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Chaldeans in US: Why aren’t more Christians speaking out against deportations to Iraq?
By Lauren Markoe — June 15, 2017
(RNS) They're frustrated by evangelicals who have expressed outrage over the persecution of Christians in the Middle East but who have been silent about the Chaldeans who face deportation.
US Muslims ask John Kerry for protection on Mecca pilgrimage
By Lauren Markoe — August 27, 2014
(RNS) After last year's attack on U.S. citizens in Mecca, a coalition is petitioning the State Department to better protect pilgrims who undertake the Muslim hajj.
Wanted: a new ambassador-at-large for religious freedom
By Lauren Markoe — January 15, 2014
(RNS) The U.S. is looking for a new ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, a job that took more than two years to fill the last time it was empty. RNS takes a look at some possible candidates.
Suzan Johnson Cook defends her work on religious freedom and explains why she left
By Lauren Markoe — October 28, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) The Obama administration's ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom is hoping to make more money in the private sector.
Activists: 15 years later, religious freedom law falls short
By Corrie Mitchell — June 19, 2013
(RNS) Fifteen years after Congress passed a law to better protect global religious freedom, the legislation is failing to fulfill its mission, activists told lawmakers on Thursday (June 13).
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