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Examination of Threats to Religious Sites in Turkey
This report examines threats to religious properties in Turkey, including places of worship, religious institutions, and cemeteries. While the number and severity of violent attacks targeting religious sites—such as bombings and other terrorist methods—…
USCIRF Leaves Saudi Arabia After Government Official Insisted Chair to Remove Kippah
Mar 11, 2024 USCIRF Leaves Saudi Arabia After Government Official Insisted Chair to Remove Kippah Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) ended early an official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia after…
USCIRF Calls for Additional Sanctions Amidst New Harsh Enforcement of Iran’s Mandatory Hijab Law
May 6, 2024 USCIRF Calls for Additional Sanctions Amidst New Harsh Enforcement of Iran’s Mandatory Hijab Law Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) calls for additional sanctions on Iranian authorities and…
USCIRF Calls for International Accountability on Two-Year Anniversary of Mahsa Zhina Amini’s Killing
Sep 16, 2024 USCIRF Calls for International Accountability on Two-Year Anniversary of Mahsa Zhina Amini’s Killing Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today marks the two-year anniversary of Iranian…
Religious Freedom Challenges in Iraq 10 Years after ISIS’s Genocide
This report provides an overview of ISIS’s genocide and other crimes against Iraq’s religious minorities beginning in the summer 2014. ISIS used mass execution, forced conversion to Islam, abduction, rape, and slavery against Iraqi and Syrian Yazidis;…
USCIRF Releases Report on Religious Freedom Challenges in Iraq 10 Years After ISIS’s Genocide
Sep 30, 2024 USCIRF Releases New Report on Religious Freedom Challenges in Iraq 10 Years After ISIS’s Genocide Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released the following new report: Religious Freedom…
USCIRF Welcomes the Acquittal of Rhoda Jatau
Dec 26, 2024   USCIRF Welcomes the Acquittal of Rhoda Jatau Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) applauds the December 19 decision of a court in Bauchi State, Nigeria, to acquit Christian nurse…
Religious Freedom Conditions in Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan
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USCIRF Welcomes Nominations to Advance International Religious Freedom and Combat Antisemitism
Apr 11, 2025 USCIRF Welcomes Nominations to Advance International Religious Freedom and Combat AntisemitismWashington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) welcomes President Donald J. Trump’s nominations of former…
Issue Update: Afghanistan - Assessing the Law on the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice
In August 2024, the Taliban introduced the law on the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, known colloquially as the “morality law.” This law expands on and imposes harsher punishments on all Afghans who fail to observe the Taliban’s struct…