Kukah in the US Congress
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Toyin Falola
Jul 14, 2021, 3:06:00 PM7/14/21
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Outspoken Catholic Bishop Matthew Kukah will be testifying on persecution in Nigeria in the US Congress in Washington today
- watch live 7pm Nigeria time https://humanrightscommission.house.gov/news/watch-live
The State of Religious Freedom Around the Globe
Date: Tuesday, July 13, 2021 - 2:00pm
Location: Virtual, via Cisco WebEx
Announcement
Please join the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission for a hearing to examine the state of religious freedom around the world.
Article 18 of both the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights recognize the fundamental right to “freedom of thought, conscience and religion.” However, the State Department’s Bureau of International Religious Freedom observed in its 2020 International Religious Freedom Report that “Across the globe, in far too many places, individuals continue to be killed, tortured, jailed, harassed, and threatened on account of their religious identity or beliefs. Left unaddressed, such abuses threaten societal cohesion and political stability, undermine economic development, and can foster radicalization and violent extremism.”
Coinciding with the nongovernmental International Religious Freedom Summit to be held July 13-15, 2021, a panel of experts will examine the status of religious freedom around the globe, with emphasis on four countries where religious freedom is threatened either due to state repression or the sustained failure of the government to contain non-state actors intent on religious persecution: China, Iran, Pakistan and Nigeria.
This hearing will be virtual. Pursuant to H. Res. 965, Members of Congress and witnesses will participate remotely via Cisco WebEx. Members of the public and the media may view the hearing by live webcast on the Commission website and will also be available for viewing on the House Digital Channel service. For any questions, please contact Piero Tozzi (for Co-Chair Smith) or Kimberly Stanton (for Co-Chair McGovern).
Hosted by:
Christopher H. Smith
Member of Congress
Co-Chair, TLHRC
James P. McGovern
Member of Congress
Co-Chair, TLHRC
Witnesses
Panel I
Nadine Maenza, Chair, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
Panel II
Bob Fu, Founder and President, China Aid
Anthony Vance, Director of Overseas Programs, Bahá’ís of the United States
Amjad Mahmood Khan, National Director of Public Affairs, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
Matthew Hassan Kukah, Bishop of Sokoto, Nigeria
Dr. Elizabeth Shakman Hurd, Professor of Political Science and Religious Studies and the Crown Chair in Middle East Studies, Northwestern University
Rev. Susan Hayward, Associate Director, Religious Literacy and Professions Initiative, Harvard Divinity School
Gulzira Auyelkhan, of the Kazakh Muslim minority from Xinjiang
Bios
117th Congress
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- watch live 7pm Nigeria time https://humanrightscommission.house.gov/news/watch-live
The State of Religious Freedom Around the Globe
Date: Tuesday, July 13, 2021 - 2:00pm
Location: Virtual, via Cisco WebEx
Announcement
Please join the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission for a hearing to examine the state of religious freedom around the world.
Article 18 of both the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights recognize the fundamental right to “freedom of thought, conscience and religion.” However, the State Department’s Bureau of International Religious Freedom observed in its 2020 International Religious Freedom Report that “Across the globe, in far too many places, individuals continue to be killed, tortured, jailed, harassed, and threatened on account of their religious identity or beliefs. Left unaddressed, such abuses threaten societal cohesion and political stability, undermine economic development, and can foster radicalization and violent extremism.”
Coinciding with the nongovernmental International Religious Freedom Summit to be held July 13-15, 2021, a panel of experts will examine the status of religious freedom around the globe, with emphasis on four countries where religious freedom is threatened either due to state repression or the sustained failure of the government to contain non-state actors intent on religious persecution: China, Iran, Pakistan and Nigeria.
This hearing will be virtual. Pursuant to H. Res. 965, Members of Congress and witnesses will participate remotely via Cisco WebEx. Members of the public and the media may view the hearing by live webcast on the Commission website and will also be available for viewing on the House Digital Channel service. For any questions, please contact Piero Tozzi (for Co-Chair Smith) or Kimberly Stanton (for Co-Chair McGovern).
Hosted by:
Christopher H. Smith
Member of Congress
Co-Chair, TLHRC
James P. McGovern
Member of Congress
Co-Chair, TLHRC
Witnesses
Panel I
Nadine Maenza, Chair, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
Panel II
Bob Fu, Founder and President, China Aid
Anthony Vance, Director of Overseas Programs, Bahá’ís of the United States
Amjad Mahmood Khan, National Director of Public Affairs, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
Matthew Hassan Kukah, Bishop of Sokoto, Nigeria
Dr. Elizabeth Shakman Hurd, Professor of Political Science and Religious Studies and the Crown Chair in Middle East Studies, Northwestern University
Rev. Susan Hayward, Associate Director, Religious Literacy and Professions Initiative, Harvard Divinity School
Gulzira Auyelkhan, of the Kazakh Muslim minority from Xinjiang
Bios
117th Congress
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