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U.S. Department of State Annual Report on International Religious Freedom

The Annual Report to Congress on International Religious Freedom describes the status of religious freedom in each foreign country, and government policies violating religious belief and practices of groups, religious denominations and individuals, and U.S. policies to promote religious freedom around the world. It is submitted in compliance with P.L. 105-292 (105th Congress) and is cited as the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998. Annual Report Table of Contents (HTML Format) Download full report in alternate MS Word 2.0 format Download full report in alternate text ASCII format 10/06/99: Robert A. Seiple, Testimony, House Committee on International Relations, Washington, DC (First Annual Department of State Report on International Religious Freedom) 09/09/99: Robert Seiple and Harold Hongju Koh, Briefing, release of the 1999 Annual Report on International Religious Freedom 09/09/99: Fact Sheet, International Religious Freedom Report 09/07/99: Press Statement, release of the 1999 Annual Report on International Religious Freedom Note: The documents in MSWord or Txt format are compressed (.zip ) files. To view the document you need to use a utility that unzips the document. You can download for free : Zipit for Macintosh at: http://www.maczipit.com/ Pkunzip for Windows at: http://www.pkware.com/ For technical assistance in viewing or downloading this report, email doswork@uic.edu. Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor | Department of State