REPORTS & BRIEFS

Annual Report

• 2013 Annual Report
• 2012 Annual Report
• 2011 Annual Report
• 2010 Annual Report
• 2009 Annual Report
• 2008 Annual Report
• 2007 Annual Report
• 2006 Annual Report
• 2005 Annual Report
• 2004 Annual Report
• 2003 Annual Report

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Annual Report - Chapters and Summaries

• Saudi Arabia Chapters and Summaries

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Did You Know...

• Did You Know...USCIRF's 2013 Annual Report (April 30, 2013)

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Policy Briefs and Focuses

• Saudi Arabia Policy Focus - Fall 2007
• Saudi Arabia Policy Focus - February 2004

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Special Reports

• Comparative Study of Constitutions of OIC Countries, 2012 Update
• Summer 2011: International Affairs Review -- International Religious Freedom: Why It Matters and How to Protect It
• Comparative Study of Constitutions of Muslim Countries, 2005

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ADVISING GOVERNMENT

Congressional Testimony

• 11/17/2011: Testimony of Chairman Leonard A. Leo before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights on the 2011 International Religious Freedom Report
• 6/03/2011: Testimony of USCIRF Chair Leonard Leo before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights on International Religious Freedom: Strengthening its Promotion in U.S. Foreign Policy
• 12/21/2006: Testimony by Felice D. Gaer, Chair, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom
• 10/06/2004: "Annual Report on International Religious Freedom 2004 and the Designation of Countries of Particular Concern."
• 10/06/1999: Nina Shea, Commissioner, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
• 10/06/1999: Testimony by Robert A. Seiple

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Government Correspondence

• 5/29/2009: USCIRF Letters to Obama on Muslim World Speech
• 2/07/2005: Rice required to act on Saudi Arabia, Vietnam and Eritrea by March 15
• 2/10/2004: USCIRF recommends 11 nations to Secretary Powell As "Countries of Particular Concern"
• 9/30/2002: Letter to Secretary Powell
• 2/20/2001: Commission Asks for Vigorous U.S. Diplomacy to Cite China, Iran, Sudan, and Others

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Other Advocacy Materials

• 11/18/2003: USCIRF Hearing -- Is Saudi Arabia a Strategic Threat?

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NEWS ROOM

Press Releases

• 4/30/2013: USCIRF’s 2013 Annual Report on the State of International Religious Freedom Identifies World’s Worst Violators
• 3/14/2013: Saudi Arabia: Release Mohammad Fahad al-Qahtani and Abdullah bin Hamad
• 2/14/2012: USCIRF Concerned about Saudi Blogger and Welcomes Release of Long-Held Religious Prisoner
• 2/2/2012: Saudi Arabia: USCIRF Urges Release of Prisoners
• 9/13/2011: USCIRF Comment on the State Department's Designation of “Countries of Particular Concern” and Annual Report on International Religious Freedom
• 4/28/2011: USCIRF Identifies World's Worst Religious Freedom Violators: Egypt Cited for First Time
• 9/22/2010: USCIRF Concerned About Possible Return of Saudi Diplomat
• 6/22/2010: USCIRF Letter to President Obama on Saudi Arabia
• 3/25/2010: Saudi Arabia: Release Hadi Al-Mutif
• 2/03/2009: Commission Calls on Administration to Speak Up at UN as China, Cuba, Saudi Arabia and Others Are Examined on Human Rights Record
• 6/11/2008: Saudi Arabia: USCIRF Confirms Material Inciting Violence, Intolerance Remains in Textbooks Used at Saudi Government's Islamic Saudi Academy
• 1/11/2008: Saudi Arabia: USCIRF Calls on President Bush to Raise Religious Freedom Issues
• 12/21/2007: USCIRF Responds to Parents of Islamic Saudi Academy Students
• 10/16/2007: USCIRF News Conference on Saudi Arabia
• 6/29/2007: USCIRF Delegation Pays Official Visit to Saudi Arabia
• 11/13/2006: USCIRF Disappointed About Removal of Vietnam from U.S. Government's List of Religious Freedom Violators; Welcomes Re-Designation of Saudi Arabia and Addition of Uzbekistan
• 11/06/2006: Saudi Arabia: USCIRF Concerned by Misleading Claims about Release of Religious Prisoners
• 10/04/2006: Saudi Arabia: Briefing on the Current Status of Human Rights and Reform - A First Hand Account
• 9/15/2006: USCIRF "Simply Shocked" At State Department's Unwarranted Softening of Assessment of Saudi Arabia in Annual Report on International Religious Freedom
• 11/10/2005: USCIRF Welcomes Redesignation of Eight "Countries of Particular Concern"; Disappointed that Pakistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan Not Designated
• 9/30/2005: USCIRF cites U.S. action against religious freedom violators; Expresses concern that actions regarding Saudi Arabia come soon, and cautious optimism about measures on Eritrea, Vietnam
• 4/18/2005: Saudi Arabia/Vietnam/Eritrea: CPC statutory deadline has passed; USCIRF recommendations await action
• 2/07/2005: Rice required to act on Saudi Arabia, Vietnam and Eritrea by March 15
• 2/03/2005: Recommendations for U.S. Government Actions in Reponse to the Designation of Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, and Eritrea as Countries of Particular Concern (CPCs).
• 9/15/2004: CPCs: USCIRF Applauds Designation of Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, and Eritrea
• 8/19/2004: Saudi Arabia: Should be designated a "Country of Particular Concern"
• 8/09/2004: Saudi Arabia: Senate Resolution on CPC Designation and Exportation
• 7/29/2004: Secretary Powell trip to Saudi Arabia
• 5/14/2004: Saudi Arabia: GAO study announced
• 5/11/2004: Saudi Arabia: May 13 capitol hill press conference
• 11/17/2003: Is Saudi Arabia a Strategic Threat? November 18 hearing
• 5/14/2003: USCIRF Policy Rec's for Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Vietnam, Russia, Laos, and Belarus
• 9/30/2002: Commission Recommends 12 Nations for Designation As 'Countries of Particular Concern'
• 8/16/2001: USCIRF Asks State Dept to Designate 9 Countries As Worst Religious-Freedom Violators
• 5/16/2001: Commission Issues Reports on Egypt and Saudi Arabia
• 2/20/2001: Commission Asks for Vigorous U.S. Diplomacy to Cite China, Iran, Sudan, and Others
• 7/31/2000: CIRF Urges Laos, N. Korea, Saudi Arabia, Turkmenistan as Countries of Particular Concern

