U.S. Commissioner on International Religious Freedom adds right to practice religion elsewhere is in peril and international community should do more
Taiwan News
Date: 2019/05/31
By: Yu-ning Hsu, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
Left to right: Bob Fu, Csaba Sógor, Nadine Maenza, Kenneth Starr, and Lyim Hong-tiong.
Hsinchu (Taiwan News) – While attending the Taiwan International Religious Freedom Forum, the U.S. Commissioner on International Religious Freedom, Nadine Maenza, told Taiwan News that when it comes to freedom of religion China cannot compare to Taiwan.
“Taiwan is a really beautiful beacon for religious freedom,” Maenza said and the proof of that is, “We are here today at this conference with leaders from around the world coming to talk about religious freedom.”
After reading a letter to the forum attendees from Tenzin Dorjee, chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, Maenza said more and diverse actors across the globe have joined the fight to protect the right of religion or belief, yet the right to religion is more imperiled than ever.
“Entire generations have endured cruel or unrelenting treatment because of their beliefs,” said Maenza. “(This is) particularly true for the three countries that USCIRF featured in our very first report in the year of 2000: Russia, Sudan, and China.” [FULL STORY]
