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USCIRF Calls for Congressional Hearing after State Department Fails to Designate Nigeria and India as Countries of Particular Concern
… State Department re-designated 12 countries as CPCs—Burma, China, Cuba, Eritrea, Iran, Nicaragua, North Korea, Pakistan, …
USCIRF Events During 2019 Ministerial
… The Mass Destruction and Desecration of Uyghur Mosques in China Sponsored by Unrepresented Nations and Peoples …
USCIRF Releases 2022 Annual Report with Recommendations for U.S. Policy
… Department designated as CPCs in November 2021: Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi …
USCIRF Releases 2024 Annual Report with New Recommendations for U.S. Policy
… Department designated as CPCs in December 2023: Burma, China, Cuba, Eritrea, Iran, Nicaragua, North Korea, Pakistan, …
Washington Post -- The U.S.'s Lagging Commitment to Religious Freedom
… new designations, sanctions attached in 2011 to Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea and Sudan will expire this …
USCIRF Welcomes Release of State Department’s International Religious Freedom Report; Urges Prompt CPC Designations
… designated nine nations as CPCs under IRFA:   Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, …
USCIRF Welcomes IRF Report; Calls for CPC Designations
… designate the following eight countries as CPCs: Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and …
Remarks by USCIRF Chair Katrina Lantos Swett, 2013 Annual Report, National Endowment for Democracy
… them as among the worst religious freedom violators: Burma China Eritrea Iran North Korea Saudi Arabia Sudan Uzbekistan  … Muslims, Protestant house church members and Falun Gong in China to Baha'is in Iran; from Ahmadis and Christians in …
Remarks by USCIRF Chair Katrina Lantos Swett, 2013 Annual Report, National Endowment for Democracy
… them as among the worst religious freedom violators: Burma China Eritrea Iran North Korea Saudi Arabia Sudan Uzbekistan  … Muslims, Protestant house church members and Falun Gong in China to Baha'is in Iran; from Ahmadis and Christians in …
USCIRF Welcomes CPC Designations: Urges Additional Designations and Actions
… John Kerry’s re-designation on April 15, 2016 of Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, …
USCIRF Releases 2023 Annual Report Highlighting Worsening Religious Freedom Conditions Around the World
… significant regression in countries such as Afghanistan, China, Cuba, Iran, Nicaragua, and Russia. USCIRF’s 2023 … Department designated as CPCs in November 2022: Burma, China, Cuba, Eritrea, Iran, Nicaragua, North Korea, Pakistan, …
USCIRF's 2013 Annual Report on the State of International Religious Freedom Identifies World's Worst Violators
… as "countries of particular concern” or CPCs: Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and … in Egypt, Buddhists, Uighur Muslims and Falun Gong in China, Baha'is in Iran, Ahmadis and Christians in Pakistan, …
Washington Post On Faith -- Honor U.S. values and interests: Back religious freedom abroad
… more than 14,000 citizens over the past decade. Finally, China and Russia are nations whose leaders use the threat of … the creation of a self-fulfilling prophecy. Witness China"s relentless persecution of Uighur Muslims and …
The Hill: A glimmer of hope in bringing accountability to religious freedom violators abroad
… rights abuses and religious freedom violations in Cuba, China, Iran, Iraq, and Syria. Additionally, the Biden … genocides against religious minority communities in China and Burma—we at USCIRF will continue to advocate …
The Providence Journal -- Thanksgiving and Hanukkah spell re-dedication to religious freedom
… Protestant house church members, Falun Gong and others in China; Coptic Christians in Egypt and other Christians … recommended that eight nations be re-designated: Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and …
USCIRF Releases 2021 Annual Report with Recommendations for U.S. Policy
… Department designated as CPCs in December 2020—Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Saudi … violations; blasphemy laws; global antisemitism; and China’s international influence on religious freedom and …
USCIRF Condemns Egypt’s Deportation of Uighur Muslims to China
…   USCIRF Condemns Egypt’s Deportation of Uighur Muslims to China “These latest moves show a calculated indifference to … of rounding up and deporting these individuals back to China, a country with a record of harsh repression of the …