2008

May

• 5.9.2008 - On the Hill: Article 140 and the future of Iraq
• 5.1.2008 - National Press Club hosts forum exploring world opinions on media freedom
• 5.1.2008 - Rep. Murtha discusses Iraq at Center for American Progress

April

• 4.28.2008 - RUMI Forum event considers the history of non-Muslim populations in the Muslim world
• 4.23.2008 - U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees speaks at Brookings
• 4.23.2008 - On the Hill: Hearing on foreign assistance reform
• 4.22.2008 - Georgetown symposium focuses on citizen diplomacy
• 4.21.2008 - Georgetown U hosts second of three religious freedom forums
• 4.18.2008 - On the Hill: New caucus examines plight of religious minorities in the Middle East
• 4.17.2008 - On the Hill: Helsinki Commission hearing on post-election events in Armenia
• 4.16.2008 - Wilson Center event: Rights of indigenous peoples
• 4.10.2008 - On the Hill: The OSCE and the Iraqi refugee crisis
• 4.9.2008 - RUMI Forum hosts author of The Ghost of Freedom: A History of the Caucasus
• 4.9.2008 - Wilson Center event: Looking five years forward in Iraq
• 4.8.2008 - Future of human rights conference features Madeleine Albright
• 4.3.2008 - On the Hill: CHRC briefing on Tibet
• 4.2.2008 - On the Hill: MESA hearing on Taliban resurgence
• 4.1.2008 - RUMI Forum hosts event on OIC's importance for U.S.
• 4.1.2008 - On the Hill: Trafficking in the Muslim world

March

• 3.31.2008 - Brookings event: The future of Iraq and Afghanistan
• 3.27.2008 - Conference on Iraq reconstruction held at Library of Congress
• 3.26.2008 - LCHR sends letter to President Bush urging his support of the Tibetan people
• 3.20.2008 - Muslim-West dialogue discussed at RUMI Forum
• 3.18.2008 - Remembering Halabja, Twenty Years Later
• 3.13.2008 - On the Hill: Iran Working Group
• 3.12.2008 - On the Hill: Senate hearing on US-Viet Nam releations
• 3.11.2008 - On the Hill: Hearing on neglected Iraqi refugees
• 3.11.2008 - USIP event: Protecting people
• 3.10.2008 - Hudson Institute event: Textbooks in Iran
• 3.6.2008 -On the Hill: UN agencies working together to fight hunger
• 3.6.2008 - LCHR news alert: Egyptian Speaker of Parliament blasts Ayman Nour
• 3.5.2008 - On the Hill: CHRC considers women in politics
• 3.5.2008 - USIP event: The independent diplomat
• 3.4.2008 - Brookings Institution event: The future of the Middle East
• 3.3.2008 - Washington International Renewable Energy Conference
• 3.3.2008 - Wilson Center event: The Kurdish question

February

• 2.28.2008 - On the Hill: UN on Human settlement and environmental sustainability
• 2.27.2008 - Wilson Center event: Creative use of media in the Middle East
• 2.26.2008 - On the Hill: Press freedom in the Muslim world
• 2.26.2008 - On the Hill: Hearing on Iraqi refugees
• 2.25.2008 - Georgetown University event: Religious freedom forum
• 2.22.2008 - Wilson Center Event: Religious freedom and democratization in the Middle East
• 2.21.2008 - On the Hill: U.S. policy and advancing rights in Iran
• 2.21.2008 - On the Hill: The UN and human development
• 2.15.2008 - WFPG event: Human rights in Iran
• 2.14.2008 - On the Hill: The UN and refugee assistance
• 2.12.2008 - On the Hill: CHRC briefing on Vietnam
• 2.11.2008 - Event: Women's entrepreneurs in the Middle East and North Africa
• 2.11.2008 - LCHR applauds Kristof's piece "When Women Rule"
• 2.11.2008 - Congressman Tom Lantos, 1928-2008
• 2.8.2008 - On the Hill: Movements of extremism in the Muslim world
• 2.8.2008 - USIP Event: Remarks of Afghan Upper House chairman
• 2.7.2008 - USIP Event: Negotiating with Iran
• 2.6.2008 - Afghanistan news alert
• 2.5.2008 - Darfur forum held at Brookings
• 2.5.2008 - Rumi Forum examines minority rights in Islam

January

• 1.31.2008 - Book event: The Hijacking of Afghanistan at USIP
• 1.30.2008 - Event: An MP's view of Turkey's foreign policy at the Rumi Forum
• 1.30.2008 - LCHR news alert on Baha'is in Egypt and Iran
• 1.29.2008 - Event: Iraq USIP forum
• 1.25.2008 - Event: Iran's Parliamentary elections discussed at Wilson Center
• 1.25.2008 - Event: Foreign policy advisors of Presidential hopefuls discuss Afghanistan and Pakistan at National Press Club
• 1.24.2008 - Event: Afghan delegates speak at National Press Club
• 1.22.2008 - Hearing: Censorship in the Arab world
• 1.8.2008 - LCHR responds to Steinem's NY Times editorial, "Women Are Never Front-Runners"

