Source: Christian Post, January 31, 2020
Government officials from the United States and several countries will convene in Washington, DC, on the eve of the [February 6] National Prayer Breakfast for the inaugural meeting of the new International Religious Freedom Alliance.
US Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback told reporters on Wednesday that the alliance is essentially like an “activist club” of countries that are serious about pushing religious freedom globally.
The alliance was first announced by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo last July and touted by President Donald Trump at the United Nations General Assembly in September. It is said to be the first-ever alliance of nations devoted to confronting religious persecution around the world.
The alliance comes at a time when most of the world’s population lives in countries where religious freedom is limited in some way.
» Full story says at least 17 countries have committed to the alliance.