Omer Ismail to Testify at House Hearing: The Troubling Case of Meriam Ibrahim

The House Foreign Affairs Committee's Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations is holding a hearing on the Troubling Case of MeriamIbrahim, at which Enough Project Senior Policy Advisor Omer Ismail will testify.  Chairman Smith on the hearing: “Meriam Ibrahim Ishag has been imprisoned in Sudan in fear of execution, chained during the late stages of her pregnancy, forced to give birth in prison, released from prison and re-arrested on flimsy charges. This all is the result of her being Christian in a country in which the ruling authorities refuse to recognize the right of people to choose their own religion. Our hearing will examine this troubling violation of a basic human right.”

Witnesses

• Zuhdi Jasser, M.D., Commissioner, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom
• The Honorable Tony Perkins, President, Family Research Council
• The Honorable Grover Joseph Rees, Former General Counsel, U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
• Omer Ismail, Senior Policy Advisor, Enough Project