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May 13, 2022
USCIRF Welcomes the U.S. Government’s Issuance of a General License Including Northeast Syria
Washington, D.C. – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) welcomes the United…
Aug 3, 2022
USCIRF Commemorates the Eighth Anniversary of the Yazidi Genocide
Washington, D.C. – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today joined communities around the world in…
Sep 16, 2022
In 2018, Kazakhstan arrested a group of men for participating in a WhatsApp group chat about Islam and sentenced them to multiple years in prison on fictitious terrorism and incitement-related charges. Last fall,…
Additional Name(s):
Anatoli Pavlovich Zernichenko
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Investigation Prison No. 11, Shymkent
Perpetrator:
Kazakhstan…
Nov 18, 2022
More than a decade after the onset of Syria’s civil war, the conflict continues with multiple state and non-state actors vying for power. Today, one of the most notable non-state actors is the militant Islamist…
This factsheet analyzes religious freedom conditions in northwestern Syria under the de facto governance of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a former al-Qaeda affiliate and U.S.-designated terrorist group. The rebel group continues to grow its…
Nov 25, 2022
USCIRF Releases New Report on Religious Freedom Under Syrian Rebel Group HTS
Washington, D.C. – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report:
Religious Freedom…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni
Reports of Torture:
No…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni
Reports of Torture:
No…
Tolerance, Religious Freedom, and Authoritarianism – This report details how authoritarian states promote religious tolerance without necessarily ensuring freedom of religion or belief. It distinguishes between these two concepts and explains the…