Public Statements
Feb 14, 2012
Co-Chairs condemn recent reports of torture in Libyan detention facilities and urge Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) to hold perpetrators accountable.
Feb 3, 2012
Co-Chairs strongly condemn the Syrian government for continuing to commit massive human rights abuses against its citizens and calls upon the United Nations to pressure the Assad regime to stop the violence.
Jan 19, 2012
TLHRC Co-Chairs Frank Wolf and Jim McGovern call for the immediate and unconditional release of all prisoners of conscience in Vietnam, including 17 Buddhist and Christian social activists, human rights lawyers, and citizen journalists and bloggers who were recently detained.
Dec 16, 2011
TLHRC Co-Chairs Jim McGovern and Frank Wolf call for the immediate and unconditional release of Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, who was recently returned to prison.
Dec 13, 2011
TLHRC Co-Chairs Frank Wolf and Jim McGovern request that brothers Farhad and Rafiq Aliyev, whose arrest and detention were determined to be in violation of due process and fair trial standards, be released from prison.
Dec 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.
Dec 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.
Nov 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.
Nov 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.
Nov 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.