Ambassador Sam Brownback @IRF_Ambassador speaks at the State Dept #IRFMinisterial on the human right to religious Freedom for people of all faiths.
A powerful message all should celebrate & embrace.
Jaime Powell speaks about her husband, Pastor John Chow, who has been arrested in China for his faith as a Christian.
•He is currently serving 7 years in prison in China.
•Pastor Chow is a humanitarian who built 16 schools for impoverished children in Burma.
#IRFMinisterial
Tahir Hamid—a Uighur Muslim—speaks on China’s horrific anti-Muslim violence
•Since 1949 China’s Govt has targeted us
•China has now turned the Uighur region into a police state
•We suffer Concentration Camps, constant surveillance, closed mosques,& burned books
#IRFMinisterial
Peter Bhatti—brother of Shabazz Bhatti—speaks on Shabazz’s assassination for his faith as Pakistani Christian
•Pakistan horribly persecuted Christians
•Shabazz courageously spoke up for all ppl persecuted for their faith
•Extremists threatened him—he marched on
#IRFMinisterial
Human rights lawyer Razia Sultana speaks on Burma’s ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya Muslims.
Burma is:
•Using rape as a weapon
•Denying basic human rights
•Displacing 700,000 civilians
•Claiming Buddhism permits such terrorism
•Aung San Suu Kyi is complicit
#IRFMinisterial
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