Washington, July 9 -- Rep. Chris Smith issued the following press release:
The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission convened back-to-back hearings on June 3 and June 30 documenting Turkey's political imprisonment of dissidents, its denial of the Armenian Genocide, and its continued occupation of areas in the north of Cyprus. Witnesses called on Congress and the administration to expand Global Magnitsky sanctions against Turkish officials, designate Turkey a Country of Particular Concern for religious freedom violations, place Turkey on the Financial Action Task Force blacklist and reject Turkey's reintegration into the F-35 program along with a ban on its
pending purchase of American-made jet engines.
"These hearings draw into the bright s...