Senator James Lankford (R-OK) introduced Senate Resolution 458, the Senate version of Congressman Raskin’s Resolution.Īs an Executive Committee Member of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission and partner of the Defending Freedoms Project, Congressman Raskin advocates for the release, reduced sentencing, and improved treatment of prisoners of conscience. 512 in July 2019, and it passed the House with 42 cosponsors. I look forward to continuing this critical work with my House and Senate colleagues and defending freedom of religion, liberty of conscience and tolerance everywhere.”Īccording to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), more than one-third of countries maintain the use of blasphemy laws, with penalties including fines, imprisonment, forced labor and the death penalty.Ĭongressman Raskin introduced H. I’m gratified by this crucial victory, but our work continues to ensure that no one is imprisoned for his or her religious beliefs across the globe. Today the House called for an end to these egregious human rights violations worldwide. “Authoritarian regimes use arbitrary blasphemy, heresy, and apostasy laws to imprison, torture, and kill religious minorities.
“I’m gratified to see our bipartisan Resolution pass in the House,” said Rep. Raskin's floor remarks ahead of the Resolution's passage. As more than 80 countries use blasphemy laws to persecute and imprison religious minorities and dissenters, the House asserted the essential importance of freedom of religion and liberty of conscience globally. The Resolution also calls for the immediate release of religious prisoners of conscience worldwide. – Today, Congressman Jamie Raskin’s (MD-08) bipartisan House Resolution 512, calling for the global repeal of blasphemy, heresy, and apostasy laws, passed the House of Representatives by an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote of 386-3.
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