Press Releases

7/31/13: USCIRF Condemns Saudi Blasphemy Sentence

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 31, 2013 | By USCIRF The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is deeply concerned by reports that Raif Badawi, a Saudi website editor, was convicted and sentenced on July 29 to seven years in prison and 600 lashes on blasphemy and other... Read More

7/30/13: USCIRF Welcomes New European Initiatives to Support Freedom of Religion or Belief

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 30, 2013 | by USCIRF The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) commends the European Union's recent adoption of Guidelines on the promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief , as well as a recent report on religious freedom by a... Read More

7/25/13: USCIRF Urges the Kazakh Government to Release two Activists

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 25, 2013 | By USCIRF WASHINGTON D.C. -- The Kazakh government reportedly soon will try two activists for their religious freedom-related activities. Atheist blogger Aleksandr Kharlamov, 63, had been held for four months in a psychiatric hospital and remains imprisoned... Read More

7/23/13: Robert P. George Elected USCIRF Chair; Vice-Chairs Also Elected

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 23, 2013 | By USCIRF WASHINGTON, D.C. - Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University and a Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School, was elected today as Chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF... Read More

7/22/13: USCIRF Calls on Ethiopia to Release Religious Freedom Advocates on Trial

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 22, 2013 | by USCIRF WASHINGTON D.C. -- On the one-year anniversary of the crackdown on Muslim protestors for peacefully advocating for their religious freedom rights, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) calls on the Ethiopian government to... Read More

7/22/13: USCIRF Urges President Obama to Raise Concerns About Religious Freedom in Vietnam

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 22, 2013 | By USCIRF WASHINGTON, D.C. -- USCIRF urges President Obama to raise concerns about religious freedom violations in Vietnam when he meets at the White House with Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang on July 25. Raising these concerns as the U.S.-Vietnamese... Read More

7/10/13: USCIRF on China: With The Start of Ramadan, Lift All Religious Freedom Restrictions

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 10, 2013| By USCIRF WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As the Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) urges an end to all violence and restrictions on religious activity in China's Xinjiang Uighur [Muslim] Autonomous Region... Read More

7/9/13: USCIRF Calls for New Efforts to Address Statelessness on Second Anniversary of South Sudan's Independence

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 9, 2013 | By USCIRF Washington, D.C. -Today, July 9, 2013, marks the second anniversary of South Sudan's independence from Sudan. It is a day of celebration for millions of Southerners who fought for human rights and religious freedom in Sudan's 20 year civil... Read More

7/8/13: USCIRF Statement on Faces of Chinese Persecution

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 8, 2013 | By USCIRF WASHINGTON, D.C. - As the annual U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue begins this week, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) urges President Obama, Secretary Kerry and other U.S. officials to raise during discussions... Read More

7/2/13: USCIRF Alarmed by Increasing Violence against Religious Communities in Pakistan

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 2, 2013 | By USCIRF WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A suicide bomber attacked a Shia neighborhood in Quetta, the capital city of Pakistan's Baluchistan province, on Sunday June 30, killing at least 36 individuals and wounding scores more. Sunday's attack is the latest in a string... Read More

Search form

Press Releases

Pages