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Armenian National Committee of America
888 17th Street, NW, Suite 904
Washington, DC 20006
Tel: (202) 775-1918
Fax: (202) 775-5648
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.anca.org/
#ReturnChurches
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Congressional Call-In Day for H.R. 4347 Set for Tuesday, June 24th
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[](http://anca.org/returnchurches)
ANCA RALLIES SUPPORT FOR H.R.4347, THE TURKEY CHRISTIAN CHURCHES
ACCOUNTABILITY ACT
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-- Tuesday, June 24th: Congressional Call-In Day and Social Media Campaign
========
WASHINGTON, DC - On the eve of this Thursday's vote by the U.S. House
Foreign Affairs Committee on the Turkey Christian Churches
Accountability Act (H.R. 4347), the Armenian National Committee of
America (ANCA) has set Tuesday, June 24th as a day for Congressional
calls and social media activism in support of this bipartisan
religious freedom measure.
"This Tuesday, please call, post, tweet, and share your support for
Turkey's return of stolen Armenian, Greek, Syriac and other Christian
churches," said ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian. "Let your
legislators know you expect them to work for the passage of H.R.4347,
and then take two minutes to tell your friends and family that you're
taking a stand for the bipartisan Turkey Christian Churches
Accountability Act."
The ANCA is asking all supporters of religious freedom to contact
their legislators to support H.R.4347, and then to find creative ways
to use the hashtag #ReturnChurches in their Facebook, Twitter and
other social media posts. A sample phone script and relevant contact
information for legislators is available at
http://www.anca.org/returnchurches.
The U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, under the leadership of
Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA), is set to consider H.R. 4347, the Turkey
Christian Churches Accountability Act, on Thursday, June 26th at 9:00
am EST. The freedom of faith initiative is stridently opposed by the
Turkish Government.
Introduced this March of this year by Chairman Royce along with the
panel's Ranking Democrat Eliot Engel (D-NY), H.R. 4347 would require
that the U.S. Department of State formally report to Congress on an
annual basis about the status of Turkey's return of stolen Christian
churches and properties in Turkey and occupied Cyprus. H.R. 4347
builds on a measure (H.Res.306), spearheaded by Chairman Royce and
then House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Democrat Howard Berman
(D-CA), which was overwhelmingly adopted by the House of
Representatives on December 13, 2011. That resolution set the
groundwork for H.R.4347 by calling upon the government of Turkey to
honor its international obligations to return confiscated Christian
church properties and to fully respect the rights of Christians to
practice their faiths.
888 17th Street, NW, Suite 904
Washington, DC 20006
Tel: (202) 775-1918
Fax: (202) 775-5648
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.anca.org/
#ReturnChurches
========
Congressional Call-In Day for H.R. 4347 Set for Tuesday, June 24th
========
[](http://anca.org/returnchurches)
ANCA RALLIES SUPPORT FOR H.R.4347, THE TURKEY CHRISTIAN CHURCHES
ACCOUNTABILITY ACT
========
-- Tuesday, June 24th: Congressional Call-In Day and Social Media Campaign
========
WASHINGTON, DC - On the eve of this Thursday's vote by the U.S. House
Foreign Affairs Committee on the Turkey Christian Churches
Accountability Act (H.R. 4347), the Armenian National Committee of
America (ANCA) has set Tuesday, June 24th as a day for Congressional
calls and social media activism in support of this bipartisan
religious freedom measure.
"This Tuesday, please call, post, tweet, and share your support for
Turkey's return of stolen Armenian, Greek, Syriac and other Christian
churches," said ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian. "Let your
legislators know you expect them to work for the passage of H.R.4347,
and then take two minutes to tell your friends and family that you're
taking a stand for the bipartisan Turkey Christian Churches
Accountability Act."
The ANCA is asking all supporters of religious freedom to contact
their legislators to support H.R.4347, and then to find creative ways
to use the hashtag #ReturnChurches in their Facebook, Twitter and
other social media posts. A sample phone script and relevant contact
information for legislators is available at
http://www.anca.org/returnchurches.
The U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, under the leadership of
Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA), is set to consider H.R. 4347, the Turkey
Christian Churches Accountability Act, on Thursday, June 26th at 9:00
am EST. The freedom of faith initiative is stridently opposed by the
Turkish Government.
Introduced this March of this year by Chairman Royce along with the
panel's Ranking Democrat Eliot Engel (D-NY), H.R. 4347 would require
that the U.S. Department of State formally report to Congress on an
annual basis about the status of Turkey's return of stolen Christian
churches and properties in Turkey and occupied Cyprus. H.R. 4347
builds on a measure (H.Res.306), spearheaded by Chairman Royce and
then House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Democrat Howard Berman
(D-CA), which was overwhelmingly adopted by the House of
Representatives on December 13, 2011. That resolution set the
groundwork for H.R.4347 by calling upon the government of Turkey to
honor its international obligations to return confiscated Christian
church properties and to fully respect the rights of Christians to
practice their faiths.