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10 Years On: Ongoing Threats to Religious Minority Survivors of ISIS’s Genocide
Aug 2, 2024 Ten years ago, the self-proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) launched a campaign of mass atrocities to achieve the religious and ethnic cleansing of Yazidis, Assyrian-Chaldean-Syriac Christians, Shi’a and Sunni Muslim Turkmens,…
USCIRF Solemnly Commemorates the Tenth Anniversary of ISIS’s Genocide Against Iraqi and Syrian Religious Minorities
Aug 2, 2024 USCIRF Solemnly Commemorates the Tenth Anniversary of ISIS’s Genocide Against Iraqi and Syrian Religious Minorities Washington, D.C. – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) this week commemorates the…
Responses to Genocide: Two Former U.S. Officials Reflect on ISIS’s Genocide in Iraq and Syria
Aug 9, 2024 Ten years ago, the self-proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) launched a campaign of mass atrocities to achieve the religious and ethnic cleansing of religious minority groups in Iraq and Syria. In 2016, the U.S. State Department…
Sinicization of Religion: China’s Coercive Religious Policy
Under Xi Jinping’s rule as the paramount leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the government has implemented the coercive “sinicization of religion” policy, which has fundamentally transformed China’s religious environment. Sinicization, or the…
USCIRF Releases New Report on China’s Sinicization of Religion Policy
Sep 23, 2024 USCIRF Releases New Report on China’s Sinicization of Religion Policy Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report: Sinicization of Religion: China’s…
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…
Burma Country Update
In 2024, the situation in Burma continues to deteriorate as the military junta loses control while ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) are consolidating territory and establishing parallel government structures. These escalating conflicts negatively…
USCIRF Releases Report on Religious Freedom in Burma
Oct 31, 2024 USCIRF Releases New Report on Religious Freedom in Burma Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released the following report:  Burma Country Update - In 2024, the situation in…
The Abuse of Extremism Laws in Central Asia
Central Asian governments’ legislation, including extremism laws, has been influenced by decades of Soviet rule of the region. When the governments of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan enforce extremism laws, they…