H. Con. Res. 75
"....H.
Con. Res. 75...[is] a concurrent resolution introduced in September
calling ISIS atrocities inflicted on Christians and other religious and
ethnic minorities 'genocide.' That resolution, while
not legally binding, would put pressure on the administration to declare
that genocide is taking place and give priority to genocide victims
looking to come to the U.S. as refugees....religious
leaders like Pope Francis, Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, Cardinal
Donald Wuerl of Washington, D.C., and Pastor Rick Warren have all
referred to the atrocities as genocide...."
(
http://www.ewtnnews.com/catholic-news/US.php?id=13229).
Kudos to Mike Fitzpatrick on this, as he became a co-sponsor on 12/11/15.
Bacha Bazi
"Young boys are dressed up like women and forced
to dance for older men. The boys are then auctioned off as sex slaves....Yesterday we filed critical
legal documents at the United Nations (U.N.) demanding an end to this grotesque practice....
Bacha bazi was first brought to our attention as we began
advocating for Sergeant First Class (SFC) Charles Martland,
a member of the U.S. military who could be expelled from the Army any
day now for standing up to an Afghan Commander who was blatantly
sexually abusing young boys as he worked on a U.S. military base....In the name of cultural tolerance and
military strategy, the international community has ignored the blatant
sexual abuse and human trafficking surrounding
bacha bazi,
because the main perpetrators are potential allies in the War on
Terror. Yet such action not only flies in the face of international
human rights norms, but it is also counterproductive....Take action with
us to stop this horrifically evil practice and sign our petition (below
and at)
BeHeardProject.com" (
American Center for Law and Justice, 2/17/16).
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