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2020 Frank Wolf International Religious Freedom Award

August 3, 2020

Nepal’s Government Actively Targets Religious Minorities

August 3, 2020
SEPTEMBER 10,2018

EXTRAORDINARY LEADERSHIP NOTED AS FORMER CONGRESSMAN FRANK WOLF LEAVES

WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 10, 2018)  – 21Wilberforce announced that former Congressman Frank Wolf will leave 21Wilberforce on September 30th after serving four years as the Distinguished Senior Fellow.

 “Congressman Wolf has been instrumental in shaping 21Wilberforce to the force for change that it is today,” said Randel Everett, Founder and President. “His leadership has been extraordinary. 21Wilberforce is grounded in the conviction that freedom of belief is a basic human right, and Frank has carried the torch.”

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DECEMBER 10, 2018

21WILBERFORCE RELEASES PUBLICATION COMMEMORATING 20 Years of the INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ACT

WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 10, 2018) — 1998 was a momentous year. Osama bin Laden published fatwas declaring jihad against all Jews and crusaders, and Europeans agreed on a single currency.  Also during that year, Google was founded; Apple Computer unveiled the iMac; Exxon and Mobil merged to create the world’s largest petroleum company; and the International Religious Freedom Act was enacted.  This transformative piece of legislation was written, debated, re-written and nearly left for dead before Congress voted unanimously for its passage in the fall of 1998. To commemorate the event, human rights organization

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April 2022: "A Conversation with Randel Everett ," Denison Forum

April 2022: “House approves bill to hold accountable Myanmar military ,” Baptiststandard.com.com

April 2022: “Cuban pastor sentenced to eight years in prison” Baptistandard.com

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September 26, 2023
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The Ongoing Crisis in Myanmar

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