Transcript: STATE DEPARTMENT COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS:NINA SHEA

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Congressional Testimony
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March 16, 2006
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Congressional Testimony
03-16-2006
Statement of Nina Shea Director, Center For Religious Freedom Freedom House
Committee on House International Relations Subcommittee on Africa, Global
Human Rights and International Operations March 16, 2006 INTRODUCTION Thank
you, Mr. Chairma n. I am grateful for this opportunity to testify at today`s
hearings on the State Department`s Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
for 2005. I will be speaking on behalf of Freedom House`s Center for Religious
Freedom. While Freedom House analyzes a broad range of political rights
and civil liberties, I have been asked by this Committee to specifically
address the situation concerning religious freedom. My testimony ...

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