Katrina Lantos Swett: “That vulnerability needs to be exploited, not merely to achieve progress on the nuclear front, but to achieve progress…”

USCIRF stands with Ms. Abedini and her family, has called repeatedly for the Pastor's release, and urges the U.S. Government at the highest levels to demand his release.

the notion that there should be no strings attached and that there should be no conditions for aid... is just an unwise policy.

you are among the most valiant and courageous defenders of human rights in all their forms and for all people everywhere that our country has known

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.