Katrina Lantos Swett

Orthodox rabbi and daughter of Tom Lantos named to controversial US human rights commission

An attempt to define human rights in the context of foreign policy is dividing conservatives and liberals.

Travel ban will not keep Iraqi lawmaker from receiving Lantos prize in DC

Vian Dakhil, a member of the Iraqi parliament who has led the effort to raise awareness of the mass killings of her people at the hands of the Islamic State terrorist group also known as ISIS, is slated to receive the prize Feb. 8 in the U.S. Capitol.

Travel ban may keep Iraqi lawmaker from receiving prize named for Holocaust survivor

The daughter of the late Rep. Tom Lantos, for whom the prize is named, said "we should all be deeply concerned" about a ban that would keep out a leader in the fight against the Islamic State.

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