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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…
Oct 27, 2022
To commemorate this year’s International Religious Freedom Day and the 24th Anniversary of the enactment of the International Religious Freedom Act in 1998, USCIRF reflects on the important role civil society plays…
Oct 27, 2022
USCIRF Observes International Religious Freedom Day
Calls for U.S. Special Adviser on IRF within the National Security Council
Washington, DC – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today commemorates…
This report provides an overview of the ways governments enforce religion through their laws and policies, along with the religious freedom and related human rights implications of that coercion. The official enforcement of religion-based laws and…
Nov 17, 2022
USCIRF Releases Report on Religious Freedom Implications of
Official and Favored Religions
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report:
Global Overview of…
Nov 23, 2022
USCIRF Releases Report on Religious Freedom in Sri Lanka
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report:
Sri Lanka Country Update – This report provides an…
This factsheet provides a background of USCIRF’s FoRB Victims List, a database that catalogues victims who have been detained, imprisoned, placed under house arrest, disappeared, forced to renounce their faith, and tortured for their religious belief,…
Dec 2, 2022
USCIRF Releases New Report on Freedom of Religion or Belief Victims List
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report:
Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB)…