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Reforms in Kazakhstan Could Improve Religious Freedom
Aug 6, 2021 The Kazakhstani government is implementing promising reforms that could make Kazakhstan Central Asia’s leading example of religious freedom. USCIRF has recommended the U.S. State Department place…
USCIRF Calls for Justice on Fourth Anniversary of Genocidal Campaign Against Rohingya Muslims
Aug 25, 2021 USCIRF Calls for Justice on Fourth Anniversary of Genocidal Campaign Against Rohingya Muslims Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today marked the fourth…
Fourth Anniversary of the Rohingya Genocide
Aug 25, 2021 On August 25, 2017, the Burmese military, known as the Tatmadaw, launched a genocidal campaign in Rakhine State against the largely Muslim Rohingya community. The United Nations Independent Investigative Mechanism…
Renewed Concerns Over Religious Tensions in Bosnia
Dec 3, 2021 From 1992-1995, Bosnia endured a brutal ethno-religious war, as Bosnian Serbs ethnically cleansed their Muslim neighbors in the east of the country. The 1995 Dayton Accords, brokered by the United States, ended the…
USCIRF Calls for Accountability of Tatmadaw at One Year Anniversary of Coup in Burma
Feb 1, 2022 USCIRF Calls for Accountability of Tatmadaw at One Year Anniversary of Coup in Burma Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today marked the first anniversary of the…
The Grim Backdrop to the Beijing Olympics
Feb 11, 2022 Several Western governments joined the U.S. in diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Olympics amid the outcry over China’s human rights and religious freedom abuses. Nevertheless, the lack of international solidarity…
USCIRF Commends Release of Egyptian Religious Prisoner Reda Abdel Rahman
Mar 3, 2022 USCIRF Commends Release of Egyptian Religious Prisoner Reda Abdel Rahman Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) commends the release of Egyptian Qur’anist Muslim Reda…
USCIRF Welcomes State Department’s Determination of Genocide Committed by Burmese Military Against Rohingya
Mar 21, 2022 USCIRF Welcomes State Department’s Determination of Genocide Committed by Burmese Military Against Rohingya Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) applauds the…
Rohingya Genocide Determination and Accountability
Apr 1, 2022 The Rohingya community in Burma have been targeted by the Burmese military (known as the Tatmadaw) with mass killings and rape since 2017, forcing hundreds of thousands to flee the country. Since the military coup…
USCIRF Applauds Permanent Reauthorization of Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act
Apr 13, 2022 USCIRF Applauds Permanent Reauthorization of Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act Washington, D.C. – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) welcomes the permanent…