2007

December

• 12.10.2007 - LCHR demonstrates at White House for Ayman Nour's release on Human Rights Day

November

• 11.19.2007 - LCHR condemns arrest of Iranian women's rights activist
• 11.7.2007 - LCHR President testifies on human rights in Vietnam

October

• 10.11.2007 - LCHR applauds House Foreign Affairs Committee on H Res 106

September

• 9.18.2007 - LCHR condemns shelling in Iraqi Kurdistan

August

• 8.28.2007 - LCHR releases Iraq trip report summary
• 8.23.2007 - LCHR applauds release of Wilson Center scholar from Iran prison

July

• 7.30.2007 - LCHR Program Associate presents paper at UMASS-Boston Iraq conference
• 7.30.2007 - UMASS-Boston hosts Iraq conference
• 7.18.2007 - LCHR Project Update: Iraq Mobile Library
• 7.12.2007 - LCHR President submits testimony for Congressional record on Egypt's human rights record
• 7.11.2007 - LCHR editorial, "Unveiled Gender Bias," appears in Washington Times

June

• 6.21.2007 - Congressional Human Rights Caucus recognized at Capitol Hill reception

May

• 5.23.2007 - LCHR announces fellowship program

April

• 4.30.2007 - LCHR President's report on Darfur appears in Washington Times
• 4.18.2007 - Leadership Council Announces Middle East Minorities Database Project
• 4.18.2007 - LCHR President attends founding meeting of Middle East Minority Rights Group, addresses common challenges of ethno-religious minorities, women in region

March

• 3.17.2007 - Guatemala Radio Project continues to support the voice of indigenous peoples
• 3.13.2007 - Chairman Lantos' Statements about Sino-Tibetan Relations and His Holiness the Dalai Lama
• 3.08.2007 - LCHR Celebrates “Sheroes” on International Women’s Day
• 3.06.2007 - Leadership Council Decries Arrest of Prominent Iranian Women’s Rights Activists

February

• 2.09.2007 - LCHR signs on to letter addressing “material support” bar injustices

January

• 1.08.2007 - Christian Science Monitor publishes LCHR editorial on indigenous groups’ trampled rights

2006

December

• 12.21.2006 -Leadership Council's President testifies before House committee on international religious freedom
• 12.13.2006 -Win Tin named “Journalist of the Year” by Reporters Without Borders
• 12.8.2006 - Leadership Council represented on Burma panel, “adopts” journalist U Win Tin
• 12.01.2006 - LCHR President addresses Interparliamentary Conference on Human Rights and Religious Freedom

November

• 11.18.2006 - LCHR President's analysis of Vietnamese economics and rights in Washington Post
• 11.21.2006 - Guatemala Radio Project: Tom Bird's $1,000 Challenge for Free Speech
• 11.3.2006 - LCHR President's letter to the Washington Times
• 11.13.2006 - Representative Wolf Honored for Human Rights Initiatives - Sun Gazette article
• 11.3.2006 - LCHR President's letter to the Washington Times

October

• 10.20.2006 - The Nobel Prize and Civil Society
• 10.20.2006 - Kurdistan launches tourism agency
• 10.17.2006 - LCHR hosts reception honoring Congressman Wolf
• 10.18.2006 - LCHR President thanks community for support of Congressman Wolf, human rights

September

• 9.14.2006 - LCHR President Testifies Before Congress about Vietnam
• 9.12.2006 - LCHR President Named Unity Walk Ambassador
• 9.6.2006 - Program on Presenting Artsakh's Material Culture to International Community Being Drawn Up

August

• 8.30.2006 - Coptic Assembly of America formed in Chicago

July

• 7.26.2006 - Senate Finance Committee Accepts LCHR Statement on Vietnam Following PNTR Hearing

June

• 6.30.2006 - CHRC leaders call for release of activist's jailed children
• 6.22.2006 - LCHR releases letter from jailed Egyptian politician
• 6.22.2006 - LCHR testifies on human rights abuses seen on recent Egyptian trip

May

• 5.31.2006 - LCHR President speaks at Senate panel on Kurds and Human Rights
• 5.24.2006 - LCHR President Returns from Ground-Breaking Iraq Trip

April

• 4.7.2006 - Leadership Council Will Feature “Coptic Voices” Forum on Its Website
• 4.3.2006 -LCHR President Calls on Turkish Government to “Stop Targeting Children”

March

• 3.31.2006 - House International Relations Committee Accepts LCHR Testimony on Vietnam

February

• 2.17.2006 - Leadership Council for Human Rights President Calls Senate Expansion a Bi-Partisan, Bi-Cameral Way to Address Areas of Great Need

2005

• November
• October
• September
• August

November

• 11.11- Egypt has nothing to gain from religious intolerance
• 11.29 Kathryn Cameron Porter presented a keynote speech at the Interparliamentary Conference on Human Rights and Religious Freedom

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October

• 10.3.2005- Bearing the Burden (Afghanistan)

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September

• 9.13.05-LCHR Welcomes Iraqi First Lady Hero Ibrahim Ahmed to Washington, DC

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August

• 8.15.2005-Protect Kurdish Freedoms (Iraq)

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