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Status: not_implemented Year: Country: Russia Recommended To: Congress Source: 2020 USCIRF Annual Report Recommendation:The U.S. Congress should: Pass legislation condemning the deteriorating religious freedom environment in Russia, and highlight…
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Status: partially_implemented Year: Country: Russia Recommended To: Congress Source: 2020 USCIRF Annual Report Recommendation:Pass the Ukraine Religious Freedom Support Act (H.R. 5408), which calls on the President to take into account Russia’s…
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Status: partially_implemented Year: Country: Russia Recommended To: U.S. Department of State Source: 2021 USCIRF Annual Report Recommendation:The U.S. government should: designate Russia as a “country of particular concern,” or CPC, for engaging…
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Status: partially_implemented Year: Country: Russia Recommended To: U.S. Department of State Source: 2021 USCIRF Annual Report Recommendation: Impose targeted sanctions on Russian government agencies and officials responsible for severe…
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Status: not_implemented Year: Country: Russia Recommended To: The Administration Source: 2021 USCIRF Annual Report Recommendation:Work with European allies to use advocacy, diplomacy, and targeted sanctions to pressure Russia to end religious…
Recommendations
Status: partially_implemented Year: Country: Russia Recommended To: Congress Source: 2021 USCIRF Annual Report Recommendation:The U.S. Congress should: Pass the Ukraine Religious Freedom Support Act (H.R. 496), which calls on the U.S.…
Recommendations
Status: implemented Year: Country: Russia Recommended To: Congress Source: 2021 USCIRF Annual Report Recommendation:Hold briefings and hearings highlighting the Russian government’s failure to bring its religion and extremism laws in line with…
USCIRF Condemns School Abductions in Nigeria
Jul 9, 2021 USCIRF Condemns School Abductions in Nigeria Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today condemned the attack on a Christian school in Nigeria, where 125 students…
USCIRF Denounces Nigerian Religious Police Arrests of LGBTI Persons
Jul 15, 2021 USCIRF Denounces Nigerian Religious Police Arrests of LGBTI Persons   Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today denounced the arrest of five men suspected of engaging in lesbian, gay…
Newsweek: Holy Seasons Bring Uncertainty in West and Central Africa
Jul 22, 2021 This op-ed was originally published in Newsweek, on July 22, 2021. Written by USCIRF Commissioners Anurima Bhargava and Tony Perkins.   This spring, in the central African nation of Democratic Republic of the…