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Vietnam Committee on Human Rights<\/strong> and the International Campaign for Tibet <\/p>\n on Wednesday, July 11, 2018 from 9:00 am \u2013 12:00 pm <\/p>\n Speakers include Dr. Tenzin Dorjee<\/strong>, USCIRF Chairman, Congressman Alan Lowenthal\u00a0 <\/strong>(tbc), Congressman Chris Smith <\/strong>(tbc), Kristina Arriaga<\/strong>, USCIRF Vice-Chair, Arjia Rinpoche<\/strong>, former abbot of Kumbum Monastery in Tibet and head of Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center, Bloomington, Indiana, Vo Van Ai<\/strong>, President of VCHR, Matteo Mecacci,<\/strong> President of the International Campaign for Tibet, Robert Herman<\/strong>, Vice-President of Freedom House, Todd Stein<\/strong>, Senior Policy Advisor to Representative Chellie Pingree, and experts and human rights defenders from Europe, Asia and the US.<\/p>\n The Conference will feature panel discussions on \u201cReligious Freedom and American Foreign Policy\u201d<\/strong>, and \u201cStrategies to Promote Freedom of Religion or Belief in Closed Societies: The Cases of Vietnamese and Tibetan Buddhists\u201d<\/strong>. These sessions will explore freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) in many aspects: the importance of a proactive FoRB component in US foreign policy; transatlantic and international cooperation in advancing FoRB; violations of FoRB and trade considerations; initiatives to support prisoners of conscience; FoRB and democracy; the role of Buddhism in promoting a civic culture of human rights, dignity and diversity in Vietnamese and Tibetan communities, and beyond.<\/p>\n We invite you to join us at this Conference and share your ideas and best practices on how to promote freedom of religion or belief in this region.<\/p>\n Seating is limited, please RSVP to rsvp@savetibet.org<\/a> or penelope.faulkner@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n Presentation of photo ID is required to enter the building.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Vietnam Committee on Human Rights and the International Campaign for Tibet cordially invite you to the conference: \u201cFreedom of Religion or Belief & Human Rights: Vietnamese and Tibetan Buddhism under threat\u201d on Wednesday, July 11, 2018 from 9:00 am \u2013 12:00 pm at the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (Government Printing Office …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":434,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/queme.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/queme.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/queme.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queme.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/434"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queme.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/queme.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39545\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/queme.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queme.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queme.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>cordially invite you to the conference:<\/p>\n\u201cFreedom of Religion or Belief & Human Rights:
\nVietnamese and Tibetan Buddhism under threat\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nat the US Commission on International Religious Freedom
\n<\/strong>(Government Printing Office (GPO) Building)
\n<\/em>732 N. Capitol Street NW, Washington D.C.<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/queme.org\/\/app\/uploads\/2018\/07\/logo-vchr-ubcv-ict-1024x198.png\"){kind=logo}
<\/p>\nVietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR)
\n<\/strong>B.P. 60063 – 94472 Boissy Saint L\u00e9ger cedex (France) – Tel.: (Paris) (331) 45 98 30 85
\nFax : Paris (331) 45 98 32 61 E-mail : vietnam.committee@gmail.com\u00a0 <\/a>– Web : http:\/\/queme.org<\/a> – Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/queme.net<\/a>
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\n<\/u><\/strong>International Campaign for Tibet
\n<\/strong>1825 Jefferson Place NW | Washington, DC 20036 | United States of America
\nPhone: (202) 785-1515 | Fax: (202) 785-4343 | info@savetibet.org<\/a><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"