NJ Rep. Chris Smith to attend Nobel peace prize ceremony 151 words 10 December 2010 12:52 pm GMT Associated Press Newswires English (c) 2010. The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. WASHINGTON (AP) - A New Jersey congressman is in Norway for the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony. Rep. Chris Smith organized a bipartisan group of lawmakers in February to nominate the winner, imprisoned Chinese activist Liu Xiaobo (lee-oo show-boh) and two other human rights advocates for the award. Liu won't be in Os...
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The Norwegian Nobel Committee has invited Congressman Chris Smith of New Jersey and other human rights leaders from around the world to attend a ceremony in Oslo to award imprisoned Chinese democracy advocate Liu Xiaobo, a survivor of the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre, the Nobel Peace Prize. Liu will not be at the ceremony, due to the Chinese government’s refusal to release him, or even to permit a member of his family to travel to Oslo to receive the award in his place. In recent weeks many ot...
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The U.S. House of Representatives today voted overwhelmingly to approve a resolution authored by Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04) congratulating Tiananmen Square survivor Liu Xiaobo, the Chinese political prisoner who will be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Dec. 10 in Oslo, Norway. Last February, Smith led a bi-partisan group of lawmakers in nominating Liu for the prize—as well as two other persecuted human rights advocates, Chen Guangcheng and Gao Zhisheng, to be joint recipients—as part of an interna...
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U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04) and other House Members and human rights organizations at a press conference today praised Liu Xiaobo, the Chinese political prisoner who will be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize Dec. 10 in Oslo. In February Smith led a bi-partisan group of lawmakers in nominating Liu for the prize—at the same time nominating two other persecuted human rights advocates, Chen Guangcheng and Gao Zhisheng, to be joint recipients—as part of an international tide of support for awarding the...
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Logistics Specialist 1 Charles Seidel, his wife, Bobbie, and their son Charles R. Seidel, who are being honored by the National Military Family Association as the 2010 Navy Family of the Year, met today with Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04) who thanked them for their commitment to the nation.
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Congressman Chris Smith today announced the U.S. Navy has settled with the Laurelwood private housing contractor at Naval Weapons Station Earle, effectively closing the door to a controversial plan that would have allowed non-military, unvetted civilians access to military housing inside the base, a scenario Smith said would have posed a “a huge security risk” to the Navy and the local community. “I’m pleased to announce that the Navy has settled with the private contractor avoiding the signific...
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The fight against one of the leading cause of death in the United States, Alzheimer's Disease, an ailment plaguing over five million Americans including one in eight persons over 65 and almost half of those over 85, requires a continued, vigorous national effort, said Congressman Chris Smith (Robbinsville, NJ-04), co-founder the Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer’s Disease.
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Congressman Chris Smith, a prominent human rights leader in Congress and an original cosponsor of the landmark 1998 International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA) that requires the State Department to issue the annual report, welcomed the 2010 report as the first step of accountability for governments that fail to uphold the human right to religious freedom.
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U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, a leading human rights lawmaker in the U.S. Congress, welcomed the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, a democratic activist in Burma who has been under house arrest for the last seven years.
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