Sep 6, 2024
USCIRF Releases Report Analyzing State Department CPC Designations
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report:
Revisiting the CPC Designation: Improving…
Sep 27, 2024
USCIRF Releases Report on State-Controlled Religion and Religious Freedom in Vietnam
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report:
State-Controlled…
The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) uses state-controlled religious organizations to control religious life and to intimidate and pressure independent religious communities into submission. A state-controlled religious organization is a religious group…
Dec 12, 2024
USCIRF Alarmed over Escalating Crackdown in Vietnam
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is alarmed by the Vietnamese government’s escalating crackdown on independent religious communities—…
Mar 25, 2025
USCIRF Releases 2025 Annual ReportWashington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released its 2025 Annual Report. The report documents religious freedom conditions in 2024 and recommends policy…
Highlights from USCIRF’s 2025 Annual ReportNumbers-at-a-Glance16 countries recommended for “country of particular concern” (CPC) designation12 countries recommended for the State Department’s “Special Watch List” (SWL)7 entities recommended…
This country update highlights the ways in which religious freedom conditions in North Korea continued to deteriorate over the past few years. The report is based on information obtained through a review of publicly available information and…
Dec 4, 2025
The Degrading Freedom of Religion or Belief Conditions in North Korea Washington, DC –The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released the following report on North Korea: North Korea…