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Afghanistan Country Update
This country update describes current religious freedom conditions under de facto Taliban authorities, including the introduction and enforcement of strict religious edicts. It highlights the manner in which such edicts have severely restricted the…
USCIRF Releases Report on Religious Freedom in Afghanistan
Aug 7, 2024 USCIRF Releases Report on Religious Freedom in Afghanistan Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report: Afghanistan Country Update - This country update…
Responses to Genocide: Two Former U.S. Officials Reflect on ISIS’s Genocide in Iraq and Syria
Aug 9, 2024 Ten years ago, the self-proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) launched a campaign of mass atrocities to achieve the religious and ethnic cleansing of religious minority groups in Iraq and Syria. In 2016, the U.S. State Department…
Religious Freedom Conditions in Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan
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USCIRF Releases 2025 Annual Report
Mar 25, 2025 USCIRF Releases 2025 Annual ReportWashington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released its 2025 Annual Report. The report documents religious freedom conditions in 2024 and recommends policy…
2025 Annual Report
Highlights from USCIRF’s 2025 Annual ReportNumbers-at-a-Glance16 countries recommended for “country of particular concern” (CPC) designation12 countries recommended for the State Department’s “Special Watch List” (SWL)7 entities recommended…
USCIRF Alarmed by Repatriation of Afghan Refugees
Apr 28, 2025 USCIRF Alarmed by Repatriation of Afghan RefugeesWashington, D.C. – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), is alarmed by the Pakistani government’s rapid and ongoing repatriation of Afghan refugees to Taliban-…
Afghanistan Hearing Summary
This summary provides an overview of USCIRF's hearing, "Religious Freedom Conditions in Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan." Witnesses discussed current religious freedom conditions throughout the country, including the Taliban’s systematic enforcement of…
Religious Freedom as Syria Transitions After Assad
May 23, 2025  At the end of 2024, over thirteen years since the onset of Syria’s protracted civil war, the country’s political landscape dramatically shifted when a rebel coalition toppled the government of President Bashar al-Assad. Religious freedom…
Religious Freedom and U.S. Policy in Post-Assad Syria
At the end of 2024, over 13 years since the onset of Syria’s protracted civil war, the country’s political landscape dramatically shifted when a coalition of Islamist rebels toppled the government of President Bashar al-Assad. Since then, religious…