Tag: USCIRF

U.S. Religious Freedom Commission Calls for Criminal Prosecution of ISIS

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- May 1, 2015

http://www.loonwatch.com/ By Mark A. Kellner http://www.deseretnews.com - 1/5/15 A U.S. government commission is calling for international prosecution of the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ... Read More

USCIRF Condemns Abduction of More Than 200 Assyrian Christians and Urges Their Immediate Release

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- February 28, 2015

28/2/15 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) strongly condemns the abduction of more than 200 Assyrian Christians by militants of ... Read More

USCIRF Calls for the Release of Patriarch Abune Antonios of Eritrea

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- January 28, 2015

Detained Patriarch Abune Antonios of Eritrea <a title="Patriarch Abune Antonios of Eritrea " href="http://ocpsociety.org/blog/news/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Patriarch-Abune-Antonios-.jpg" rel="lightbox"> OCP News Service – 28/1/15 Metropolitan Abba Seraphim leads Protest ... Read More

The Politics of Human Rights: Orthodox Christianity Gets the Short End, by Dr. Elizabeth H. Prodromou

OCP- May 9, 2013

W ashington, D.C. 5/8/2013 Today is Easter for the world’s 350 million Orthodox Christians, who just completed their Holy Week of prayer and fasting  which ... Read More

Month of May Marks Eritrea’s Religious Freedom Abuses

OCP- May 26, 2012

Patriarch Abune Antonios of Eritrea 26/5/2012 Read OCP Article on persecutions of Eritrean Christians and the Eritrean Orthodox Church: This month marks two important anniversaries ... Read More

Cyprus: USCIRF Faults Turkish Cypriot Authorities for Closing Church on Christmas

OCP- January 13, 2011

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today expressed concern that Greek Orthodox Christians were refused the right to celebrate a Christmas Liturgy service ... Read More

US tells Egypt to bring Christmas Eve killers to Justice

OCP- September 21, 2010

By Aaron J Leichman, Christian Post 19/9/2010 The US Commission on International Religious Freedom has called on Egypt’s government to resume the trial of three ... Read More