And for that reason, you do have very strong NGOs, you have very strong opposition parties, all of whom are more than happy to highlight these problems and try to get them addressed.

But as Michele Clark said--let me interrupt you briefly--from certain jaundiced view on the part of some, they get two things out of it. They get a wife who then they give out like she is some kind of property or commodity. And secondly, they Islamasize--and to me, that is--you know, if somebody decides to be Muslim, Christian, whatever their faith may be, and that is what freedom of conscience is all about, but to do it through coercion is a horrific human rights abuse.

But I think what is really different now is that there is a political will on the part not only of the Federal Government but State government and, most importantly, the law enforcement.

The U.S. Commission for International Religious Freedom said that the situation for Christians 'worsened in the past year.'

This deteriorating situation on religious freedom, that as we all know a fundamental tenet of human rights, is getting worse.

Ten years after the Taliban, not a single public Christian church remains in Afghanistan.

There is even a very pathetic expression that they are Islamacizing the womb.

I will be convening an emergency hearing of the China Commission next week, and I hope Ambassador Campbell can make it.

I did ask her if she would pick up the phone and call the Foreign Minister of China to inquire as to whether or not Chen Guangcheng is dead or alive, or perhaps even dying.

the legislation was met with a wall of skepticism and opposition

the term 'trafficking' applied almost exclusively to illegal drugs or weapons