A few days ago the United States Department of State released it's annual report on International Religious Freedom. This is a great report to check out so that you can review each nation and see exactly how they treat the issue of religious freedom.
Click here to read the report.
Click here to hear a few opening comments from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, good afternoon, everyone. I feel honored to be here today to announce the publication of the State Department’s 2009 Report on International Religious Freedom. The right to profess, practice, and promote one’s religious beliefs is a founding principle of our nation. In fact, many of our earliest settlers came because they wanted the freedom to practice their own religion without a state interfering or oppressing that practice. It is the first liberty mentioned in our Bill of Rights, and it is a freedom guaranteed to all people in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Click here to read all of Secretary of State Clinton's remarks.
