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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 42020 Village Center Plaza |
Address2 | Suite 120-200 |
City | Stone Ridge |
State | VA |
Zip Code | 20105 |
Country | USA |
3. Principal place of business (if different than line 2)
City | Chantilly |
State | VA |
Zip Code | 20152 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 91650-12
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6. House ID# 368070000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2014 |
Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) | Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) | Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) | Q4 (10/1 - 12/31) |
9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report
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Provide a good faith estimate, rounded to the nearest $10,000, of all lobbying related income for the client (including all payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying activities on behalf of the client). | 14. REPORTING Check box to indicate expense accounting method. See instructions for description of options. | ||||||||
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Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only
Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code |
Signature | Digitally Signed By: GREG MITCHELL, PRESIDENT |
Date | 04/21/2014 |
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
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16. Specific lobbying issues
Along with 33 religious and human rights organizations and leaders of varying faiths, worked with the client to sign a multi-faith letter to members of Congress to raise their attention to House Resolution 418 entitled Urging the Government of Burma to end the persecution of the Rohingya people and respect internationally recognized human rights for all ethnic and religious minority groups within Burma. While democratization of Burma is still in its infancy, the political transformation of the country has been...
exceedingly unequal in some respects; namely the treatment of the ethnic minority Rohingya Muslim community at the hands of Buddhist extremists and elements of the Burmese government. House Resolution 418 calls on the Government of Burma to align itself with international human rights standards by ending persecution of the Rohingya and all minorities in Burma and calls on the U.S. government to provide the necessary pressure to the Government of Burma to do so. While Congressional support for the Rohingya and other Burmese religious and ethnic minorities has been ongoing since 1999, House Resolution 418 is a vital step in alleviating the suffering of the Rohingya.
On behalf of 26 religious and human rights organizations and leaders of varying faiths, including the client, who signed a multi-faith letter to U.S. government leaders, made contacts to urge them to put pressure on the Eritrean government to enhance the conditions of religious freedom within the country; raise these issues during Eritreas next Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on February 3, 2014; limit the ability to collect illegal 2% donations which are used to fund military arms in the Horn of Africa; and work to increase the number of Eritrean refugees resettled as a case of special humanitarian concern. For more than two decades the Eritrean regime has systematically committed several flagrant human rights violations with no consequences. While the violations are broad, perhaps no community has suffered more thoroughly and completely than the numerous adherents of religious communities that are deemed unacceptable by the government. In its 2013 report, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) recommended, in addition to again designating Eritrea as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC), imposing an arms embargo against Eritrea and using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose targeted sanctions against individuals and institutions identified as being responsible for or complicit in serious religious freedom and human rights abuses.
On behalf of 24 religious and human rights organizations and leaders of varying faiths, including the client, who signed a multi-faith letter to U.S. government leaders, made contacts to urge them to coordinate with members of the faith based community to protect the interests of those who have become victims of the violence that has plagued the Central African Republic (CAR) since 2012; and to take the necessary steps to assist USAID in promoting interreligious dialogue and conflict resolution at the local level in the CAR. In recent weeks, the violence that plagued the country since the United Nations voted on an African Union mission has taken on a religious bent. Muslims and Christians have killed each other at an astonishing rate. Any efforts by the U.S. and other actors to promote reconcilation among the faiths and address the apparent outside influence in this wave of violence would be enormously helpful and could save lives. In addition to aiding in reversing the spiral of violence in the CAR, these steps can begin the process of a successful Disarmament, Demobilization, Repatriation, Reintegration and Resettlement program in the long run.
On behalf of 67 religious and human rights organizations and leaders of varying faiths, including the client, who signed a multi-faith letter to leaders of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to express our deep concern about the recent report by Rapporteur Rudy Salles (France), The protection of minors against excesses of sects, made contacts to urge members of Congress to draft and sign a bipartisan congressional letter to the leaders of PACE. This report with draft resolution and draft recommendation should not be adopted by PACE. Instead, it should be sent back to the Committee of Legal Affairs and Human Rights for further investigation and analysis of threats it poses to the human rights and fundamental freedoms that are protected by the European Convention on Human Rights. When evaluated within the framework of the Convention as the cornerstone of PACE's activities, and the need to secure these human rights and fundamental freedoms for everyone within its jurisdiction, without discrimination on any ground, the report with draft resolution and draft recommendation raises a number of serious problems. The draft resolutions recommended measures, if adopted, will result in rising government restrictions and social hostilities against minority religious organizations and communities, and pose serious threats to the human rights and fundamental freedoms of millions of members of minority faiths throughout the Council of Europe. If PACE adopts this report as drafted, it will have taken a major step backwards in terms of religious tolerance and the rights of religious minorities in the 47 countries in the Council of Europe.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
State - Dept of (DOS), U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, U.S. Commission on International Religous Freedom
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
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