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Additional Name(s): Atiqur Rahman Gender: Male Perpetrator: India Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other Health Concerns: Aortic…
Additional Name(s): Deoria Jail Gender: Male Perpetrator: India Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other Reports of…
This report reviews blasphemy laws and their enforcement within the region of the Associate of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), highlighting recent cases and providing analysis on related laws. Blasphemy is defined as “the act of insulting or showing…
Oct 19, 2022 USCIRF Releases New Report on Blasphemy in Southeast Asia Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report: Blasphemy and Related Laws in ASEAN Member Countries…
Oct 21, 2022 Seven out of ten members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) nations have blasphemy laws currently enshrined in their legal codes. USCIRF’s recent issue update reviews these blasphemy laws and their enforcement within this…
Nov 22, 2022 USCIRF Releases Report on Religious Freedom in India Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report: India Country Update – This report provides a broad…
This report provides a broad overview of religious freedom conditions in India in 2021 and 2022. It examines how various policies adopted and implemented by the Indian government have cultivated an environment that is increasingly hostile toward…
Dec 2, 2022 USCIRF Outraged by Omission of Nigeria and India from State Department’s List of Countries of Particular Concern Washington, DC – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) finds it inexplicable that the U.S. Department of…
Gender: Male Perpetrator: Burma Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant Reports of Torture: No Reports of Medical…
Dec 9, 2022 In November 2022, USCIRF visited Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, to assess the current conditions and issues that Burmese Rohingya refugees are facing. The Rohingya community, a predominantly Muslim ethnic minority from Burma, have long fled…