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Op-Eds

• 10/29/2012: Washington Post On Faith -- Commemorating International Religious Freedom Day
• 8/14/2012: The Detroit News -- Commentary: Stand Up for Religious Minorities in the Middle East
• 7/16/2012: The Hill Opinion -- US Should Pressure Nations to Rescind Anti-Ahmadiyya Laws
• 5/16/2012: The Hill -- Blasphemy Bans Threaten Arab Spring, Religious Freedom
• 12/12/2011: The Hill -- Myths About Religious Freedom Abroad
• 1/26/2010: Huffington Post -- Saudi Government Extremism and the U.S. Response
• 5/08/2005: Dallas Morning News -- War of Ideas
• 11/10/2003: Wall Street Journal -- Al Qaeda and Saudi Arabia

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USCIRF In the News

• 9/30/2011: Leonard Leo on Extremist Ideology and Religious Freedom on Fox and Friends
• 5/01/2011: U.S. Panel ID's World's Top Religious Persecutors - CBN News
• 4/29/2011: Recurrent attacks on Copts has Egypt slated for US religious freedom blacklist - Ahram Online
• 4/29/2011: US Panel Singles Out Top Religious Persecutors - The Epoch Times
• 4/29/2011: U.S. Religious-Freedom Commission Recommends Egypt Be Listed Among Worst Offenders - RFE/RL
• 4/29/2011: Turkey on religious freedom watch list for 3rd year in a row - Today's Zaman
• 4/28/2011: U.S. Urged to Step Up Religious Freedom Efforts in Egypt - Christian Post
• 4/28/2011: Recurrent attacks on Copts has Egypt slated for US religious freedom blacklist - Ahram Online
• 1/05/2011: Lost religious liberty worldwide - Japan Times
• 12/10/2010: Millions unable to celebrate Human Rights Day - Toronto Star
• 10/27/2010: Supervisors extend Saudi Academy's lease another year along party lines - Fairfax Times
• 9/21/2010: Textbooks: Indoctrinating a Nation - Dakota Voice
• 7/04/2010: Saudi Textbooks Continue to Radicalize Youth - Right Side News
• 5/26/2010: God and Man in the World - National Review Online
• 4/29/2010: USCIRF Eleventh Annual Report on Religious Freedom in the World Released
• 9/20/2004: Saudis' Religious Rights - Kansas City Star
• 5/13/2004: The Saudi Influence - New York Sun
• 4/30/2004: Double Talk Saudi Diplomat's Charm Fails Him - Dallas Morning News
• 5/19/2003: Tolerating Saudi Bigotry - The Washington Post

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Speeches

• 12/7/2012: Remarks by USCIRF Chair Katrina Lantos Swett at Conference on Religious Freedom, Violent Religious Extremism, and Constitutional Reform in Muslim-Majority Countries
• 7/19/2012: Remarks by USCIRF Chair Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett at Hill event on Religious Minorities in the Middle East co-hosted by the International Religious Freedom Caucus and the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission
• 6/27/2012: Remarks by USCIRF Chair Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett at Hill Reception Co-Sponsored by USCIRF and the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Celebrating the Visit of His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community

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EVENTS

Hearings & Press Conferences

• 10/18/2007: Press Conference and Release of USCIRF's Saudi Arabia Policy Focus Report

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