Hearing: Protecting Civil Society, Faith-Based Actors, and Political Speech in Sub-Saharan Africa

Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations (Committee on Foreign Affairs)

Wednesday, May 9, 2018 (1:30 PM)

2172 RHOB
Washington, D.C. 20515-6128

Witnesses

Panel one

Mr. Negussie Mengesha
Director, Africa Division, Voice of America

Added 05/07/2018 at 01:06 PM
  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 05/08/2018 at 11:13 AM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 05/07/2018 at 05:44 PM

Panel two

Mr. John Prendergast
Co-Founder, The Sentry

  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 05/08/2018 at 09:29 AM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 05/08/2018 at 09:29 AM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 05/07/2018 at 06:17 PM

Ms. Nanythe Talani
Representative, The Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition

  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 05/08/2018 at 10:13 AM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 05/08/2018 at 10:13 AM
  • Witness Biography (Update #1) [PDF] Added 05/09/2018 at 10:55 AM

Mr. Steven Harris
Policy Director, The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, Southern Baptist Convention

  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 05/07/2018 at 05:44 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 05/07/2018 at 05:44 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 05/07/2018 at 05:44 PM

Mr. Emerson Sykes
Legal Advisor--Africa, The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law

Added 05/07/2018 at 05:46 PM
  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 05/08/2018 at 09:29 AM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony (Update #1) [PDF] Added 05/09/2018 at 10:21 AM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 05/07/2018 at 05:48 PM

Hearing Record

  • Hearing notice [PDF] Updated 05/07/2018 at 01:07 PM
  • Hearing transcript [PDF] Added 06/06/2018 at 10:52 AM

First Published: May 4, 2018 at 11:01 AM
Last Updated: June 6, 2018 at 10:52 AM