly on both sides of the fence, as well as straddling the fence, according to 1957 editions of the Arkansas Baptist (now the Arkansas Baptist News). more »
By Charlie Warren - Sep 20, 2007
Topic: Citizenship, Legislation, Persecution, Racial Reconciliation
Iraqi religious minorities continue to suffer, panel told
Conditions for religious minorities in Iraq “have deteriorated very considerably” in the last three to four months, the bipartisan U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) was told recently. more »
By Tom Strode - Jul 27, 2007
Topic: Citizenship, Human Rights, Persecution, Religious Liberty, War
Rally urges China to grant refugee status to N. Koreans
Korean-Americans initiated a campaign to bring freedom to North Korean refugees trapped in China at a July 17 rally in Washington.
The event, held on the west lawn of the U.S. more »
By Tom Strode - Jul 18, 2007
Topic: Citizenship, Human Rights, Persecution, Religious Liberty