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Pakistan: Religious Extremism and the Situation for Religious Freedom in Pakistan
Apr 5, 2004 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 5, 2004 Contact: Anne Johnson, Director of Communications, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is hosting an on-the-record…
USCIRF Vice Chair Elizabeth Prodromou on Russia's Misuse of Extremism Laws against Religious Communities
On November 15, 2010, Dr. Elizabeth Prodromou, Vice Chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), delivered a speech in Brussels at the Conference on Religious Freedom in Russia, sponsored by Human Rights without Frontiers…
Remarks by USCIRF Chair Katrina Lantos Swett at Conference on Religious Freedom, Violent Religious Extremism, and Constitutional Reform in Muslim-Majority Countries
USCIRF Chair Katrina Lantos Swett gave the following remarks at a conference, cosponsored by USCIRF and Georgetown University's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs on December 7, 2012.    Thank you for that kind…
USCIRF Urges Pakistan to Take Action Against Violent Religious Extremism
Mar 2, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMARCH 1, 2013| By USCIRF The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) marked the 2nd anniversary of the murder of Shahbaz Bhatti with a renewed call for the Pakistani government…
Georgetown Journal of International Affairs -- Counter Extremism with Freedom in Ethiopia
Mar 11, 2013 FOR YOUR INFORMATIONMarch 11, 2013 | By M. Zuhdi Jasser The following appeared in the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs on March 11, 2013. From Somalian anarchy to Eritrean and Sudanese tyranny and…
Assessing the U.S. Government's Detention of Asylum Seekers
Click here to read USCIRF's report, Assessing the U.S. Government's Detention of Asylum Seekers: Further Attention Needed to Fully Implement Reforms.
Asylum Detention Needs Improvements
Apr 19, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 19, 2013 | By USCIRF WASHINGTON, D.C. - As Congress considers legislation to reform the U.S. immigration system, a new U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) report,…
Did You Know...Detention of Asylum Seekers
...that the United States government continues to detain many asylum seekers in jails or jail-like facilities?Between July and December 2012, USCIRF staff toured 10 detention facilities nationwide and met with asylum seekers and officials from the…
Star-Ledger--Asylum seekers deserve better from America: Opinion
Jun 28, 2013 FOR YOUR INFORMATION6/28/2013 | By Eric P. Schwartz and M. Zuhdi Jasser The following appeared in Star-Ledger on June 28, 2013. As our nation debates immigration reform, it is time to consider reform of our…
The Moscow Times -- Russia's Extremism Law Violates Human Rights
Dec 1, 2014 FOR YOUR INFORMATIONDecember 1, 2014 | By Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett and Dr. Robert P. George  The following op-ed appeared in The Moscow Times on November 26, 2014. The op-ed also appeared in the Kyiv Post.…