Presbyterian Team to Track Rights Abuses
The top decision-making structure of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has created a team to monitor religious persecution and intolerance abroad.
The move came as a response to the national debate over religious persecution that last year saw Congress passing legislation making the issue a key element in U.S. foreign policy.
The new Presbyterian group, the Human Rights and Religious Freedom Abroad Initiative Team, will track issues of human rights and religious freedom by following reports of the State Department, other government agencies, rights groups and independent organizations, the church said in a Feb. 19 statement.
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