The recent beheadings, murders, rapes and other violence and assaults on the religious freedoms of people in Syria and Iraq and the U.S. effort to address them will be the topic of a congressional hearing planned for Wednesday, to be held jointly by the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations and the Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa.
“Genocidal Attacks Against Christian and Other Religious Minorities in Syria and Iraq,” is the title of the hearing.
Who: Chairman Chris Smith, and other members of the House subcommittees, and witnesses:
- Assistant Secretary Tom Malinowski, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, U.S. Department of State
- Assistant Secretary Anne Richard, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, U.S. Department of State
- Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator Thomas Staal, Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance, U.S. Agency for International Development
- His Excellency Ibrahim N. Ibrahim, Bishop Emeritus, Chaldean Eparchy of St. Thomas the Apostle
- Peter Galbraith, former advisor to the Kurdistan Regional Government
- Pascale Esho Warda, President, Hammurabi Human Rights Organization, (Former Minister of Immigration and Refugees in the Iraqi Government)
- Dr. Thomas Farr, Ph.D., Director, Religious Freedom Project, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs Georgetown University
When: Wednesday, Sept. 10 at 2 p.m.
Where: Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2172 (first floor)
