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Daily Archives: April 4, 2022
Poland committed to Ukraines freedom and sovereignty’: Ambassador Brzezinski – Fox News
Posted: April 4, 2022 at 3:25 pm
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The United States Ambassador to Poland, Mark Brzezinski, said on Sunday that the country, which has taken in 2.5 million Ukrainian refugees in past three weeks, is committed to Ukraines "freedom and sovereignty."
Speaking to "Fox News Live" from Warsaw, he noted that in that city alone there are 300,000 Ukrainian refugees, which he said accounts for 10% of the citys population.
He stressed that Poland, which has accepted the vast majority of the refugees, is "committed totough sanctions" and "supportingthe Ukrainian people."
Russia's lack of swift victory, international condemnation, and economic sanctions along with devastation and civilian losses across Ukraine have brought both countries to the negotiation table, but fighting including a critical struggle for the city of Mariupol continues.
WIDE RIFT IN RUSSIA, UKRAINE NEGOTIATIONS COULD MEAN DRAWN OUT WAR THAT FAVORS PUTIN: EXPERTS SAY
Russia's army has been repeatedly stalled by Ukraine's military determination and will to save their homeland, resulting in a slowed attack and severe losses for Russia.
Displaced people rest at a makeshift shelter in Mlyny, near the Korczowa border crossing, in Poland, Thursday, March 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Brzezinski said it is uncertain how long the war will last and that "we dont know what [Russian President Vladimir] Putin will donext," but "in the meantime, toughsanctions [and] supporting therefugees is the approachthe Poles, with the support bythe Americans, is taking."
ZELENSKYY ADVISOR SAYS THE WAR COULD BE NEARING AN END IN THE NEXT 2-3 WEEKS: LIVE UPDATES
He acknowledged that "Poland has taken on enormousweight and responsibility" by accepting large number of Ukrainian refugees.
"At this point, I can report toyou that this country has thisin hand, although it needs andwelcomes resources through itslead NGOs [nonprofit organizations] and charities," Brzezinski said, noting that that includes the Polish Red Cross.
"But, quite frankly, it will be acapacity issue," he added. "And the hope for all the peoplewho are coming here is that theycan return to Ukraine.Thats why theyre staying closeto Ukraine in Poland and notgoing further west to Germany,to France, to Spain."
He noted that the Ukrainian refuges prefer to stay in Poland so that "they cango back to their homes quicklyand start rebuilding" when the war is over.
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Late last month, President Biden called Putin"a butcher" after he met with displaced Ukrainian mothers and their children in Warsaw, Poland.
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Miranda Lambert Reflects on the ‘Freedom’ of Her Long Career – Taste of Country
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Miranda Lambert will release her eighth solo album, Palomino, on April 29, and after more than 15 years of releasing music, she says she feels the freedom to be the artist she truly wants to be.
This has been exemplified in Lamberts recent releases from her stripped-down, Grammy-nominated album, The Marfa Tapes, to her upbeat, good-time anthem, Drunk (And I Dont Wanna Go Home), with Elle King. Lambert reflected on her career in a recent interview with Rolling Stone, adding that she hopes to inspire other female artists to blaze their own unique trail.
Ive been lucky enough to have a long career where I can have a little freedom creatively, but its still scary, Lambert tells the publication. I want people to accept both and not be like, Well, thats not country! Thats not commercial! These are just songs I love, and it doesnt matter where they fit. I hope thats opened some doors for women, especially, to go, I can put out whatever I want and sound like whatever I want and look like whatever I want. And if I change my mind, thats just what I do.
The place Lambert has landed in her career hasnt come without its hurdles, however. The singer also chatted about the struggles she has endured, remarking that she took every hardship in her stride while focusing on staying in the industry for the long haul.
My goal was longevity, she shares. I wanted to be someone who says something important and does it through music, and can stay a long time. I wanted an Emmylou [Harris] career. Thats what I wanted, even though some of the roads were long, because I didnt pick the right commercial sound or the right outfit or whatever it was at the time that was hot. I didnt have my first No.1 until my third record, and that was OK with me. It was about establishing something.
