May 1, 2024
USCIRF Releases 2024 Annual Report with New Recommendations for U.S. Policy
Highlights State of Religious Freedom Abroad after 25 Years of IRFA
Washington, D.C. – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today…
Highlights from USCIRF’s 2024 Annual Report
Numbers-at-a-Glance
17 countries recommended for “country of particular concern” (CPC) designation
1 new country recommended for CPC designation
11 countries recommended for the State Department’s “Special…
Sep 6, 2024
USCIRF Releases Report Analyzing State Department CPC Designations
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report:
Revisiting the CPC Designation: Improving…
Sep 27, 2024
USCIRF Releases Report on State-Controlled Religion and Religious Freedom in Vietnam
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report:
State-Controlled…
The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) uses state-controlled religious organizations to control religious life and to intimidate and pressure independent religious communities into submission. A state-controlled religious organization is a religious group…
Four years after USCIRF’s 2020 publication on the global persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses, countries continue to prosecute and impose harsh penalties on the community for their religious beliefs and peaceful religious activities. Hundreds of Jehovah’s…
Nov 22, 2024
USCIRF Releases Report on Persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following report:
Religious Freedom Challenges for Jehovah’s…
Dec 12, 2024
USCIRF Alarmed over Escalating Crackdown in Vietnam
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is alarmed by the Vietnamese government’s escalating crackdown on independent religious communities—…
Jan 31, 2025
USCIRF Welcomes Release of Two Religious Prisoners of Conscience Imprisoned on Blasphemy Charges in Egypt
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) welcomes the release of Abdulbaqi…