The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations hosted a hearing on July 18 devoted to “The Dire State of Religious Freedom Around the World.”
“Billions of people around the world — half of the world’s population — are not able to practice their faith freely,” said Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), the subcommittee’s chairman. “I am concerned that the US State Department is not using all the tools provided to hold guilty parties accountable.”