USCIRF Calls for Release of Eritrean Orthodox Patriarch Abune Antonios
USCIRF FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 20, 2015 WASHIGNTON, D.C. – This January marks the eighth anniversary of the illegal removal of Eritrean Orthodox Patriarch Abune Antonios from his position as head of the Eritrean Orthodox Church, the country’s largest religious community. “The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) vehemently condemns the illegal removal from…