updated Mon. January 22, 2024
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Human Rights First (blog)
October 30, 2017
Friday marked the 19th anniversary of the 1998 International Religious Freedom Act. It was originally passed in response to growing religious persecution globally, a problem that remains urgent today as multiple crises around the world threaten the human right to freedom of religion and belief. The IRF ActÃâà...
Times of India
October 27, 2017
GREATER NOIDA: The 18th World Road Meeting (WRM 2017) will be held for the first time in India at India Expo Mart, Greater Noida from November 14 to 17, 2017. Jean Todt, President, FIA (Federation International Automobile), the governing body for world motor sport including Formula 1 racing, who isÃâà...
Human Rights First (blog)
October 3, 2017
The Ambassador-at-Large is the nation's lead diplomat responsible for promoting religious freedom as a core objective of U.S. foreign policy. The Ambassador-at-Large leads the Office for International Religious Freedom (IRF) and advocates for those facing religious persecution and discrimination acrossÃâà...
Law Street Media
September 5, 2017
On July 7, the Canadian government formally apologized to Omar Khadr, one of Guantanamo Bay's ex-detainees. Speaking at a press conference, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale and Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland confirmed that Khadr and the Canadian government had reached aÃâà...
CNN International
October 28, 2011
In early January 2002, Neely boarded a plane to Guantanamo Bay, where he would be stationed for the next six months. ... The IRF team "opened the cell door, grabbed me by the back of my uniform and pulled me outside and they just went in there hogtied him and left him there for I don't know how long.".
Independent
February 17, 2009
Early the next morning, 7 January 2002, we loaded up on the buses to the airstrip and boarded the plane to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. ..... The No 1 Man on the IRF team tossed his shield to the side and, with a quick run towards the detainee, hopped in the air and came down on the back of the detainee withÃâà...
