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USCIRF Chair Thomas J. Reese, S.J. testified on July 15, 2016 before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission at a hearing titled "Blasphemy Laws and Censorship by States and Non-State Actors: Examining Global Threats to Freedom of Expression."
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Oct 14, 2016
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October 14, 2016 | Kristina Arriaga and Sandra Jolley
The following op-ed appeard in Newsweek Pakistan on October 14, 2016
“I raise my voice… not so I can shout, but so that…
Dec 9, 2016
The following op-ed appeared in Religion New Service on December 9, 2016
By former USCIRF Commissioners Kristina Arriaga and John Ruskay
Pwint Phyu Latt is a Muslim peace activist in Burma who sought to…
INDONESIA: USCIRF Denounces the Recent Conviction and Sentencing of Jakarta’s Governor for Blasphemy
May 12, 2017
INDONESIA: USCIRF Denounces the Recent Conviction and Sentencing of Jakarta’s Governor for BlasphemyUSCIRF Calls for the Release of Those Accused of or Convicted of Blasphemy
Washington, D.C. – The U.S.…
Click here to view the report: Women and Religious Freedom: Synergies and OpportunitiesWhile a common misperception persists that women’s rights to equality and freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) are clashing rights, the two are actually…
Read the Abbreviated Report Here.This abbreviated version of USCIRF’s 2017 Respecting Rights?--Measuring the World's Blasphemy Laws does not include Annex A ("Compendium of Laws") for the 71 countries analyzed in the original report, or Annex B (the "…
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.…