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Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky presents initiative to name streets where embassies are located for dissidents (photo credit: Youtube screenshot)
June 1, 2014, 10:04 am
Plan seeks to rename street of China’s US embassy for dissident
Thirteen US lawmakers adopt initiative presented by Natan Sharansky to highlight fate of jailed dissidents in dictatorships
By Marissa Newman and AFP
Illustrative: The domes of the Coptic Saint Mark's Church in Cairo, Egypt (photo credit: CC BY Bakar_88, Flickr)
April 4, 2013, 10:24 am
Washington focuses on plight of Mideast’s minorities
House and Senate bills, coupled with Obama’s Bethlehem visit, may signal a keen interest in the tribulations of non-Muslim groups
By Haviv Rettig Gur
The US Capitol building in Washington DC, home to both houses of Congress. (Courtesy)
January 16, 2013, 10:53 pm
House measure would create religious minorities envoy
Move seeks to protect religious groups including Jews in parts of Asia and the Middle East
June 19, 2012, 2:27 pm
Holocaust scholars urge Obama to sanction countries hosting Bashir
Write sanctions ‘encourage America’s allies to step up their commitments to fight against perpetrators of genocide’
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