Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and Ms. Bicknell, thank you for being here and for bringing your worldly experience in journalism to this subcommittee.
There's so much to cover and so little time to do it in, but I'm wondering if we can explore two ideas.
You have already heard some questions from my colleagues about the correlation between religious persecution and the suppression of other fundamental rights, such as freedom of expression. I wonder if you agree with the proposition that there is a correlation between religious persecution and the repression of other fundamental rights, including discrimination based on certain inalienable characteristics like gender, disability, and sexual orientation.
Do you agree with that?