TLHRC Hearing Announcement-Christian Minorities Under Attack: Iraq and Egypt 1/20 @ 10am
Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission (TLHRC)
Hearing:
Christian Minorities Under Attack:
Iraq and Egypt
Thursday, January 20, 2011
10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
2359 Rayburn HOB
Please join the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission for a hearing on the increased sectarian violence in Iraq and Egypt. Last October, at least 70 people were killed during a siege on Our Lady of Salvation Church in Baghdad making it the worst massacre of Iraqi Christians since 2003. The Islamic State of Iraq, an al-Qaeda affiliate, claimed the attacks were in response to actions by the Coptic Church in Cairo. Less than two months later, extremists bombed the homes of more than a dozen Christian families throughout Baghdad. On New Year’s Eve in Alexandria, Egypt, at least 21 people were killed by a suicide bomber while leaving a Coptic Church following a worship service. It was the worst violence against the country’s Christian minority in a decade.
To discuss these issues we welcome the following witnesses:***
Panel I:
The Honorable Anna Eshoo, Member of Congress
Panel II:
The Honorable Tamara Coffman Wittes (Invited), Deputy Assistant Secretary for Near East Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Panel III:
Nina Shea, Commissioner, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
Michele Dunne, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Dina Guirguis, Keston Family Research Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
***Witness list subject to change.
If you have any questions, please contact Elizabeth Hoffman (Rep. Wolf) or Ari Levin (Rep. McGovern) at 202-225-3599.
Frank R. Wolf James P. McGovern
Member of Congress Member of Congress
Co-Chair, TLHRC Co-Chair, TLHRC
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