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January 11, 2013| By USCIRF
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom strongly condemns a series of terror attacks that took place on January 10 targeting Pakistani Shi'a Muslims. The United States must press the Pakistani government to do more to protect their... Read More
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January 8, 2013 | By USCIRF
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released a policy brief, "Russia: Unruly State of Law.” This policy brief, which analyzes the state of religious freedom and related rights in Russia, reflects USCIRF's long-... Read More
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December 7, 2012 | By USCIRF
The Egyptian Constituent Assembly on November 30 approved a draft constitution that includes problematic provisions limiting freedom of religion or belief for all Egyptians.
"The constitution was drafted without a balanced representation of all... Read More
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December 3, 2012| By USCIRF
Marton Gyongyosi, a Hungarian politician from the far-right Jobbik party, on November 26 issued a statement in Parliament urging the government to create a list of Jews who pose a "national security risk.” Gyongyosi serves as the... Read More
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November 20, 2012 | By USCIRF
USCIRFtodaywelcomes a Pakistani court's decision to drop all charges against Rimsha Masih, a young Christian girl accused of blasphemy, and applauds the successful efforts of Paul Bhatti, the Adviser onNational Harmonyto the Pakistani Prime... Read More
11/8/12: USCIRF Statement -- USCIRF Deeply Concerned by Emerging Religious Freedom Violations in Ethiopia
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November 8, 2012| By USCIRF
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is deeply concerned about the increasing deterioration of religious freedoms for Muslims in Ethiopia. Since July 2011, the Ethiopian government has sought to force a change in the... Read More
8/31/12: Statement by Commissioners al-Hibri and George -- World Must Stand with Burma's Rohingya Muslims
August 31, 2012 | Azizah al-Hibri and Robert P. George , Commissioners
For Muslim Americans and other concerned citizens across the nation, news of still more violence against the largely Muslim Rohingya of Burma highlights the plight of one of the world's most persecuted communities and the... Read More
August 3, 2012 | by USCIRF
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom today issued a new report, “The Religion-State Relationship & the Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief: A Comparative Textual Analysis of the Constitutions of Majority Muslim Countries and Other OIC Members... Read More
July 30, 2012| by USCIRF
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom welcomed the State Department's issuance of its 2011 International Religious Freedom Report.
"As always, the State Department does a commendable job of cataloguing the wide-ranging... Read More
July 25, 2012| 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 peaceful religious activity in China's Xinjiang Uighur [Muslim] Autonomous Region (XUAR).... Read More