Last week, the State Department held their second annual Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom, which turned out to be the largest human rights gathering in the history of the State Department. Nearly 200 foreign delegations and over a thousand of government representatives, religious leaders, survivors of religious persecution and members of civil society convened to discuss the challenges of religious persecution and promote the fundamental human right of religious freedom. In addition to the formal meetings at State, there were over 80 side events hosted by various non-profits, foreign embassies, and coalition groups. The ERLC hosted the only side event on North Korea and its religious liberty and human rights violations. Jeff Pickering, Chelsea Patterson Sobolik, and Steven Harris discuss their experiences from the Ministerial, highlights from the ERLC’s side event and new documentary film, Humanity Denied.
Resources from the Conversation
- ERLC short film | Humanity Denied: Religious Freedom in North Korea
- ERLC podcast | Olivia Enos on North Korea, nuclear summits, and the persecuted church
- ERLC podcast | Kenneth Bae, Not Forgotten
- ERLC article by Travis Wussow | What it’s like to follow Jesus in North Korea
- ERLC article by Joe Carter | 5 Facts about North Korea and its Dictatorial Regime
- Memoir of Nadia Murad | The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State
- State Department | About the Ministerial
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