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Critics: Clinton, in China visit, neglected human rights
WASHINGTON—On her first trip to China as Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton downplayed the Asia giant’s human rights record and instead emphasized concerns over global warming and the world economy. more »
By staff - Feb 25, 2009
Topic: Citizenship, Human Rights
Legislative Agenda for 2009
The election of Barack Obama as the nation’s 44th president along with significant liberal gains in the House and Senate have created substantial challenges for many of the issues of concern to Southern Baptists and other social conservatives in the upcoming 111th Congress. more »
By Richard Land and Barrett Duke - Jan 7, 2009 - (2)
Topic: Life, Citizenship, Human Rights, Legislation, National
Bush signs enhanced anti-trafficking bill
President Bush signed into law Dec. 23 a bill to strengthen efforts to fight human trafficking in the United States and other countries.
The president signed the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act during an oval office ceremony attended by supporters from Congress and the coalition that worked for the measure’s enactment. more »
By Tom Strode - Dec 23, 2008
Topic: Citizenship, Human Rights, Legislation
Congress OKs tough anti-trafficking bill
Congress has approved legislation that supporters believe will strengthen both the domestic and international efforts to combat human trafficking. more »
By Tom Strode - Dec 18, 2008
Topic: Citizenship, Human Rights, Legislation
USCIRF: Religious liberty in Iraq marked by ‘severe abuses’
A bipartisan U.S. panel has recommended Iraq be returned to a list of the world’s worst violators of religious liberty for the first time since an American-led invasion liberated the Middle East country from Saddam Hussein’s rule in 2003. more »
By Tom Strode - Dec 17, 2008
Topic: Citizenship, Human Rights, Religious Liberty
Bangladesh ‘at crossroads,’ USCIRF told
The American ambassador to Bangladesh told a bipartisan panel on religious freedom Dec. 4 he is confident the Asian country will have a bright future but acknowledged it is “at a crossroads” in determining whether it will become a moderate Islamic democracy or a “breeding ground for terrorists.” more »
By Tom Strode - Dec 8, 2008
Topic: Citizenship, Human Rights, Persecution, Religious Liberty
China relents: Woman will not be forced to have abortion
A woman who is six months pregnant will not undergo a forced abortion, despite being held for nearly a week in a Chinese hospital under threat of the procedure. more »
By Tom Strode - Nov 19, 2008 - (1)
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Human Rights, Persecution
LIFE DIGEST: Mother faces forced abortion in China
A woman who is six months pregnant is facing a forced abortion in a Chinese hospital after a failed escape to protect her unborn child.
Arzigul Tursun, a mother of two, is awaiting an abortion she opposes while under guard in a hospital in Xinjiang, a vast region in the northwest part of the world’s most populous country, according to Radio Free Asia (RFA). more »
By Tom Strode - Nov 18, 2008 - (6)
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Human Rights
ERLC urges U.S. action on Orissa violence
The Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission has called on President Bush and congressional leaders to intervene to bring an end to anti-Christian violence in the Indian state of Orissa. more »
By Tom Strode - Sep 12, 2008
Topic: Citizenship, Human Rights, Persecution, Religious Liberty, Issues,
State Dept. urged to penalize Vietnam
A bipartisan commission has urged the U.S. State Department to return Vietnam to its list of the world’s worst violators of religious liberty. more »
By Tom Strode - Sep 8, 2008
Topic: Citizenship, Human Rights, Religious Liberty