References to Genocide Removed
State Department Lawyers Are Continuing to Remove References to ISIS 'Genocide' Against Christians, Other Religious Minorities - Washington Free Beacon
The State Department's top lawyers are systematically removing the word "genocide" to describe the Islamic State's mass slaughter of Christians, Yazidis, and other ethnic minorities in Iraq and Syria from speeches before they are delivered and other official documents, according to human rights activists and attorneys familiar with the policies.
State Department Lawyers Are Continuing to Remove References to ISIS 'Genocide' Against Christians, Other Religious Minorities - Washington Free Beacon
The State Department's top lawyers are systematically removing the word "genocide" to describe the Islamic State's mass slaughter of Christians, Yazidis, and other ethnic minorities in Iraq and Syria from speeches before they are delivered and other official documents, according to human rights activists and attorneys familiar with the policies.
Additionally, Democratic senators are delaying confirmation of Mark
Green, Trump's pick to head the U.S. Agency for International
Development who has broad bipartisan support. These efforts guarantee
that Obama-era policies that worked to exclude Iraq's Christian and
other minority religious populations from key U.S. aid programs remain
in place, the activists said.
Richard Visek, who was appointed by President Obama as head the State Department's Office of Legal Adviser in October 2016, is behind the decision to remove the word "genocide" from official documents, according to Nina Shea, an international human rights lawyer who directs the Hudson Institute's Center for Religious Freedom.
- Father, we pray the aid allocated to these vulnerable people will be distributed in a way that truly helps them. We also pray for You to remove all State Department employees who are anti-Christian and anti-Israel.
Richard Visek, who was appointed by President Obama as head the State Department's Office of Legal Adviser in October 2016, is behind the decision to remove the word "genocide" from official documents, according to Nina Shea, an international human rights lawyer who directs the Hudson Institute's Center for Religious Freedom.
- Father, we pray the aid allocated to these vulnerable people will be distributed in a way that truly helps them. We also pray for You to remove all State Department employees who are anti-Christian and anti-Israel.
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