Katrina Lantos Swett: “USCIRF stands with Ms. Abedini and her family, has called repeatedly for the Pastor's release, and urges the U.S.…”

We cannot go back. After what happened to us, after the way we saw our neighbors, neighbors going back generation upon generation, either turn against us or fail to defend us in any meaningful way, we cannot rebuild our lives there.

We are concerned that the designations that have been made in the past simply become... part of the wallpaper that nobody pays attention to.

As the daughter of Holocaust survivors I can testify as to how surreal it is for a people to have to defend themselves in this day and age not only against hateful attitudes and behaviors, but also against those who try to dissuade others…

The fact that a majority of the people in this world face persecution and oppression because of their faith is something that should offend every American.