Swords Into Plowshares state department Archives

May 16, 2013

Hold Sudanese Human Rights Violators Accountable!

Posted 5:53pm

From our colleagues in the Office of Public Witness Ask the State Department to Deny Entry to Dr. Nafie Ali Nafie In 1989, Farouk Mohammed Ibrahim, a former science professor at the University of Khartoum, was arrested for his outspoken criticism of the Sudanese government. For twelve days, he was held in one of Sudan’s notorious… Read more »

August 8, 2012

State Department Contributes Additional $41 Million to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Posted 4:58pm

Below is an announcement from the U.S. Department of State announcing an increase in funding for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. The United States is pleased to announce its third contribution this fiscal year toward the 2012 operations of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). With this contribution of more than $41… Read more »

November 12, 2010

Advocacy to end the use of children as soldiers

Posted 2:33pm

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) joined other religious and human rights groups to contact President Obama last Friday expressing their disappointment with his decision last week to waive sanctions against four countries the State Department has identified as using child soldiers….

START at the State Department

Posted 4:30am

This State Department is providing information on the New START Treaty that is regularly updated with new material from the Obama administration.

International Religious Freedom Reports

Posted 3:34pm

Each year the State Department of the United States issues a report on International Religious Freedom. This annual report is submitted to Congress in compliance with Section 102(b) of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998. It provides information with…

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