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Click here to view the report Respecting Rights? Measuring the World’s Blasphemy LawsDid you know 71 of the world's 195 countries have blasphemy laws? Penalties for violating blasphemy laws in these countries can range from fines to imprisonment and…
Aug 16, 2017
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August 16, 2017
USCIRF Releases Report Measuring Blasphemy Laws’ Compliance with Human Rights
USCIRF chairman states that blasphemy laws “invite abuse and can lead to assaults, murders…
Click here to view Selected Blasphemy CasesBlasphemy laws are a global concern, present in all of the world’s regions. These laws, which punish expression or acts deemed blasphemous, defamatory of religions, or contemptuous of religion or religious…
Oct 18, 2017
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USCIRF Condemns Pakistan Sentencing Three Ahmadis to Death for Blasphemy
USCIRF Chairman Mark calls blasphemy laws “an assault on human rights and dignity"
WASHINGTON, D.…
Inventing Extremists: The Impact of Russian Anti-Extremism Policies on Freedom of Religion or Belief
Click here to view the report Inventing Extremists: The Impact of Russian Anti-Extremism Policies on Freedom of Religion or BeliefExecutive Summary
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) commissioned this report to examine…
Jul 24, 2018
This op-ed originally appeared in Religion News Service on July 24, 2018.
By Gayle Manchin and Johnnie Moore
(RNS) - This week, as hundreds of religious leaders, nonprofit heads and government officials…
Oct 25, 2018
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USCIRF Hopes Ireland and Other Nations Will Abolish Dangerous Blasphemy Laws
WASHINGTON, DC – On October 26th, Ireland will hold a referendum to…
Click here to view the December 2018 Legislation Factsheet: Blasphemy
Dec 14, 2018
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December 14, 2018
USCIRF Applauds Canada’s Move Toward Abolishing Blasphemy Law
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF)…
Jan 24, 2019
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USCIRF Welcomes Release of Jailed Jakarta Governor; Denounces Indonesia’s Blasphemy Law
WASHINGTON, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious…