Apr 21, 2021
USCIRF Releases 2021 Annual Report with Recommendations for U.S. Policy
No Longer Recommends Three Countries for Special Watch List
Washington, D.C. – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom…
Dec 3, 2021
From 1992-1995, Bosnia endured a brutal ethno-religious war, as Bosnian Serbs ethnically cleansed their Muslim neighbors in the east of the country. The 1995 Dayton Accords, brokered by the United States, ended the…
Jan 27, 2023
USCIRF Observes International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) observes International Holocaust Remembrance Day by remembering the six million Jews…
Dec 7, 2023
USCIRF Commemorates 75th Anniversary of UN Genocide Convention, Seeks Justice for Genocide Victims
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) observes the International Day of Commemoration and…
Jan 26, 2024
USCIRF Cautions Against Rising Antisemitism on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) observes International Holocaust Remembrance Day. USCIRF…
This factsheet describes religious freedom restrictions in prisons abroad. Government imprisonment of individuals on the basis of their religion or belief is often both coercive and violent. FoRB prisoners are detained, placed into confinement, and…
Dec 4, 2025
Religious Prisoners Suffer Mistreatment & Torture at the Hands of Foreign Governments Washington, DC – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released the following report on prison mistreatment and…