In addition to readying her Palomino album, Lambert will take her show to Las Vegas in her newly-announced Velvet Rodeo: The Las Vegas Residency. The 24-date residency will kick off on Sept. 23 and run through April of 2023 at Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood.
Miranda Lambert and husband Brendan McLoughlin walk the red carpet prior to the 2021 Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, on Sunday (March 14). The couple of two-plus years appear on a night that the singer is nominated for multiple awards and set to perform her song "Bluebird."
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‘Great Freedom’ is a title that is neither ironic or optimistic – KUNC
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Great Freedom opens in 1968 with surveillance footage of a mens bathroom in Berlin. The police are looking for gay men to bust and the people on camera look like bugs about to be squashed. Hans Hoffmann (Franz Rogowski) is one of the men observed. Hes then captured and sent to prison for having sex in that bathroom.
Hans violates an infamous law called Paragraph 175 that was written into the German Criminal Code in 1871 and not fully repealed until 1994. It made homosexual acts illegal. And its not the first time Hoffmann has been jailed. When the film jumps back to 1945, hes thrown into prison on the same charge, and this time, the guard who escorts him to his cell is an American soldier serving in the occupation forces after World War II.
And thats not the first time for Hoffmann either. The tattooed letter and numbers on his forearm show that the Nazis had him in Auschwitz. Hans is not only gay, hes Jewish a double whammy. And while the end of the war freed Hans from Auschwitz, hes really just transferred to a different prison. His prison job then is to rip the insignia from Nazi uniforms and make them re-usable. The metaphor is obvious same clothing, just without the decoration.
Sebastian Meises Great Freedom is a prison film, and at times a brutal one. Hans is beaten by guards and thrown into solitary confinement. His cellmate Viktor (Georg Friedrich) also beats him for being gay. Hans has no trouble spotting other Paragraph 175 prisoners, and hes sexually aggressive, which gets him more beatings and more time in solitary. The images of the sex and the beatings are graphic and confrontational, just like Hans himself. One of his fellow prisoners even tells Hans to ease up.
Hans is tough. He weathers the abuse, and the pugnacious expression on his face shows that he will probably never give in.
But the good prison films and writing over the past 2,000 years or so are about the paradox of the brutality faced by the body and the liberation of the mind and spirit. Prison walls are gray and blank. Color feels dead. You yearn for a touch of green, something to break the unrelenting drab hostility of this place.
Concrete and metal encase the prisoners. Of course, there are bars everywhere. The yard where prisoners get to walk around and even talk to each other is inside the prison and surrounded by the harsh prison building itself. And aside from one young and sweet-looking former teacher, also a Paragraph 175 prisoner, the prisoners and the guards look both empty in the eyes and angry. Prison routine sucks the humanity out of everyone.
The surprise in the film is the tenderness that emerges. It doesnt come early and the film seems headed in another direction, maybe attempted escape. But when Hans loses a friend, one guard, for just a moment, looks like he understands. Its a hint that in this soulless place, at least theres a possibility of kindness.
And then one part of Paragraph 175 is repealed, and Hans gets out of prison. Its a grim day. No one meets him at the prison gate; he has no apparent home; he has no belongings. Hes just a forlorn guy standing alone on a dreary street with no sign of sky, or trees or plants. He wanders through a gay bar, like a tourist on a bus taking in the sights.
And thats when he discovers what freedom can be. He doesnt buy himself a good dinner or smell the flowers in the park. But maybe for the first time, he does make a choice and its a free one.
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"I already have an offer" – NBA star Enes Kanter Freedom says he already has a wrestling offer in hand – The Sportsrush
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NBA star Enes Kanter Freedom spoke to Lets Hang Live wherein he said that he already has a wrestling offer in hand.
After being packaged in a deal that included Daniel Theis being grabbed by Boston Celtics, NBA star Enes Kanter Freedom was waived by the Houston Rockets. The NBA star since then has been a free agent since no team has shown interest in him. Not only in the area of NBA, but Enes Kanter Freedom also is active in the arena of wrestling and was already seen in the arena of WWE.
