human rights

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The UN: Fighting the Battle for Peace for 78 Years
Protecting human rights is the UN’s most important and most vital job.
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Why My Church Fights for Free Speech
“If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” ― George Washington
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 75: Earning Our Right to Be Called Human
Human Rights Day celebrates an idea—the very simple idea, expressed in six concise pages, that to be human is to have rights.
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The Antidote for Hate and Bigotry—Why the World Deserves “Kindness Day”
“The most valuable asset we have, actually, is our ability to understand, to do the right thing, to be kind, to be decent.” — L. Ron Hubbard
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Religious Leaders and Scholars Urge Passage of Senate Religious Freedom Resolution
“The fundamental right of every person to have a faith, live your faith, change your faith, or have no faith at all must be recognized throughout the world.”
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What I Celebrate Every Fourth of July 
Leo Tolstoy is credited with saying that truth, like gold, is obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.
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USCIRF Welcomes New Commissioner Mohamed Elsanousi
“USCIRF welcomes Mohamed Elsanousi to the Commission and looks forward to the valuable perspective that his years of experience will bring.”
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Religious Freedom at Stake in Jehovah’s Witnesses Suit Against Norway
Jehovah’s Witnesses, the first ever of 700 recognized religious communities in Norway to lose their national registration, are suing the state.
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“What America Is All About”: USCIRF Celebrates 25 Years of the International Religious Freedom Act
“America cannot stop all these horrors, but it can shine a light on them and that’s what makes this commission so valuable.”
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Tennessee Woman Wins Complaint Over Forced Removal of Hijab by Authorities
Thanks to Johnston’s settlement, no one else will endure what she did.