Pompeo: U.S. ‘will be out front’ defending ‘right to worship’

Pompeo: U.S. ‘will be out front’ defending ‘right to worship’

by WorldTribune Staff, July 22, 2019 In his keynote address at the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom on July 18, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo noted that “83 percent of the world’s population live in nations where religious freedom is either threatened or denied entirely.” Pompeo stressed: “You can be sure that the United […]

State Dept. report hits plight of political prisoners in N. Korea, Muslim minorities in China, Burma

State Dept. report hits plight of political prisoners in N. Korea, Muslim minorities in China, Burma

by WorldTribune Staff, May 29, 2018 North Korea is holding up to 120,000 political prisoners while China and Burma continue to crack down on and often brutalize religious minorities, the U.S. State Department said in its annual report on religious freedom. Despite North Korea’s constitutional guarantee of “the right to faith” of its citizens, a […]