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Tag: USCIRF

USCIRF Releases New Report Highlighting Religious Freedom in Iraq


In its 2021 Annual Report, USCIRF recommended that the U.S State Department place Iraq on its Special Watch List.

Catholicism, Christian, Persecution, Religious Freedom, USCIRF, Yazidis

USCIRF Commends Release of Egyptian Religious Prisoner Reda Abdel Rahman


In its 2021 Annual Report, USCIRF continued to recommend that the U.S. Department of State place Egypt on its Special Watch List for engaging in severe violations of international religious freedom.

Egypt, Islam, Persecution, Reda Abdel Rahman, Religious Freedom, USCIRF

USCIRF Vice Chair Nury Turkel Calls on Tajikistan to Release Shamil Khakimov


In September 2019, the Khujand City Court sentenced Khakimov to seven and a half years in prison on extremism charges.

Persecution, Religious Freedom, Shamil Khakimov, Tajikistan, USCIRF

USCIRF Mourns the Passing of Patriarch Abune Antonios


In its 2021 Annual Report, USCIRF recommended that the State Department redesignate Eritrea as a “country of particular concern.”

Christian, Eritrean Orthodox Church, Religious Freedom, USCIRF

USCIRF Commissioner Sharon Kleinbaum Advocates for Egyptian Reda Abdel Rahman through Religious Prisoners of Conscience Project


USCIRF Commissioners advocate for the release of individuals imprisoned for exercising their freedom of religion or belief through the RPOC project.

Coptic Christians, Copts, Egypt, Islam, Persecution, Quran, Reda Abdel Rahman, Religious Freedom, USCIRF

USCIRF Releases Report on Religious Freedom Condition in Vietnam in 2021


In its 2021 Annual Report, USCIRF recommended that the U.S. government designate Vietnam as a “Country of Particular Concern.

Asia, Persecution, Religious Freedom, USCIRF, Vietnam

USCIRF Calls for Accountability of Tatmadaw at One Year Anniversary of Coup in Burma


Last year’s coup plunged Burma into social and economic chaos.

Burma, Rohingya Muslims, Tatmadaw, USCIRF

USCIRF Welcomes Egypt’s Release of Coptic Activist Ramy Kamel


Throughout Mr. Kamel’s detention, USCIRF has repeatedly condemned the charges against him and called for his release.

Africa, Coptic Christians, Copts, Egypt, Persecution, Ramy Kamel, Religious Freedom, USCIRF

USCIRF Releases New Report on Religious Freedom Conditions in Tajikistan


In its 2021 Annual Report, USCIRF recommended that the U.S. Department of State continue to designate Tajikistan as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) for its systematic, ongoing, and egregious religious freedom violations.

Persecution, Religious Freedom, Tajikistan, USCIRF

USCIRF Concerned by Russian Prosecution of International Memorial Society


In November 2021, the State Department designated Russia a CPC for the first time.

Persecution, Religious Freedom, Russia, USCIRF

USCIRF Condemns the Chinese Government’s Additional Sanctions on USCIRF Commissioners


In its 2021 Annual Report, USCIRF recommended the U.S. government redesignate China as a “Country of Particular Concern,” or CPC, for engaging in systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom.

Catholicism, China, Christian, Islam, Persecution, Religious Freedom, USCIRF, Uyghurs

USCIRF Welcomes Confirmation of a New Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom


USCIRF Looks Forward to Working with Ambassador Hussain

Persecution, Religious Freedom, USCIRF

USCIRF Welcomes Diplomatic Boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics


In its 2021 Annual Report, USCIRF recommended the U.S. government redesignate China as a “Country of Particular Concern,” or CPC, for engaging in systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom.

China, Joe Biden, Olympics, Persecution, Religious Freedom, USCIRF

USCIRF Releases Factsheet on China’s Measures on the Management of Religious Clergy


Since its first annual report in 2000, USCIRF has recommended that the U.S. State Department designate China as a “Country of Particular Concern,” or CPC, for systematic, ongoing, and egregious religious violations in that country.

Asia, Catholicism, China, Christian, Persecution, Religious Freedom, USCIRF

USCIRF Releases New Report on Religious Minorities in Afghanistan


USCIRF has issued several press statements calling on the State Department to prioritize refugee resettlement of Afghan religious minorities and condemning attacks on religious minorities.

Afghanistan, Catholicism, Christian, Islam, Persecution, Religious Freedom, Taliban, U.S. State Department, USCIRF

USCIRF Releases New Report on Religious Freedom Violations in Russia’s Republic of Chechnya


USCIRF again recommended that the U.S. Department of State designate Russia as a Country of Particular Concern

Chechnya, Religious Freedom, Russia, USCIRF

USCIRF Releases New Report about Religious Freedom in Sri Lanka


“Sri Lanka is a diverse country where complex ethno-religious divisions contribute to tension among the various communities.”

Asia, Persecution, Religious Freedom, Sri Lanka, USCIRF

USCIRF Releases New Report about Persecution of Ahmadiyya Muslims


“In its 2021 Annual Report, USCIRF recommended that the U.S State Department designate Pakistan as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC)…”

Ahmadiyya Muslims, Algeria, Islam, Malaysia, Pakistan, Persecution, USCIRF

Iraq: Ankawa, home of the Christians, comes of age


“Ankawa’s Christian population dramatically increased overnight in August 2014 after up to 120,000 faithful fled following the ISIS invasion of the nearby Nineveh Plains in Iraq proper. “

Archbishop Bashar Warda, Archbishop Nathaniel Nizar Semaan, Archbishop Nicodemus Sharaf, Bishops, Catholicism, Chaldean Rite, Christian, Iraq, Nadine Maenza, Persecution, Religious Freedom, USCIRF

USCIRF Alarmed by Violence against Christians & Shi’a Muslims in Nigeria


“Three attacks on vulnerable religious communities in three days is unacceptable.”

Afria, Catholicism, Christian, Islam, Nigeria, Persecution, Religious Freedom, USCIRF

USCIRF Releases New Report on Religious Freedom Conditions in Saudi Arabia


In its 2021 Annual Report, USCIRF recommended the State Department re-designate Saudi Arabia as a “Country of Particular Concern,” or CPC, for systematic, ongoing, and egregious religious freedom violations.

Catholicism, Christian, Persecution, Raif Badawi, Religious Freedom, Saudi Arabia, U.S. State Department, USCIRF

USCIRF Releases New Report about Protests in Cuba and Religious Freedom


In its 2021 Annual Report, USCIRF recommended that the U.S. State Department again place Cuba on its Special Watch List (SWL) for its ongoing and systematic religious freedom violations.

Cuba, Persecution, Religious Freedom, USCIRF

USCIRF Releases Factsheet on Laos’ Decree 315


USCIRF report on religious freedom in Laos.

Catholicism, Christian, Laos, Persecution, Religious Freedom, USCIRF

USCIRF Releases New Report on Houthi Religious Repression in Yemen


Mystic Monk Coffee Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new … More

Baha'i, Catholicism, Christian, Houthi Persecution, Islam, Judaism, Persecution, Religious Freedom, U.S. State Department, USCIRF

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