Secretary Kerry to Release Report on International Religious Freedom
Secretary of State John Kerry released the Annual Report on International Religious Freedom for 2012 today, Monday, May 20, 2013, at 11:30 a.m. in the State Department Press Briefing Room.
Secretary Kerry introducde the report and Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Suzan Johnson Cook gave remarks and took questions. The report describes the state of religious freedom around the world.
Ambassador Johnson Cook will host a live chat at 1:00 p.m. on the State Department’s official Facebook page. She will answer both pre-submitted and live questions from around the world, for approximately 30 minutes.
Remarks will be open to the press. All members of the press should access the building by the 23rd Street Entrance, and be in place by 11:15 a.m.
Media representatives may attend this event upon presentation of one of the following: (1) A U.S. Government-issued identification card (Department of State, White House, Congress, Department of Defense or Foreign Press Center), (2) a media-issued photo identification card, or (3) a letter from their employer on letterhead verifying their employment as a journalist, accompanied by an official photo identification card (driver’s license, passport).
Instructions for embargoed access of the report will be available, to members of the press only, on Monday, May 20 at 10:30 a.m. in the State Department Press Office, Room 2109. The entire report is EMBARGOED until the end of the press briefing, approximately 12:30 p.m. After the briefing, the report will be available to the public at www.HumanRights.gov.
For updates, follow Ambassador-at-Large Suzan Johnson Cook on Facebook and Twitter at @HumanRightsGov and @IRFAmbassador, or join the conversation on Twitter at #IRF12.
(Source: Christian Newswire)
