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COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS BENJAMIN A. GILMAN, New York JAMES A. LEACH, Iowa DOUG BEREUTER, Nebraska CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH, New Jersey DAN BURTON, Indiana ELTON GALLEGLY, California ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, Florida CASS BALLENGER, North Carolina DANA ROHRABACHER, California EDWARD R. ROYCE, California PETER T. KING, New York STEVE CHABOT, Ohio AMO HOUGHTON, New York JOHN M. MCHUGH, New York JOHN COOKSEY, Louisiana THOMAS G. TANCREDO, Colorado RON PAUL, Texas NICK SMITH, Michigan JOSEPH R. PITTS, Pennsylvania DARRELL E. ISSA, California ERIC CANTOR, Virginia JEFF FLAKE, Arizona BRIAN D. KERNS, Indiana JO ANN DAVIS, Virginia MARK GREEN, Wisconsin HENRY J. HYDE, Illinois, Chairman (II) TOM LANTOS, California HOWARD L. BERMAN, California GARY L. ACKERMAN, New York ENI F.H. FALEOMAVAEGA, American Samoa DONALD M. PAYNE, New Jersey ROBERT MENENDEZ, New Jersey SHERROD BROWN, Ohio CYNTHIA A. MCKINNEY, Georgia EARL F. HILLIARD, Alabama BRAD SHERMAN, California ROBERT WEXLER, Florida JIM DAVIS, Florida ELIOT L. ENGEL, New York WILLIAM D. DELAHUNT, Massachusetts GREGORY W. MEEKS, New York BARBARA LEE, California JOSEPH CROWLEY, New York JOSEPH M. HOEFFEL, Pennsylvania EARL BLUMENAUER, Oregon SHELLEY BERKLEY, Nevada GRACE NAPOLITANO, California ADAM B. SCHIFF, California DIANE E. WATSON, California THOMAS E. MOONEY, SR., Staff Director/General Counsel ROBERT R. KING, Democratic Staff Director SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH, New Jersey RON PAUL, Texas CASS BALLENGER, North Carolina THOMAS G. TANCREDO, Colorado JOSEPH R. PITTS, Pennsylvania ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, Florida, Chairwoman CYNTHIA A. MCKINNEY, Georgia ROBERT MENENDEZ, New Jersey GRACE NAPOLITANO, California ADAM B. SCHIFF, California YLEEM POBLETE, Subcommittee Staff Director KHALED ELGINDY, Democratic Professional Staff Member SANDY ACOSTA, Staff Associate VerDate May 01 2002 14:37 Dec 19, 2002 Jkt 082261 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 F:\WORK\IOHR\100902\82261 HINTREL1 PsN: SHIRL
C O N T E N T S WITNESSES John Hanford, Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, U.S. Department of State .................................................................................... 12 Felice Gaer, Chair, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom ........ 31 Ghayret Sidik, Uyghur victim of religious persecution in China ........................ 44 Udit Raj, Buddhist victim of religious persecution in India ................................ 49 Naseer Ahmad, Ahmadiyya Muslim Victim of Religious Persecution in Pakistan ........................................................................................................................ 55 Sayed Mustafa Al-Qazwini, Founding Imam and Director, Islamic Educational Center of Orange County ..................................................................................... 58 Jason Erb, appearing on behalf of Nihad Awad, Executive Director, Council on American-Islamic Relations ........................................................................... 61 LETTERS, STATEMENTS, ETC., SUBMITTED FOR THE HEARING The Honorable Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a Representative in Congress from the State of Florida, and Chairwoman, Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights: Prepared statement ................................................ The Honorable Christopher H. Smith, a Representative in Congress from 3 the State of New Jersey: Prepared statement ................................................... 9 John Hanford: Prepared statement ........................................................................ 14 Felice Gaer: Prepared statement ............................................................................ 33 Ghayret Sidik: Prepared statement ....................................................................... 47 Udit Raj: Prepared statement ................................................................................. 51 Naseer Ahmad: Prepared statement ...................................................................... 57 Sayed Mustafa Al-Qazwini: Prepared statement .................................................. Nihad Awad, Executive Director, Council on American-Islamic Relations: Pre- 60 pared statement ................................................................................................... 63 APPENDIX Mary Beth Markey, Executive Director, International Campaign for Tibet: Prepared statement .............................................................................................. 77 Joseph K. Grieboski, President, Institute on Religion and Public Policy: Prepared statement ................................................................................................... 78 Letter to the Honorable Colin Powell, Secretary of State, on CPC designations ................................................................................................................ 80 Felice Gaer: Responses to questions by the <strong>House</strong> Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights ............................................................ 83 VerDate May 01 2002 14:37 Dec 19, 2002 Jkt 082261 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 F:\WORK\IOHR\100902\82261 HINTREL1 PsN: SHIRL (III) Page
Page 1: AN EVALUATION OF THE ANNUAL REPORT
Page 5 and 6: AN EVALUATION OF THE ANNUAL REPORT
Page 7 and 8: 3 of the suffering they, their fami
Page 9 and 10: 5 freedom in the context of threats
Page 11 and 12: 7 Mr. Smith. Mr. SMITH. Thank you v
Page 13 and 14: 9 PREPARED STATEMENT OF THE HONORAB
Page 15 and 16: 11 Hindu extremists. And the graphi
Page 17 and 18: 13 Ambassador HANFORD. I am going t
Page 19 and 20: 15 International Religious Freedom.
Page 21 and 22: 17 Finally, religion-based terroris
Page 23 and 24: 19 Falun Gong, especially with this
Page 25 and 26: 21 it is easier for us to sort of g
Page 27 and 28: 23 The expressions of concern have
Page 29 and 30: 25 Mr. HANFORD. In the dark of nigh
Page 31 and 32: 27 across. And, of course, there wa
Page 33 and 34: 29 would publicly condemn the killi
Page 35 and 36: 31 Andrei Sakharov Foundation, Huma
Page 37 and 38: 33 carried out in many cases. Priva
Page 39 and 40: 35 of these countries continue to c
Page 41 and 42: 37 ward all religions and their fol
Page 43 and 44: 39 The Commission agrees with Ambas
Page 45 and 46: 41 Is it systemic? Is it organized,
Page 47 and 48: 43 has lectured at the American Cen
Page 49 and 50: 45 My younger brother, Yunus Sidik,
Page 51 and 52: 47 Chinese government. This is the
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49 In China, it is almost a crime b
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51 I am very happy that you have pr
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53 Brahmanical forces mask the trut
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55 10. The Hindutva organizations a
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57 Number six. Rabwah, the spiritua
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59 hours ago. I have been following
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61 firmed when their bodies were re
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63 contradiction to the Constitutio
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65 Human rights reports state that
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67 and subject to closed hearings.
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69 an outstanding job of protecting
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71 Mr. RAJ. About this report. I am
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73 Mr. PITTS. How has the governmen
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75 Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Thank you. And
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A P P E N D I X MATERIAL SUBMITTED
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79 barring access to one’s own ch
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81 ernment, which is led by the Hin
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83 whether privately or publicly, w
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85 tory acts, largely because the n
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87 rights. The Constitution does no
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89 Commission holds public hearings
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91 12. In testimony provided to thi
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