2022 Annual Report
Highlights from USCIRF’s 2022 Annual Report
Numbers-at-a-Glance
15 countries recommended for “country of particular concern” (CPC) designation
1 new country recommended for CPC designation
12 countries recommended for the State Department’s “Special Watch List” (SWL)
1 country added to USCIRF’s SWL recommendations
7 entities recommended for “entity of particular concern” (EPC) designation
23rd Annual Report
39 other USCIRF reports published in 2021
8 Commission hearings in 2021
47 USCIRF Spotlight podcast episodes published in 2021
Key USCIRF recommendations implemented in 2021 and early 2022
10 CPC recommendations, including the designation of Russia for the first time, an action USCIRF had recommended since 2017
3 SWL recommendations
8 EPC recommendations
2 key IRF vacancies at the State Department filled
Designation of Uyghur genocide
Diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Olympics
Designation of Rohingya genocide
Increase in refugee resettlement ceiling to 125,000
Additional $155 million for Rohingya refugees and others affected by violence in Burma
Religious Freedom Conditions in 2021
130,000 Muslims remained in government-run internment camps in Burma
1 to 3 million Turkic Muslims in Chinese concentration camps
880,000 Uyghur and other Turkic Muslim children separated from their parents
85 religious groups in Vietnam designated as “strange,” “evil,” or “heretical” religions
130 religious prisoners released on bail in Eritrea
Nearly 6,000 organizations adversely affected by the financial regulations in India, including losing licenses to receive funds from abroad
2 targeted killings of Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan, as well as the desecration of 121 Ahmadi graves and 15 places of worship
105 guilty verdicts against Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia, including elderly and disabled members, as well those residing in Russian-occupied Crimea in Ukraine
Nearly 5 years after the defeat of ISIS in Iraq, almost 1 million Sunni Muslim Arabs, over 200,000 Yazidis, and tens of thousands of Christians remained in IDP and refugee camps there
Approximately 2,200 religious prisoners remained in prison in Uzbekistan
2,255 antisemitic incidents reported in the United Kingdom