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Commission Co-Chairs Respond to State Department’s Designation of Countries of Particular Concern

Jan 18, 2018 Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressmen Randy Hultgren and Jim McGovern, Co-Chairs of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, issued the following statement regarding the Department of State’s announcement designating “Countries of Particular Concern” (CPCs) with regard to religious freedom.

Bipartisan Co-Chairs Urge Trump Administration not to Return Historic Bells to Philippines due to Human Rights Concerns

Jan 5, 2018 Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congressmen Randy Hultgren (R-IL) and Jim McGovern (D-MA), Co-Chairs of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, have written to Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis asking him not to transfer the Bells of Balangiga to the Philippines due to ongoing human rights violations by the government of Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte.

Lawmakers Urge Saudi, UAE to Lift Yemen Blockade

Dec 22, 2017 In The News

A bipartisan quartet of lawmakers is imploring Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to end a blockade on war-ravaged Yemen. The letter was organized by Reps. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) and Steve Chabot (R-Ohio), who are members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and co-signed by Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission co-chairmen Reps. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) and Randy Hultgren (R-Ill.).

Co-Chairs Urge President Trump to Call on Turkey to Release Istanbul 10 and Taner Kılıç

Dec 13, 2017 Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congressmen James P. McGovern (D-MA) and Randy Hultgren (R-IL), Co-Chairs of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, have released a bipartisan letter sent to President Donald J. Trump urging him to publicly call on Turkey to halt the prosecution of the “Istanbul 10”and Mr. Taner Kılıç, the Chair of Amnesty International Turkey, drop all charges against them, and immediately and unconditionally release those still in detention.

Commission Co-Chairs Urge Secretary Tillerson to Designate Pakistan as a “Country of Particular Concern”

Nov 14, 2017 Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congressmen Randy Hultgren and James P. McGovern, Co-Chairs of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, today sent a letter to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson urging him to designate Pakistan a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) this year under the terms of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (IRFA).

Co-Chairs Respond to President Duterte’s Threat to Ban Them from Philippines

Nov 13, 2017 Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressmen Randy Hultgren and James P. McGovern, Co-Chairs of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, have released the following statement in response to Philippines’ President Duterte’s warning that he would ban them from the Philippines for a letter urging President Trump to raise human rights violations in his visit to the country.

Co-Chairs Urge President Trump to Share U.S. Concerns over Philippine Extra-Judicial Killings

Nov 7, 2017 Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congressmen Randy Hultgren and James P. McGovern, Co-Chairs of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, have released a letter sent to President Donald J. Trump urging him to use his upcoming meeting with Philippines’ President Duterte as an opportunity to express the United States’ profound concern over reported extra-judicial killings associated with the Philippine government’s “war on drugs.”

Seeing Refugees as Human Beings: Ai Weiwei's 'Human Flow'

Oct 11, 2017 In The News

Washington, D.C. - Rep. Randy Hultgren, Co-Chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, and Rep. Ted Lieu, a member of the Executive Committee, joined Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei on Sept. 25, 2017, to screen the moving film “Human Flow” at E Street Cinema, and led a panel discussion afterwards.

Commission Co-Chairs Speak Out on Burma’s Humanitarian Catastrophe

Sep 11, 2017 Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressmen James P. McGovern and Randy Hultgren, Co-Chairs of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, issued a statement condemning both the August 25th attack on the Burmese police and military attributed to the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, an insurgent group, and the clearly disproportionate response unleashed against the Rohingya people by the Burmese military in response.

TLHRC Co-Chairs: Liu Xiaobo Will Not Be Forgotten

Jul 14, 2017 Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressmen Jim McGovern and Randy Hultgren, Co-Chairs of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, issued the following statement on the death in Chinese custody of Nobel Peace laureate and Defending Freedoms Project prisoner of conscience Liu Xiaobo.

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