Mr. Nury Turkel (Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute, As an Individual) at the Subcommittee on International Human Rights

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am honoured to be here.

Thank you for inviting me to testify on this important topic, which has been my expertise and focus of my professional and, I would say, personal life.

I am the vice-chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, after being appointed as a commissioner by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in May 2020, but today I am testifying in my own capacity as a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, where I specialize in foreign affairs, global justice and human rights issues.

I am cognizant of the critical time at which this important hearing falls—