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TLHRC Co-Chairs Pen Bipartisan Letter to Secretary Clinton on the Famine in Horn of Africa
August 12, 2011
Press Release
Co-Chairs Jim McGovern and Frank Wolf urge Secretary Clinton to take all possible steps to support and provide humanitarian aid assistance to families in these insecure areas.
Co-Chairs Urge Immediate Release of Liu Xiaobo per U.N. Report
August 5, 2011
Press Release
Co-Chairs Jim McGovern (D-MA) and Frank Wolf (R-VA) support the call by the United Nations’ Working Group that Chinese authorities release the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate from illegal detention.
TLHRC Co-Chairs Applaud President Obama’s Directive to Prevent Mass Atrocities and Curb Impunity
August 4, 2011
Press Release
TLHRC Co-Chairs James P. McGovern (D-MA) and Frank R. Wolf (R-VA) strongly endorse President Obama’s initiative to prevent mass atrocities and prohibit human rights violators from entering the U.S.
TLHRC Co-Chairs Honor World Press Freedom Day 2011
May 3, 2011
Press Release
TLHRC Co-Chairs Frank R. Wolf (R-VA) and James P. McGovern (D-MA) join organizations around the world to commemorate World Press Freedom Day and urge strong global support for media freedom.
TLHRC Co-Chairs Emphasize Need for Human Rights Dialogue with China in Upcoming Forum
April 27, 2011
Press Release
TLHRC Co-Chairmen Frank R. Wolf (R-VA) and James P. McGovern (D-MA) send a letter to Secretary Clinton and Secretary Geithner urging them to raise human rights in the annual Strategic and Economic Dialogue with China.
TLHRC Co-Chairs Press for Active U.S. Role in Monitoring Human Rights in Western Sahara
April 11, 2011
Press Release
TLHRC Co-Chairs Frank R. Wolf (R-VA) and James P. McGovern (D-MA) send a letter to Secretary Clinton calling for the U.S. to support the creation of an independent and impartial human rights monitoring body in Western Sahara.
TLHRC Co-Chairs Draw the President's Attention to Attacks by Egyptian Authorities Against Peaceful Demonstrators
February 1, 2011
Press Release
TLHRC Co-Chairs Frank R. Wolf (R-VA) and James P. McGovern (D-MA) send a letter to President Obama expressing concern about the recent attacks by Egyptian security forces against peaceful demonstrators and persecution against religious minorities, including Coptic Christians and Baha'is.
TLHRC Co-Chairs Request Religious Freedom Posts in Baghdad and Cairo
January 27, 2011
Press Release
TLHRC Co-Chairs James P. McGovern (D-MA) and Frank R. Wolf (R-VA) urge Secretary Clinton to appoint U.S. embassy personnel dedicated solely to handle religious freedom issues in Baghdad, Iraq and Cairo, Egypt.
TLHRC Co-Chairs Urge President Obama to Raise Chinese Human Rights Cases During G-20
October 4, 2010
Press Release
TLHRC Co-Chairs Frank R. Wolf (R-VA) and James P. McGovern (D-MA) called upon President Obama to raise the cases of two detained Chinese human rights defenders, Liu Xiaobo and Gao Zhisheng, to Chinese President Hu Jintao during the G-20 Summit in Seoul, South Korea.
Co-Chair Jim McGovern Recognizes Potential for Improvements in U.S. Human Rights Record at UN
August 26, 2010
Press Release
Co-Chair McGovern commends the U.S. Human Rights Report to the UN, but calls for improvements in areas of hunger and malnutrition.

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