During the year 2019, when the NBA star Enes Kanter Freedom was still associated with Boston Celtics, he made an appearance on the Monday night event of WWE Raw. Enes Kanter Freedom even claimed the title as he defeated then 24/7 Champion R-Truth. The event proved to be iconic. The NBA star Enes Kanter Freedom achieved this feat in front of the New York crowd. The NBA player also revealed a Boston Celtics jersey in the process.
Recently, Enes Kanter Freedom spoke to Lets Hang Live during the SEC championship. He expressed his love for the sport of wrestling. The NBA star also revealed that he already owns an offer of wrestling in hand. Also added that he can make an entry in the rings whenever he wants to. But, the sportsman also said that he is only 29 years old and thus wants to focus on basketball for the next seven years.
Enes Kanter Freedom also said that he is yet to figure out his way into the sport of basketball. It looks like the first love of the NBA star is basketball. The NBA player also added that he will only look towards the other areas of the sporting world once he figures out his career in basketball. Enes Kanter Freedoms love for basketball is so immense that he has said that he will not quit basketball (at least in the near future).
I already have an offer. Just trying to figure out what is going to happen with this basketball thing. Im 29, and I want to play another six or seven years in this league. Im going to figure out my basketball career first and see whats going to happen. I already have an offer, Im just not taking it right now. I love basketball and Im not going to quit basketball, said Enes Kanter Freedom.
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The Antisocial Strain of Sincere Religious Beliefs Is on the Rise – The New Republic
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What does it mean to participate in society? In our neoliberal era, the social and political effects of which are even more starkly apparent in the pandemic, it is not at all clear. In her book Undoing the Demos: Neoliberalisms Stealth Revolution, Wendy Brown has shown how neoliberalism is not just an economic and political system but also a governing rationality unto itself, a sort of common sense. For many in the U.S. and around the world, the very notion of the public good has grown less thinkable. Under these conditions, Brown has recently explained, our freedom rests on being able to do what we want as individuals. On the far right, this libertarian ethic has combined with anti-democratic politics and policies to form what Brown calls authoritarian liberalism.
We find a paradigmatic example of authoritarian liberalism in the contemporary politics of sincerely held religious belief. As I wrote in these pages last year, sincere belief names a distinctly American way of being free and being religious: as an individual, unsystematically, and without regard for others. To remain unvaccinated, or to pack a sanctuary at the height of pre-vaccine infection surges, is a personal freedom. And when it is sincere and religious, it is worth protecting, regardless of who else might be harmed. Further, sincerely held religious beliefs insulate their holder from critique. They offer an opt-out not only from the demands of democratic participation but from the democratic process of deliberation, of giving reasons and making arguments. You can always say, when pushed, Dont question my faith.
And yet I want to suggest that sincerity could offer, perhaps unexpectedly, an ethic worth pursuing. Sincerity could beshould befundamentally social, not antisocial. As the anthropologist Webb Keane explained, when I speak sincerely, I am not only producing words that reveal my interior state but am producing them for you; I am making myself (as an inner self) available for you in the form of external, publicly available expressions. You cannot be sincere by yourself. You have to talk to other people. Today, sincerely held religious beliefs are increasingly deployed in service of the opposite function. Claimantsat least, white conservative Christian claimants whose religious beliefs are recognized as normatively religiousdo not have to do much to explain or defend their beliefs. They just hold them, sincerely. How might our politics look different if sincerity claims were an invitation to dialogue rather than a conversation-stopper? A chance to negotiate a resolution with one another in good faith?
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Fireworks and Freedom is the theme of 157th Exira Fourth of July Celebration – The Audubon County Advocate Journal
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EXIRA This years Exira Fourth of July Celebration will run from July 1-4, and the theme is Fireworks and Freedom.
Exira Community Club President Abby Rasmussen announced the theme during Saturday nights Exira Fourth of July Kickoff. Along with the announcements, the kickoff event included a meal, live and silent auction and entertainment by the Dueling Pianos with Mike and Andy. Ticket sales were good by Saturday morning there were less than 20 tickets still available.
This will be the 157th annual celebration, starting with a Spartan Golf Tournament and the carnival on Friday, July 1; Saturday, July 2 will be the road race, slow pitch softball tournament, carnival and evening performance of the rodeo; Sunday, July 3 is the community barbecue, carnival, rodeo and street dance and Monday, July 4 is the annual parade, carnival and fireworks. Scotts Amusements will return to provide the carnival.
The other big announcement was who would be this years Parade Grand Marshal.
Rasmussen introduced him, saying he was an Exira graduate who came home to teach, and taught in the Exira schools for almost 40 years. He created lasting memories through the school newspaper and yearbooks, and was cherished by all of his students, even the ones he made sit out in the hallway for misbehaving.
In retirement, she said, he is a man of many hobbies, but also very involved in his community. He has produced books of local history and collected historical photographs, and has taken part in almost every fundraiser and community event the town offered. Hes also busy with his church, playing piano and organ on Sundays and also at the Exira Care Center, and has officiated at weddings of his nieces and nephews, and for the children of his dear friends.
This years Grand Marshal, she said, was loyal to his roots, and a friend to all. He is John Walker.
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Need legal structure that balances freedom of expression, cyber regulation: Ashwini Vaishnav – The Indian Express
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India needs a legal structure that balances the right to freedom of expression and regulation of cyberspace, Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said on Monday.
He said the pandemic had forced a consensus on the issue in India, and its outcome could be a dynamic legal structure.
We need to overhaul our legal structure in a big way. I dont think any incremental changes will help. The change has to be substantial, structural and fundamental, and that is where the conflict starts, Vaishnav said, addressing the second national conference on Cyber Crime Investigation and Digital Forensics, organised by CBI.
On one side is the right to freedom of expression and privacy, which is said to be sacrosanct The second conflicting thing is that there has to be regulation, control in order to stop fraudulent activity, which is committed in the garb of the right to privacy and freedom of expression, he said. That is the balance society has to strike.
Vaishnav said India is already arriving at that balance.
Luckily, during Covid-19, the world has changed fundamentally, he said. The way of thinking has changed. The balance is now coming in the thought process of the society. Take the case of South Korea, Australia, almost every state in the US or the EU. (A) large number of legal, societal interventions are happening basically trying to bring back the balance between right to privacy on the one side and need for regulation on the other.
The minister said, We, in India, are also trying to create that societal consensus. Its happening. In Parliament, the Opposition, which used to be vocal about the government trying to intrude into peoples lives, is today asking for more regulations. This will eventually give way to a legal structure that is dynamic, in tune with the times, and addresses aspirations of the younger generations, as well as keeps people safe, keeps social media accountable.
Vaishnav emphasised the need for use of more technology to combat cybercrime, and said universities must come forward with solutions for this. Crimes perpetrated by technology will have to be countered by technology, he said.
The minister also referred to the impact of the threat of cyber attacks on todays technology-driven infrastructure such as railways, power systems, etc. He called for organisational measures at various levels whether it is a student managing her/his own password or the WiFi router in a family; a small business or a large corporation or a government department, all organisations will have to think more about protecting the cyberspace.
Vaishnav also dwelled on the need for capacity development and said that extremely persistent efforts will have to be taken for creating capacity in cyber investigation, cyber forensics, cyber law, cyber technology, cyber security.
CBI director Subodh Kumar Jaiswal said the agency has over a period of time gathered reasonable expertise in cyber crime investigations. He said CBI is the lead agency in the investigation of cyber crimes and functions as the point of contact for law enforcement agencies of more than a hundred countries.
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More employee freedom should be new normal: McMaster University Hamilton professor | inTheHammer – insauga.com
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Published April 4, 2022 at 11:02 am
While the term "new normal" has been used ad nauseam since the pandemic, it is perhaps most fitting when applied to the workplace. Is change good?
While the term new normal has been used ad nauseam since the pandemic, it is perhaps most fitting when applied to the workplace.
COVID-19 forced individuals and businesses to culturally rethink the traditional work model. Companies were able to discover efficiencies and employees spent more time at home, re-evaluating their careers and re-prioritizing what is most important to them in the face of additional stressors.
Things are different now, and according to Hamilton-based professor Catherine Connelly, thats a good thing.
The pandemic has forced many workplaces to take stock of their policies on how their employees complete their work, said Connelly, who teacheshuman resources and management at McMaster Universitys DeGroote School of Business.
Before COVID, working from home was often a privilege granted to a few select workers like high performers and people in certain jobs that already had a high degree of autonomy and discretion.
Hamilton-based professor Catherine Connelly (pictured) teacheshuman resources and management at McMaster Universitys DeGroote School of Business.
In an interview with Brighter Worlds Andrea Lawson, Connelly said managers have had to adapt and focus on whether the employees objectives are being met rather than micromanaging the day-to-day activities of each employee.
Fewer employees are willing to make compromises that harm their own health and well-being or that of their families, she said.
Many individuals are simply unwilling to return to the office. Particularly those who incur the cost and time required for commuting.
Others have taken on additional caregiver roles, not only in terms of childcare but also in eldercare. Connelly says it would be a shame if companies didnt at least provide a hybrid solution.
Organizations that can allow employees to continue to work from home for at least part of the time will benefit from more satisfied and committed employees, she noted. During the pandemic, a lot of flexibility was offered, and it would be a shame if these advances were lost.
What about the socializing and comradery that has been lacking during the pandemic? Connelly believes regular social and networking events, either in-person or remotely, are critical in ensuring individuals feel like part of a team.
By working from home, employees may miss out on serendipitous informal interactions with co-workers. These unplanned conversations about mundane topics are important for building trust, which my research has shown has serious implications for knowledge sharing and hiding, she said.
Safety is also a consideration for companies and their employees. COVID-19 is not over and Connelly stressed thatpushing employees to work in ways that feel unsafe is counterproductive.
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Curbing our freedom: the NSW bill that should never have become law – Sydney Morning Herald
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The freedom to protest to gather, to object, to call for change is an indispensable component of our democracy. Social change has never been inevitable. Aspects of Australian life we take for granted today womens vote, the eight-hour work day, protected wilderness areas, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land rights occurred because ordinary Australians took to the streets. Protest gives a voice to the voiceless; it gives political power to those unable to wield influence through money and lobbyists. The freedom to protest matters it goes to the heart of representative, democratic government.
Last week, the NSW government critically eroded that freedom. The Roads and Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill, which passed the Legislative Council on Friday, significantly undermines the ability of people in NSW to protest. It is a draconian measure unnecessary, disproportionate, lacking oversight and containing only minimal safeguards. It should never have become law.
Protestors tied to a pole push for climate change action on a cargo train line near Port Botany in Pagewood on March 24.Credit:Nick Moir
The amendments radically expand an existing legislative provision that makes it an offence to cause disruption on the Sydney Harbour Bridge or other major bridges and tunnels. Under the new laws, causing disruption on any tunnel, road or bridge chosen by the government, or at railway stations, ports or infrastructure facilities, is punishable by up to two years imprisonment and a $22,000 fine.
The new provision is so broad and vague that almost all protest activity without prior approval now risks criminal sanction. Imagine school children gathering at a park in Sydney to protest against inaction on climate change. Say the large turnout means that protesters spill out into the entrance of a nearby railway station. They do not pose any safety risk, but commuters have to walk around the children to access the station. Those protesters our children could be imprisoned, for the crime of causing commuters to be redirected.
It is ironic that the new law has been cheered by those on the conservative-side of the political spectrum. All sides of politics use protest to pursue political change. Just as climate-concerned children take to the streets, so do farmers unhappy with government policy, striking teachers and nurses, those concerned about Aboriginal deaths in custody and those troubled by vaccine mandates and lockdowns. The breadth of the new law will create legal risk for all of those groups. It will leave police and prosecutors with immense discretion over which protesters to arrest and prosecute. That is not a good thing.
The only substantive safeguard in the new law is some limited protection for industrial action the price of Labors support for the bill. This bargain was deeply misguided and short-sighted by Labor, which should have seen this law for the anti-democratic action it is and condemned it accordingly. While the carve-out for industrial action is better than nothing, it entrenches a hierarchy of protest rights. Protesting about workplace safety? Thats fine. Marching for climate action? Go to jail. It is extremely dangerous for the government to dictate what we can and cannot lawfully protest about.
