Thousands of Cubans took to the streets nationwide on July 11, 2021 to call for greater freedom and relief from the country’s economic and COVID-19 crises. Cuban authorities responded by detaining, often violently, an estimated 700 demonstrators and…
Sep 20, 2021
USCIRF Releases New Report about Protests in Cuba and Religious Freedom
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following factsheet on the July 11…
Oct 20, 2021
USCIRF Troubled by Violent Attacks on Durga Puja Procession in Bangladesh
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) expressed its deep concern about the attacks this…
Oct 21, 2021
USCIRF Releases New Report about Religious Freedom in Sri Lanka
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report:
Sri Lanka Country…
With the U.S. Department of State’s designations expected this month, this factsheet reiterates USCIRF’s recommendations to the State Department regarding countries that should be designated as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) or placed on its…
Religious freedom conditions in the Eastern European country of Belarus have deteriorated dramatically amidst a brutal government crackdown on civil society following widespread anti-government protests starting in August 2020. Since then, the regime of…
Nov 23, 2021
USCIRF Releases New Report on Religious Freedom Violations in Belarus
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following report on religious…
Dec 3, 2021
From 1992-1995, Bosnia endured a brutal ethno-religious war, as Bosnian Serbs ethnically cleansed their Muslim neighbors in the east of the country. The 1995 Dayton Accords, brokered by the United States, ended the…