International Religious Freedom Roundtable

Experts say what governments won’t: ISIS atrocities are genocide

By Brian Pellot — August 7, 2015
(RNS) A growing number of advocates and experts are calling for President Obama and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to label ISIS’s actions against religious and ethnic minorities “genocide.” What’s holding them back?

Activists demand Obama appoint envoy for persecuted Middle Eastern Christians

By Lauren Markoe — April 23, 2015
WASHINGTON (RNS) The blood of Christians and other religious minorities is reddening the Middle East. So why hasn't President Obama chosen a special envoy to address their plight?
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