By Gregory Treat – Jubilee Campaign Staffer, Government Relations Coordinator, Special Projects, Manager of Jubilee Facebook Page and This Blog During the first week of August, the death of Londoner Mark Duggan and the resulting public backlash spiraled into a riot. The initial failure of the British police to contain the violence compounded the problem …
Dear Friends, Because of the great people and great organizations listed below, I am pleased to report that we now have 11 countries and 17 cities that will participate in support of the International Protest to Save North Korean Refugees scheduled for 12:00 noon on September 22, 2011 at the Chinese Embassies and consulates around …
A Message From Suzanne Scholte and the North Korean Freedom Coalition Read More »
We ask for your prayers. While Jubilee Campaign has been working hard to promote religious freedom in Nepal, the tools available to us work slowly. Unfortunately, the political landscape of a nation in transition changes very rapidly, and we may have run out of time. On Monday, the Prime Minister of Nepal promised to negotiate …
An Exercise in Burying our Heads in the Sand: The State Department and Oppressive Governments Everywhere By Gregory Treat – Jubilee Campaign Staffer, Government Relations Coordinator, Special Projects, Manager of Jubilee Facebook Page and This Blog Working for Jubilee Campaign gives me the honor and privilege of working on cases and improving human rights from …
Last Friday Congressman Chris Smith submitted an amendment to the State Department 2012 appropriation bill House Foreign Affairs Committee. The Committee unanimously approved the Amendment which is below. Our friends over at Women’s Rights Without Frontiers produced their own press release on this encouraging development. We encourage you to go check it out. AMENDMENT OFFERED …
To the Member States of the United Nations and the Human Rights Community: Permitting the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (D.P.R.K.) to chair the United Nations Conference on Disarmament makes a mockery of this once noble institution. The Conference on Disarmament was established in 1978 to create a single negotiating forum for the purpose of …
Mob Boss on the Police Force: The D.P.R.K and the UN Conference on Disarmament Read More »
Greetings! As many of you know, Lord David Alton, a member of the British Parliament, is a long-time advocate of international human rights and has worked closely with Jubilee Campaign for many years. He recently returned from this third trip to North Korea, accompanied by Baroness Caroline Cox, and they published a report on their …
Ladies and Gentlemen! It is time to celebrate and let me tell you why. Our dear friends at the Bombay Teen Challenge have just celebrated 20 years of rescuing women and girls from sexual slavery in India.Since, 1990 when K.K. Deveraj first began rescuing young girls who would otherwise have been sold into sexual slavery, …
U.S. Congressmen celebrating 20 years of opposition to sex slavery, India declines visa Read More »
Over the past decade several actors on the UN scene have been passing resolutions against “Defamation of Religion.” These resolutions condemn anything which offends “religious sensibilities” as racism and hate-speech. Unfortunately the resolutions provide support for blasphemy and similar laws, like the ones which have been used to brutally suppress dissent and religious minorities in …
UN Defamation Resolution Threatens Freedom of Religion Read More »
Jubilee Campaign was asked to spearhead the production of a 2nd series on the persecuted church with Lord David Alton of the House of Lords. Please see the link below for the full story. EWTN.com – EWTN’s New Series, ‘The Suffering Church,’ Reveals the Truth About Catholic/Christian Persecution Around the World – And What You …
