Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you very much. Chairman Levitt, distinguished members of the committee, thank you for inviting me to testify. It's a really great honour to be testifying with Payam, whose courageous work I greatly admire. I applaud the committee for holding Iran to account for its poor h

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee   Professor Payam Akhavan, co-founder of the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center, and, in person, Mark Dubowitz, CEO of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Professor Akhavan, if you begin with your opening remarks, we'll then move to Mr. Dubowitz, and then proceed straight

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee   prosecuted for appealing for peace, which I'm sure we will hear about today. We have two witnesses today. By video conference from Washington, we have Aykan Erdemir, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and from Memorial University in St. John's, Professor Mehmet

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you, Chair Levitt, Vice-Chairs Sweet and Hardcastle, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee on International Human Rights. On behalf of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, I thank you for the opportunity to discuss with you today the human rights situation

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. MacDonald. The Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Ms. Saperia.

Finance committee   at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, which is a Washington, D.C, based think tank devoted to national security and foreign policy. I also work closely with the Canadian Coalition Against Terror, a non-profit organization comprising Canadians terror victims, counterterrorism

Finance committee  , “know your customer”, process. Three, Bitcoin is used for money laundering and terrorist financing. In reality, the use of Bitcoin for illicit activities is minimal. A recent study by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance states

Citizenship Act   to prove me wrong. A witness from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Sheryl Saperia, said, I would just add, though, that language is the key to success in a new country, so I would never want to impose unduly high standards, but you do want to encourage new citizens

Citizenship Act   views. Ms. Sheryl Saperia, director of policy for Canada for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies does not believe the provision should be repealed. In committee testimony, she stated that in cases where the crime is not just a crime under the Canadian Criminal Code but a crime

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. Ms. Sheryl Saperia, director of policy for Canada, Foundation for Defense of Democracies. You have seven minutes, please.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Good morning, distinguished members of the committee. On behalf of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a think tank focused on national security and foreign policy, thank you for inviting me to appear before you today. My comments will focus exclusively

Iran Accountability Week   foreign affairs subcommittee, such as Mark P. Lagon, president of Freedom House, and the leaders of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Mark Dubowitz and Ali Alfoneh. This year's Iran Accountability Week and our take note debate this evening may be said to occur at a most

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you, Chairman Reid. Just in terms of a time check, Chairman Reid, how long would you like my testimony to go, just to give members an opportunity?

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I call to order the Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development. We have with us in the room today Mark Dubowitz from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Welcome, Mr. Dubowitz. As well by video

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you very much, sir. Thank you for your kind invitation and providing me with the opportunity to share with the committee my analysis of human rights developments in Iran. Almost two years into the presidency of Dr. Rouhani, and almost two years after the beginning of th