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Religion News Service: Repression of women points to worsening religious freedom trends abroad
May 3, 2023 This op-ed was originally published by Religion News Service on May 3, 2023. By USCIRF Chair Nury Turkel & Vice Chair Abraham Cooper Denying religious freedom and women’s rights go hand-in-hand. Over the…
Personal Status and Family Law in the Middle East and North Africa
This report continues USCIRF’s ongoing assessment of the global religious freedom implications of government laws based on official or favored religions, in this case examining the dynamics of personal status and family laws in the Middle East and North…
USCIRF Releases New Report on Religiously Based Family Law in the Middle East and North Africa
Sep 19, 2023 USCIRF Releases New Report on Religiously Based Family Law in the Middle East and North Africa Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report: Personal Status…
Religious Freedom Challenges in Iraq 10 Years after ISIS’s Genocide
This report provides an overview of ISIS’s genocide and other crimes against Iraq’s religious minorities beginning in the summer 2014. ISIS used mass execution, forced conversion to Islam, abduction, rape, and slavery against Iraqi and Syrian Yazidis;…
USCIRF Releases Report on Religious Freedom Challenges in Iraq 10 Years After ISIS’s Genocide
Sep 30, 2024 USCIRF Releases New Report on Religious Freedom Challenges in Iraq 10 Years After ISIS’s Genocide Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released the following new report: Religious Freedom…