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Religious freedom in Vietnam remains poor as the government regulates and controls religious affairs through state-sponsored organizations. Authorities routinely detain, arrest, imprison, and torture religious freedom advocates and members of…
The Cuban government’s legal framework for controlling religious activity extends state authority over virtually all worship and practice, and religious leaders and communities continually face threats and harassment. The government criminalizes and…
The Indian government tolerates and perpetrates widespread harassment and violence against religious minorities at the national and state level. The BJP-led government has introduced and enforced discriminatory legislation that disenfranchises religious…
Religious freedom conditions in Russia are particularly severe as the government criminalizes the activities of multiple peaceful religious groups, including Jehovah’s Witnesses, often labeling such organizations as “terrorist,” “extremist,” or “…
Religious freedom conditions in Afghanistan are dire as the Taliban enforces a strict interpretation of Sunni Islam. Authorities use religious edicts to crack down on all Afghans who express dissent or different views of Islam, including women and…
The Nicaraguan regime continues to enforce a total crackdown on religious organizations. The government wrongfully detains worshipers, arbitrarily dissolves religious organizations and seizes their property, and expels religious leaders from the country…
Although President Bashar al-Assad’s government fell in December 2024, ending that regime’s years of religious freedom and broader human rights violations, Syria’s diverse religious communities face other threats. Both the interim authorities in…
Religious freedom conditions in Libya have significantly deteriorated amid the country’s political fragmentation, as the Tripoli-based government detains and prosecutes those it suspects of atheism, apostasy from Islam, and proselytization for…