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Engaging State and Local Government in Nigeria to Protect Religious Freedom
Feb 16 WHEN: Feb 16th 2:00pm - Feb 16th 3:00pm…
USCIRF Welcomes Announcement that Refugee Ceiling will Increase Next Fiscal Year
Feb 5, 2021 USCIRF Welcomes Announcement that Refugee Ceiling will Increase Next Fiscal Year Encourages Prioritization of the Most Vulnerable Washington, DC – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF)…
Factsheet: Violent Islamist Groups in Northern Nigeria
Northern Nigeria Factsheet – Violent Islamist groups based in northern Nigeria remain some of the deadliest and most formidable jihadist groups operating in the world today. Estimates suggest that conflict with groups like Boko Haram and the…
USCIRF Releases New Report about Violent Islamist Groups in Northern Nigeria
Feb 12, 2021 USCIRF Releases New Report about Violent Islamist Groups in Northern Nigeria Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report on…
Uzbekistan: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
Mar 11, 2021 There have been notable improvements to religious freedom conditions in Uzbekistan in recent years. The government’s ongoing effort to revise the restrictive 1998 Law on Freedom of Conscience and Religious…
USCIRF Releases 2021 Annual Report with Recommendations for U.S. Policy
Apr 21, 2021 USCIRF Releases 2021 Annual Report with Recommendations for U.S. Policy No Longer Recommends Three Countries for Special Watch List Washington, D.C. – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom…
Factsheet: Islamists in Central Sahel
View PDF Central Sahel Factsheet – Over the past half decade, violent Islamist groups have gained ground in the central Sahel region of west Africa by controlling territory and conducting attacks in the tri-border region between…
USCIRF Releases New Report on Violent Islamist Groups in the Central Sahel
May 5, 2021 USCIRF Releases New Report on Violent Islamist Groups in the Central Sahel Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report on…
Violent Insurgents in the Sahel Region of Africa
May 14, 2021 The central Sahel region of West Africa is currently home to an extremely complex and fluid landscape of Islamist insurgent actors that stem from both locally grown and foreign movements. Several violent insurgent…
Bahrain Takes Steps to Improve Religious Freedom
Jun 4, 2021 For the first time in years, Bahrain was not included in the list of countries that USCIRF recommends for the State Department’s Special Watch List (SWL). The government of Bahrain has made incremental improvements…