US VP Mike Pence threatens Turkey over detained US pastor at religious freedom summit
RNS Vice President Mike Pence used a State Department summit of foreign ministers and religious leaders to call on Turkey to release US pastor Andrew Brunson and threatened the country with sanctions if it did not. “If Turkey does not take immediate action to free this innocent man of faith and send him home to […]
US religious freedom summit opens with plea to fight persecution
RNS US Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback opened a summit at the State Department this week by urging leaders from a range of faiths to work together to help the persecuted across the globe. “We need your faith in action to move the world to not just tolerance of differences – although that’s […]
US Secretary of State says protecting targets of IS ‘genocide’ a religious freedom priority
RNS Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks on the release of the 2016 annual report on International Religious Freedom on 15th August, 2017, at the State Department in Washington, DC. PICTURE: AP Photo/Susan Walsh. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson underlined the nation’s commitment to protecting religious and ethnic groups targeted by the so-called […]