Jun 20, 2025
This op-ed was originally published by Religion News Servicechina-lobby/" tabindex="-1" data-extlink="" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="(opens in a new window)"> on June 20, 2025.By USCIRF Chair Vicky Hartzler and Commissioner Stephen…
… them as among the worst religious freedom violators: Burma China Eritrea Iran North Korea Saudi Arabia Sudan Uzbekistan … Muslims, Protestant house church members and Falun Gong in China to Baha'is in Iran; from Ahmadis and Christians in …
… them as among the worst religious freedom violators: Burma China Eritrea Iran North Korea Saudi Arabia Sudan Uzbekistan … Muslims, Protestant house church members and Falun Gong in China to Baha'is in Iran; from Ahmadis and Christians in …
… whom Wolf has adopted, is a lawyer whom the government of China has disbarred, tortured, and imprisoned for his defense of activists and religious minorities. China commits widespread human rights violations, detaining …
… significant regression in countries such as Afghanistan, China, Cuba, Iran, Nicaragua, and Russia. USCIRF’s 2023 … Department designated as CPCs in November 2022: Burma, China, Cuba, Eritrea, Iran, Nicaragua, North Korea, Pakistan, …
… as "countries of particular concern” or CPCs: Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and … in Egypt, Buddhists, Uighur Muslims and Falun Gong in China, Baha'is in Iran, Ahmadis and Christians in Pakistan, …
… more than 14,000 citizens over the past decade. Finally, China and Russia are nations whose leaders use the threat of … the creation of a self-fulfilling prophecy. Witness China"s relentless persecution of Uighur Muslims and …
… and nonstate actors. Some governments, including China's and North Korea's, are secular tyrannies that … by imprisoning people due to their beliefs and actions. In China, for example, Ilham Tohti, a respected Uighur Muslim …
… rights abuses and religious freedom violations in Cuba, China, Iran, Iraq, and Syria. Additionally, the Biden … genocides against religious minority communities in China and Burma—we at USCIRF will continue to advocate …
… Protestant house church members, Falun Gong and others in China; Coptic Christians in Egypt and other Christians … recommended that eight nations be re-designated: Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and …
… Department designated as CPCs in December 2020—Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Saudi … violations; blasphemy laws; global antisemitism; and China’s international influence on religious freedom and …
… a particular interpretation of religion. Others, such as China, North Korea, Vietnam, Tajikistan and Eritrea, seek to … to forced abortions, birth control and sterilization by China, and Christian and Yazidi girls held captive by …