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Nov 10, 2022
Tajikistan’s population is majority Sunni Muslim, with a small Shi’a Muslim community which primarily consists of ethnic Pamiris located in the mountainous eastern part of the country known as the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO).…
Nov 17, 2022
USCIRF Releases Report on Religious Freedom Implications of
Official and Favored Religions
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report:
Global Overview of…
Jan 12, 2023
Governments around the world use many different strategies to control or repress religion, but a common tactic is for the state to elevate a particular religion to a special status in ways that can marginalize different faiths or belief…
Feb 10, 2023
In recent years USCIRF has reported that religious freedom conditions in Algeria have continued to deteriorate with the government increasingly enforcing blasphemy laws and restricting worship. These laws particularly impact religious…
This issue update examines the common features of India’s 12 state-level anti-conversion laws and explains how those features are inconsistent with international human rights law. Common features of these laws include prohibitions on conversions,…
Mar 14, 2023
USCIRF Releases New Report on India’s State-Level Anti-Conversion Laws
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report:
India’s State-Level Anti-Conversion Laws…
This comprehensive report explores the bureaucratization of religion in four countries in Southeast Asia: Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand. This bureaucratization is a phenomenon that occurs through the use of administrative mechanisms to…
Sep 7, 2023
USCIRF Releases Report on The Bureaucratization of Religion in Southeast Asia
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report:
The Bureaucratization of Religion…
Sep 8, 2023
USCIRF Concerned by France’s Expanding Interpretation of Ban on Religious Outfits in Public Schools
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is troubled by France’s decision to prohibit the…
This report highlights the systematic targeting, prosecution, and punishment of Muslims in Kazakhstan for their online religious activity and highlights the cases of eight known individuals who have received prison sentences on this basis. Under the…