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Home›News›USCIRF Urges Obama About Kadirov, Human Rights and Religious Freedom

USCIRF Urges Obama About Kadirov, Human Rights and Religious Freedom

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Earlier we have reported to the Eleventh Annual Report of the U.S. Government Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). On June 17, the chair of USCIRF sent a letter to President Barack Obama regarding his upcoming meetings with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

Here is the full letter:

To: The President
The White House
Washington, DC 20500

CC: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton

Dear Mr. President:

Human rights problems in Russia need to be raised publicly by you and by your administration. The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has concluded that this would be particularly important in your upcoming meetings with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

In conjunction with expressing concern over religious freedom in Russia, I also respectfully ask that you urge reform of Russia’s law on extremism. In addition, I urge you to take specific actions to protest the impunity accorded to Russian officials and others who commit gross human rights violations as well as violent hate crimes against members of Russia’s religious and ethnic minorities, including Jews, Muslims, and Protestants. Pressing Moscow to accord greater respect for human rights for all its citizens is critical if Russia is to become a more democratic, dynamic, and stable strategic partner.

USCIRF, an independent U.S. government entity created by Congress to monitor religious freedom worldwide and make policy recommendations to the Executive and Legislative branches, has reported on the Russian Federation since 1999. The Russian government has increased its use of anti-extremist legislation against religious and other groups that are not known to use or advocate violence, including Jehovah’s Witnesses. The Russian extremism law should be amended to ensure that it no longer is used against peaceful human rights and religious groups. Although the Russian Federation faces genuine security threats, the provisions and implementation of the extremism law risk increasing radicalism and instability in Russia.

Another key human rights issue is the impunity accorded to Russian officials, particularly [Waynakh Online: puppet] Chechen President Ramzan Kadirov due to his leadership of the Chechen armed forces, his alleged killings of political opponents and local human rights activists, and his institution of strict sharia law in Chechnya in violation of international religious freedom standards. The European Court for Human Rights has issued 132 rulings on severe human rights abuses committed in Chechnya. I hope you will support USCIRF’s call for the U.S. government to issue a U.S. visa ban against Kadirov and to freeze his bank assets.

Many Russian officials also proclaim that certain religious and ethnic groups are alien to Russian culture and society, thereby contributing to a climate of intolerance. In general, the Russian government has failed to address consistently or effectively the severe and chronic problem of violent and sometimes lethal hate crimes and anti-Semitism. Numerous acts of vandalism against synagogues, churches, and mosques also go largely unpunished or are attributed to hooliganism.

USCIRF is concerned that the de facto favored status of the Moscow Patriarchate Russian Orthodox Church results in difficulties for minority religious communities, particularly those officially deemed non-traditional, such as the non-Moscow Patriarchate Russian Orthodox and Protestant communities. These groups face denials of registration, detention and harassment of their members, and delays and refusals to permit construction or to grant rental permits for places of worship.

USCIRF is convinced that raising freedom of religion or belief as an important issue in U.S.- Russian bilateral relations with President Medvedev will enhance this key relationship while exemplifying American respect for universal human rights. It is only by enacting reforms of Russian laws and policies on human rights, including freedom of religion or belief, that Moscow will become an effective partner with the United States on the common international interests in which the two nations are currently engaged.

17.06.2010

Leonard Leo
Chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

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  1. Roman L. Comer 21 September, 2011 at 21:29

    Jesus Good God, this letter is from June of 2010! Has Barak Obama done anything at all to help so many innocent people across Russia?

    I just found this story, and it is now September of 2011!

    Where are the updates since this article shared by Waynakh, shared this letter with its patrons, customers, donators, fans, and faithful readers?

    Has Barak Obama brought attention to the crimes against humanity, specifically in the Causcaus, as well as all across Russia against Jews, Jehovah’s witnesses, protestants, muslims, and more minority religions?

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