NSW nurses and midwives march to Parliament House on Thursday. Credit:Louise Kennerley
Hopefully this draconian law will be short-lived. It bears many similarities with a Tasmanian anti-protest law struck down by the High Court in 2017 (which one judge described at the time as a Pythonesque absurdity). Both offend the implied freedom of political communication the frail shield for free speech we have in Australia, in the absence of an Australian charter of human rights.
The rush with which this became law less than a week and the consequent absence of appropriate scrutiny and clear consideration of necessity will weigh against the law being valid. Protesters who become violent or endanger public safety can already be dealt with under existing laws. The absence of justification for this new offence will leave it vulnerable to constitutional challenge.
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Albright leaves a living legacy of bipartisanship on international religious freedom – The Hill
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Ours is not the first, and it will not be the last, tribute to Madeleine Albright. She was an extraordinary woman and leader, who inspired an entire generation of young people as the first female secretary of State. Her accomplishments were many, her influence far-reaching and her character revered by anyone who knew her.
Madeline Albright was not only serious about foreign policy, but she knew her way around Washington like few others do. She understood that laughter makes the heart merry and made for good diplomacy, too. Though undoubtedly liberal in her political leanings, she always looked for common ground, regardless of party. She was respectful and curious like few others. And perhaps one of her most enduring legacies was an issue that showed how truly bipartisan she was: her work on human rights and particularly her commitment to protecting religious freedom.
Albright might have ruffled a few feathers in her own foreign policy circles when she strongly supported the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (IRFA), passed by Republican majorities and signed into law by President Clinton. But two unlikely allies that helped establish the landmark law, as she called it in her book The Mighty and the Almighty, were the late Rep. Tom Lantos and then-Sen. Sam Brownback.
Tom Lantos shared a friendship with Madeleine Albright that went well beyond their shared passion for foreign policy. Tom, who endured the Holocaust as a teenager in Hungary to become the only survivor ever to serve in the U.S. Congress, found a kindred spirit in Albright, a native of Czechoslovakia who discovered late in life that she had Jewish roots. Theirs was a relationship built on shared history, mutual respect, and a deep commitment to ensuring the protection of human rights around the world.
On the other hand, Madeleine Albright and Sam Brownback formed what she lovingly called the ultimate political odd couple. Despite their differing political ideology, they shared a bleeding heart for compassionate international causes. During a workshop together at Georgetown where she taught, they found unity in their determination to stop genocide, end human trafficking, help refugees and promote religious freedom around the world.
These three unlikely allies, along with a number of other committed members of Congress, were united during the foreign policy debate when it came to whether or not protecting religious freedom around the world as a matter of policy was an appropriate role for the U.S. government. Some thought it was a violation of the Establishment Clause; others felt it was an inappropriate use of diplomatic time and effort. But this trio agreed that, in order to promote human rights and freedom around the world, it was essential to protect, as a basic human right, the ability to worship according to the dictates of ones conscience.
IRFA established an independent U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) and called for the State Department to issue an annual report on the global status of religious liberty. Albright wrote that IRFA made identifying and condemning all forms of religious persecution an integral part of U.S. foreign policy and has caused American diplomats to become more comfortable and practiced at raising the issue. It also created a new position within the State Department: the Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom.
From that work, many years ago, sprang our own unlikely friendship. Almost 20 years after IRFAs passage, Sam Brownback became the 5th Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, while Katrina Lantos Swett, daughter of the late Congressman Lantos, served on USCIRF from 2012-2016, with two terms as chair. Perhaps we are the 2022 version of a political odd couple, but we have Secretary Albright to thank for bringing us together. Though no longer with us, she leaves a living legacy of bipartisan advocacy for international religious freedom.
We are honored to build upon this legacy, ourselves strange partners standing shoulder-to-shoulder to advocate for religious freedom for everyone, everywhere, at all times. Together we co-chair theIRF Summitand are building a broad, bipartisan coalition of religious and human rights civil society groups determined to make freedom of religion, conscience and belief a powerful grassroots cause.
We like to think Madeleine would approve.
God bless you Madeleine Albright, and may your memory be a blessing to all who knew you.
Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett, president of the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice, former chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom and co-chair of IRF Summit 2022.Samuel Brownback, Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom (2018-21) and co-chair of IRF Summit 2022.
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