September 15, 2006
U.S. Department of State

Release of 2006 Annual Report on International Religious Freedom

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom John V. Hanford III spoke at the September 15 release of the State Department’s 2006 Annual Report on International Religious Freedom on Friday, September 15. Ambassador Hanford said, "The 2006 Report on International Religious Freedom covers 197 countries and territories. The pages of each country report distill the knowledge and experience of the past year into a whole that we hope will spur debate in other countries, educate other societies, hold governments accountable to their international commitments, speak out on behalf of the persecuted, and, in the end, provide a sense of how well we are living up to our own ideals." For more information, please visit www.state.gov

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