https://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2018/05/282516.htm
Secretary Pompeo To Release the 2017
International Religious Freedom Report
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Notice to the Press
Office of the Spokesperson
Washington, DC
May 25, 2018
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will deliver
remarks on the release of the 2017 Annual Report on International Religious
Freedom (IRF) at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 29, 2018, in the Press Briefing Room
at the U.S. Department of State.
Ambassador at Large for International Religious
Freedom Sam Brownback will take questions in the Briefing Room immediately
following Secretary Pompeo’s remarks.
Religious freedom is both a core American value
and a fundamental human right. Mandated by the International Religious Freedom
Act of 1998, the International Religious Freedom Report details the status of
religious freedom in nearly 200 foreign countries and describes U.S. actions
and policies in support of religious freedom worldwide.
Remarks will be open to the press. The event will
be streamed live on www.state.gov.
Journalists should be seated in the State
Department’s press briefing room no later than 8:45 a.m. The press briefing
room is accessible from the 23rd Street Entrance of the Department.
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 a government-issued photo
identification card (driver's license, passport).
Instructions for embargoed access to the report
will be sent to members of the press only, on Tuesday, May 29, at 7:30 a.m. The
entire report is EMBARGOED until the press briefing begins. The report will be
available to the public on State.gov at approximately 9:30 am.
For more information, please contact DRL Press
at DRL-Press@state.gov. Learn more about U.S. government engagement on
international religious freedom by following @State_IRF or @StateDRL on
Twitter.
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