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

• Russia Chapters and Summaries

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Did You Know...

• Did You Know...Russia's North Caucasus (May 13, 2013)
• Did You Know...USCIRF's 2013 Annual Report (April 30, 2013)
• Did You Know...Anti-Semitism (April 1, 2013)
• Did You Know...Russia (January 8, 2013)

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Policy Briefs and Focuses

• Russia Policy Brief -- January 2013
• Russia Policy Focus - Fall 2006

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ADVISING GOVERNMENT

Congressional Testimony

• 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
• 3/18/2002: "Religious Freedom and U.S. Foreign Policy."
• 5/24/2000: Testimony on the IRFA Process, Religious Freedom in Russia, and the May 1, 2000 Report of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
• 3/08/2000: "The U.S. State Department Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1999."
• 10/06/1999: Testimony by Robert A. Seiple

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Government Correspondence

• 4/22/2013: USCIRF Letter to Secretary Kerry on the Sixteenth Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR)
• 6/18/2010: Obama Urged to Publicly Raise Religious Freedom and Human Rights Transgressions...
• 7/06/2009: USCIRF Sends Letter to President Obama Regarding Russia Visit
• 5/30/2003: Russia: Concern about growing influence of undemocratic forces
• 10/26/2000: USCIRF Asks Clinton to Raise Religious-Freedom Issues in Meeting With Russian President

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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
• 1/8/2013: USCIRF Releases Report on “Unruly State of Law” in Russia
• 4/28/2011: USCIRF Identifies World's Worst Religious Freedom Violators: Egypt Cited for First Time
• 7/15/2010: USCIRF Criticizes Russia’s Use of Criminal Law to Punish Religiously Offensive Expression
• 6/18/2010: Obama Urged to Publicly Raise Religious Freedom and Human Rights Transgressions...
• 7/17/2009: USCIRF Urges Accountability for the Murder of Chechen Human Rights Activist
• 1/04/2008: Event Advisory: The Putin Government's Responses to Increased Xenophobi
• 3/08/2007: USCIRF calls on Russia to Withdraw or Substantially Modify Amended Law on Non-Governmental Organizations
• 12/14/2006: Russia: USCIRF Releases New Policy Focus on Russia
• 12/14/2006: Russia: USCIRF/NED Panel Discussion on the Threat to Civic and Religious Freedom
• 7/26/2006: USCIRF Chair Felice D. Gaer to Testify on Russia at U.S. Helsinki Commission Hearing
• 7/12/2006: USCIRF Issues Recommendations to the G-8 After Visit to Russia
• 6/16/2006: USCIRF Delegation Visits Russia
• 2/09/2006: Russia: USCIRF Commissioner Prodromou Gives Presentation in Moscow on Human Rights and Tolerance
• 5/13/2005: Defining Religious Extremism in Russia
• 4/21/2005: Combating Intolerance in Russia
• 4/12/2005: Russia: Roundtable with Oleg Mironov and Mufti Shangareev
• 2/23/2005: Russia: Eyes Wide Open
• 1/31/2005: Russia: Religious Communities, Extremist Movements, and the State
• 1/28/2005: USCIRF briefing with leading Russian human rights advocate
• 8/17/2004: Russia: Setbacks for Religious Freedom and Other Human Rights
• 5/30/2003: Russia: Concern about growing influence of undemocratic forces
• 5/14/2003: USCIRF Policy Rec's for Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Vietnam, Russia, Laos, and Belarus
• 1/15/2003: Commission to Visit Russia to Examine Threats to Religious Freedom
• 5/16/2002: President Bush Should Meet With Non-Orthodox Christians During Trip to Russia
• 12/21/1999: War in Chechnya Fed by Religious Bigotry
• 11/24/1999: Commission Welcomes Russian Court Decision

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Op-Eds

• 5/14/2013: Washington Post On Faith -- Honor U.S. values and interests: Back religious freedom abroad
• 4/1/2013: The Guardian -- The Disturbing Persistence of Antisemitism in Europe
• 2/14/13: Georgetown Journal of International Affairs -- Is Russia Becoming a Police State?
• 12/20/2012: Christian Science Monitor -- Obama Must Remind Vladimir Putin of Human Rights, Religious Freedom Concerns
• 12/6/2012: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette -- Hanukkah, a Festival of Freedom
• 7/31/2012: Moscow Times Opinion -- Russia's Failure to Protect Freedom of Religion
• 12/12/2011: The Hill -- Myths About Religious Freedom Abroad
• 11/14/2000: The Washington Post -- In Russia, 'Liquidating' Churches

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USCIRF In the News

• 11/6/2012: Liberal Mormon and conservative Catholic join forces for religious freedom - Deseret News
• 9/21/2012: Wreckage by Night - World
• 5/01/2011: U.S. Panel ID's World's Top Religious Persecutors - CBN News
• 4/29/2011: US report puts Egypt with worst religion violators - Associated Press
• 4/29/2011: Religious freedom watchdog group adds Egypt to violator list - CNN
• 4/29/2011: Country of concern - World Magazine
• 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
• 10/14/2009: Baptist leaders fined for street evangelism in Russia - Vox Vocis
• 7/23/2009: Russia’s plan to introduce religion in schools lauded - Christian Today
• 7/07/2009: Obama urged to raise religious freedom concerns on Russia trip - Religious Intelligence
• 5/28/2009: EXCLUSIVE: Russian Human Rights Activists Face Spike In Death Threats - Huffington Post
• 5/06/2009: Is religious freedom deteriorating in Russia? - Russia Today
• 5/04/2009: Russia Put On Religion Watch List - Moscow Times

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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
• 11/15/2010: USCIRF Vice Chair Elizabeth Prodromou on Russia's Misuse of Extremism Laws against Religious Communities
• 3/18/2002: Remarks by USCIRF Commissioner Richard Land on Religion, Politics and Human Rights in Moscow, Russia

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EVENTS

Briefings, Roundtables & Speeches

• 3/27/2007: Is Rising Nationalism Endangering Religious and Civic Freedom in Russia?
• 3/22/2007: Challenge to Civil Society: Russia's Amended Law on Noncommercial Organizations
• 1/11/2007: Religious Freedom and State Policy in Central Asia, co-sponsored by USCIRF and the Center for Strategic and International Studies Russia and Eurasia Program
• 2/09/2006 Russia: USCIRF Commissioner Prodromou Gives Presentation in Moscow on Human Rights and Tolerance
• 2/01/2006: Russia: USCIRF Roundtable at Carnegie Endowment Assesses U.S. Policy on Russian Human Rights
• 5/17/2005: Russia: Defining Religious Extremism in Russia
• 4/26/2005: Russia: Combating Intolerance in Russia
• 4/15/2005: Russia: Roundtable with Oleg Mironov and Mufti Shangareev
• 2/07/2005: Russia: Religious Communities, Extremist Movements and The State
• 2/03/2005: Russia: USCIRF Briefing with Ludmila Mikhailovna Alekseeva, Russian Human Rights Advocate

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