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Additional Name(s): Lê Thanh Trùng Dương Gender: Male Current Location: Long An Detention Center, Long An Perpetrator: Vietnam Ethnic Group: Kinh…
Additional Name(s): Lê Thanh Nhất Nguyên Gender: Male Current Location: Long An Detention Center, Long An Perpetrator: Vietnam Ethnic Group: Kinh…
Additional Name(s): Cao Thị Cúc Gender: Female Current Location: Long An Detention Center, Long An Perpetrator: Vietnam Ethnic Group: Kinh…
Additional Name(s): Lê Thanh Nhị Nguyên Gender: Male Current Location: Long An Detention Center, Long An Perpetrator: Vietnam Ethnic Group: Kinh…
Jul 22, 2022 Several major political events occurred in South Asia over the last year. The Taliban, whom USCIRF has recommended for years as an “Entity of Particular Concern” (EPC), took control of Afghanistan in August 2021.…
Jul 28, 2022 USCIRF is mandated by Congress to make independent policy recommendations to the president, secretary of state, and Congress that would help improve religious freedom around the globe. Each year, USCIRF proposes…
Aug 4, 2022 In February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale and unprovoked military invasion of Ukraine, falsely claiming that it aimed to “demilitarize” and “denazify” the country. While many people are broadly aware of the…
Aug 12, 2022 USCIRF Welcomes President Joe Biden’s Appointment of Mohamed Hag Magid to U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Washington, DC – President Joseph R. Biden announced on August 10, 2022, the appointment…
Aug 19, 2022 Sri Lanka is an ethnically and religiously diverse country but has had a history of intercommunal violence, most recently heightened in the decade following the end of a civil war in 2009. Conflict among the…
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…