Summary: <p>In advance of this week’s U.S. State Department Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom, the policy team discusses ERLC’s international engagement. Matt Hawkins talks with Steven Harris about his congressional testimony concerning religious liberty in Sudan. Travis Wussow and Jeff Pickering discuss their recent trip to the United Nations in Geneva. Then the team interviews Eugene Yapp, a human rights and religious freedom lawyer in Malaysia. Eugene elaborates on the cultural, political, and religious liberty landscape in Malaysia and how the American church can pray for their fellow believers in Southeast Asia. Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom:</p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz8k339gHtA"><span style="font-weight: 400;">State Department Event Live Stream</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Tuesday-Wednesday, July 24-25</span> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"> <a href="https://erlc.com/upcoming-events/lessons-from-southeast-asia"><span style="font-weight: 400;">ERLC Event: Lessons from Southeast Asia</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Thursday, July 26</span> </li> </ul> <p> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Congressional testimony:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://erlc.com/resource-library/press-releases/erlc-policy-director-steven-harris-gives-oral-testimony-before-house-committee-on-foreign-affairs"><span style="font-weight: 400;">ERLC Policy Director Steven Harris Gives Oral Testimony before House Committee on Foreign Affairs</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://erlc.com/resource-library/issue-briefs/congressional-testimony-protecting-civil-society-faith-based-actors-and-political-speech-in-sub-saharan-africa"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Congressional Testimony: Protecting Civil Society, Faith-Based Actors, and Political Speech in Sub-Saharan Africa</span></a></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Malaysia:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://erlc.com/about/malaysia"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Religious Freedom in Malaysia</span></a></li> </ul>
