Press Releases
December 9, 2011
Co-chairs Jim McGovern and Frank Wolf and Representative Joseph Pitts cite Nepal's lack of a comprehensive refugee law, delays in transit of Tibetan refugees through Nepal, and shortcomings in cooperation with the U.S. government as areas of potential improvement.
December 9, 2011
TLHRC Co-Chairs raise issues of the closure of Camp Ashraf, home to over 3,000 Iranian dissidents, and Iraq's obligation to protect human rights of camp residents.
November 23, 2011
Co-chairs Jim McGovern and Frank Wolf and Representative Donald Payne advocate for DRC government, parties, and other stakeholders to ensure fair elections, refrain from violence and intimidation.
November 17, 2011
TLHRC Co-Chairs and Executive Committee Member, Rep. Pitts, urge Ambassador Locke to visit Tibet amidst recent wave of self-immolations of Tibetan Buddhist monks and nuns who protest abuses.
November 15, 2011
Co-Chairs Frank Wolf and Jim McGovern join the International Parliamentarians' Coalition for North Korean Refugees and Human Rights to demand that the North Korean government end grave rights abuses against its own people. The Co-Chairs also support calls to create a UN Commission of Inquiry to investigate North Korea.
October 17, 2011
Co-Chairs Jim McGovern (D-MA) and Frank Wolf (R-VA) strongly condemn the Syrian government for continuing to perpetrate serious human rights violations against peaceful protesters.
September 27, 2011
TLHRC Co-Chairs Frank Wolf (R-VA) and Jim McGovern (D-MA) cite universal human rights to freedom of religion and conscience as they call for the immediate and unconditional release of Youcef Nadarkhani by Iranian authorities.
August 12, 2011
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.
August 5, 2011
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.
August 4, 2011
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.