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U.S. Ambassador at Large Rashad Hussain Retweeted
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Fatou Baldeh MBE
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#Gambia is celebrated internationally for ousting a brutal dictator through the ballot box. We cannot undo this great advancement of democracy by being the first country to reverse a law that is suppose to protect women and girls from. @NHRCGambia #ENDFGM
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U.S. Ambassador at Large Rashad Hussain
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The PRC should provide the location and status of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama, who turns 35 today. Like members of all religious and spiritual groups, Tibetan Buddhists should be able to select, educate, and venerate their leaders, free from interference.
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Under Secretary Uzra Zeya
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Today marks Panchen Lama Gedhun Choekyi Nyima’s 35th birthday. On this day, 🇺🇸 renews our calls for the PRC to immediately provide proof of his whereabouts & well-being and reaffirms our support for Tibetans to select, educate, and venerate their religious leaders free of…
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U.S. Ambassador at Large Rashad Hussain
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It’s been 7 years since Russia’s unfounded designation of Jehovah’s Witnesses as an “extremist” group. Since then, authorities have harassed hundreds, charged 800, and locked up over 400 merely for peacefully practicing their faith as Jehovah's Witnesses. Russia should release…
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U.S. Ambassador at Large Rashad Hussain Retweeted
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USCIRF
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📢Please join USCIRF for a virtual event on the 2024 Annual Report. This year’s report commemorates the 25th anniversary of the enactment of the International Religious Freedom Act ( #IRFA ).
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U.S. Ambassador at Large Rashad Hussain Retweeted
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Under Secretary Uzra Zeya
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Advancing respect for human rights, bolstering democratic renewal, elevating worker rights, and advocating for the release of unjustly detained political prisoners around the world are key 🇺🇸 priorities. Today, @StateDept launched the 2023 #HumanRightsReport .
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U.S. Ambassador at Large Rashad Hussain
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Wishing all who begin observing Passover tonight a meaningful seder and Chag Pesach Sameach
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U.S. Ambassador at Large Rashad Hussain Retweeted
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State House of The Gambia
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@BarrowPresident Thursday received the US Ambassador-at-large for Int’l Religious Freedoms, Rashad Hussain. The meeting addressed protecting the rights and dignity of women and girls and various aspects of the US-The Gambia relations.
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U.S. Ambassador at Large Rashad Hussain
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2/2) We appreciate The Gambia’s leadership at the ICJ on behalf of persecuted Rohingya. Within The Gambia, we support those working courageously to maintain the ban on female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), a cultural practice with devastating consequences for women and girls…
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U.S. Ambassador at Large Rashad Hussain
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(1/2) In Banjul, The Gambia to meet with civil society and government leaders, including President Barrow, federal ministers, and Parliament members regarding critical religious freedom and human rights issues.
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U.S. Ambassador at Large Rashad Hussain
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Eid Mubarak to Muslim communities all around the world. Even today - and especially today - our thoughts are with all who are unable to celebrate because of conflict or oppression. We must do more - much more - to ensure greater freedom, safety, and peace for all.
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U.S. Ambassador at Large Rashad Hussain Retweeted
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Samantha Power
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My statement on the @WCKitchen humanitarians killed by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, and the urgent need for Israel to do far more to protect civilians and humanitarians. ↓
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U.S. Ambassador at Large Rashad Hussain
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As people around the world prepare to celebrate Easter, we pause to remember the victims from the horrific 2019 Easter bombings in Sri Lanka and the importance of protecting places of worship everywhere.
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U.S. Ambassador at Large Rashad Hussain
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Choeying Khedrub is a Tibetan Buddhist monk serving life in prison for printing pamphlets supporting the Dalai Lama and Tibet’s independence. PRC authorities detained him 24 years ago. We urge the PRC to provide an update on his condition and grant him humanitarian release.
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U.S. Ambassador at Large Rashad Hussain Retweeted
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Samantha Power
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More aid is urgently needed in Sudan. As @USAmbUN told the @UN Security Council, “We call once again for the SAF to immediately & fully reopen all of its border crossings with Chad for humanitarian purposes, and most critically, the Adre border crossing.”
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U.S. Ambassador at Large Rashad Hussain
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Honored to join Football for Peace @FfP_Global for their World Water Day event in Washington. Sports diplomacy is an innovative and critical part of efforts to build bridges and improve cooperation in addressing pressing challenges all over the world.
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U.S. Ambassador at Large Rashad Hussain
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The PRC should release retired Uyghur physician Gulshan Abbas -- who was sentenced to prison five years ago #WithoutJustCause -- on humanitarian grounds so she can reunite with family.
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Matthew Miller
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Five years ago, Gulshan Abbas was unjustly sentenced to 20 years in prison by PRC authorities on unfounded charges amid the ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity targeting Muslim Uyghurs and others in Xinjiang.
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