U.S. Rep. Chris Smith said that the actions of a judge on Brazil’s Supreme Court earlier this week which have blocked the return home of an American boy is an outrageous interference that demands a U.S. response. Read more

Congressman Chris Smith recalls the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre Read more

Congressman Chris Smith, Ranking member of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, addressed the World Uyghur Congress today about human rights and the treatment of the Uyghur people and the government of China. Read more

Rep. Smith of the House Foreign Affairs Committee offered an amendment to authorize an office for Global Women’s Issues designed to coordinate and advise on activities, policies, programs and funding related to women’s empowerment, internationally. Read more

Congressman Smith, a founding member and co-chairman of the Congressional Caucus on Bosnia, took to the House floor today speak out in strong support of H. Res. 171. Read more

Congressman Smith today introduced the Global Online Freedom Act, a bipartisan bill that will prevent U.S. information technology companies from working with repressive foreign governments that seek to conduct Internet surveillance on its own citizens in order to find, capture, convict and often torture them for engaging in democracy promotion and human rights advocacy on the Internet. Read more

Congressman Chris Smith said that the annual report released today by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) shows that freedom of religion is increasingly violated in many countries all over the world. Read more

Congressman Smith voiced strong concerns about the Obama Administration’s decision to unilaterally abolish almost all restrictions on U.S. travel to visit family members in Cuba and on remittances to family members living in Cuba. Read more

Congressmen Smith and Wolf, leading human rights advocates in Congress, held a press conference today with former Cuban prisoners, Cuban refugees and Cuban human rights advocates regarding a Congressional Delegation’s trip to Cuba this week and meeting with Fidel Castro, and his brother Raul. Read more

Congressman Chris Smith addressed a throng of supporters from the growing “Bring Sean Home” movement who gathered at the White House today to urge visiting Brazilian President Lula to expedite the lawful return of an American boy kidnapped over four years ago. Read more