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Additional Name(s):
Boris Ivanovich Andreyev, Андреев Борис Иванович
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Detention Center No. 2, Primorye Territory
Perpetrator:
Russia…
Additional Name(s):
Natalya Vladimirovna Sharapova, Шарапова Наталья Владимировна
Gender:
Female
Current Location:
Detention Center No. 3, Primorye Territory
Perpetrator:…
Additional Name(s):
Anatoliy Yuriyevich Li, Ли Анатолий Юрьевич
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Detention Center No. 2, Primorye Territory
Perpetrator:
Russia…
Additional Name(s):
Муединов Яшар Сейсетдинович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Rustam Sheykhaliev, Шейхалиев Рустем Динарович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief…
Additional Name(s):
Арифмеметов Осман Фератович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Бекиров Аким Экремович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Seitveli Seitabdiyev, Сейтабдиев Сейтвели Эскендерович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or…
Additional Name(s):
Rustem Seitkhalilov, Сейтхалилов Рустем Нариманович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or…
Additional Name(s):
Aleksander Dubovenko, Aleksandr Fedorovich Dubovenko, Oleksandr Dubovenko, Дубовенко Александр Федорович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or…
Additional Name(s):
Aleksander Litvinyuk, Aleksandr Viktorovich Litvinyuk, Oleksandr Lytvyniuk, Литвинюк Александр Викторович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or…
Additional Name(s):
روحا ایمانی
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í
Reports of Torture:
No…
Additional Name(s):
فیروزه سلطان محمدی
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í
Reports of Torture…
Additional Name(s):
Яников Асан Алиевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Eskender Suleimanov, Сулейманов Эскендер Серверович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or…
Additional Name(s):
Абдулгазиев Тофик Султанович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Абдулкадыров Владлен Васильевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:
Muslim –…
Additional Name(s):
Izet Abdulayev, Абдуллаев Иззет Мустафаевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief…
Additional Name(s):
Mejit Abdurakhmanov, Абдурахманов Меджит Анафиевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or…
Additional Name(s):
Адилов Билял Абдурахманович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Remzi Bekirov, Бекиров Ремзи Рустемович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:…
Additional Name(s):
Изетов Риза Мустафаевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Farkhat Bazarov,, Базаров Фарход Эгамбердиевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief…
Additional Name(s):
Raim Aivazov, Айвазов Раим Халилович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:
Muslim…
Dec 14
WHEN:
Dec 14th 10:30am
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Dec 14th 12:00pm…
Additional Name(s):
Умеров Шабан Изетович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
This report reviews Turkey’s continued criminalization of blasphemy under Article 216(3) of the Turkish Penal Code, which permits a prison sentence ranging from six months to one year for an individual “who openly insults the religious values of a…
Dec 6, 2022
USCIRF Releases Report on Blasphemy Charges in Turkey
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following report:
Blasphemy Charges in Turkey – This report reviews Turkey…
Additional Name(s):
Абдрахманов Раиль Рафаилович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Ваньков Вячеслав Евгеньевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Мухамадеев Ленар Зуфарович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Dec 6, 2022
The third annual International Religious Freedom (IRF) Summit will be held in Washington, DC on January 31-February 1, 2023. The IRF Summit is an annual civil society conference that seeks to create a coalition of organizations to work…
Additional Name(s):
Галеев Ильсур Ильдусович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni
Reports…
Additional Name(s):
Османов Эрфан Серверович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Seyran Murtaza, Муртаза Сейран Кемалович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:…
Additional Name(s):
Каримов Алим Эгамбердиевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Jemil Gafarov, Гафаров Джемиль Абдуллаевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Burma
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant
Reports of Torture:
No
Reports of Medical…
Additional Name(s):
وصال ممتازی
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í
Reports of Torture:
No…
Additional Name(s):
فربد علوی
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Evin Prison, Tehran
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í…
Additional Name(s):
شهرام نادری
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Yarsani
Reports of Torture:
No…
Additional Name(s):
Hamid Ghare-Hassanlou, Hamid Qarahasanlou, Hamid Ghareh Hassanlou, Hamid Ghara-Hasanlu, حمید قره حسنلو
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Iran
Ethnic Group:…
Dec 9, 2022
In November 2022, USCIRF visited Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, to assess the current conditions and issues that Burmese Rohingya refugees are facing. The Rohingya community, a predominantly Muslim ethnic minority from Burma, have long fled…
Additional Name(s):
Farzaneh Ghareh Hassanlou, Farzaneh Ghare-Hassanlou, Farzaneh Qarahasanlou, Farzaneh Ghareh Hassanlou, Farzaneh Ghara-Hasanlu, فرزانه قره حسنلو
Gender:
Female
Current Location:…
Additional Name(s):
Faraz Haghighatjo, فراز حقیقت جو
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í
Reports of…
Additional Name(s):
پویا نوروزی
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í
Reports of Torture:
No…
Tolerance, Religious Freedom, and Authoritarianism – This report details how authoritarian states promote religious tolerance without necessarily ensuring freedom of religion or belief. It distinguishes between these two concepts and explains the…
Dec 13, 2022
USCIRF Releases New Report on Religious Tolerance Promotion and Religious Freedom
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report:
Tolerance, Religious Freedom…
This report highlights religious freedom conditions in Burma and the situation for the Rohingya refugee community in Bangladesh. In November 2022, USCIRF met with refugees in Cox’s Bazar, members of intergovernmental organizations, and representatives…
Dec 14, 2022
USCIRF Releases New Report on Burma
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report:
Burma Policy Update – This report highlights religious freedom conditions…
Additional Name(s):
منصور صفایی
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Yarsani
Reports of Torture:
No…
Additional Name(s):
سیاوش حیاتی
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Yarsani
Reports of Torture:
No…
Additional Name(s):
کاکی فرزاد الماسی
Gender:
Unspecified
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Yarsani
Reports of…
Dec 16, 2022
Pursuant to the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, the U.S. Department of State designates Countries of Particular Concern, places countries on its Special Watch List, and designates Entities of Particular Concern. As part of this…
This report provides an overview of religious freedom conditions in Cuba in 2022. Throughout 2022, the Cuban government continued to tightly control religious activity, using many of the same repressive tactics as in previous years, such as surveillance…
Dec 21, 2022
USCIRF Releases Report on Religious Freedom in Cuba
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report:
Cuba Country Update – This report provides an overview of…
Additional Name(s):
منا قدرت
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í
Reports of Torture:
No…
Additional Name(s):
بردیا بصیری
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í
Reports of Torture:
No…
This report provides an overview of Kazakhstan’s religion law and its recent amendments to that law, and details how authorities use this legislation to target and regulate religious groups. Amendments passed in December 2021 did not reflect Kazakhstan’…
Dec 22, 2022
USCIRF Releases Report on Religion Law Amendments in Kazakhstan
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following report:
Kazakhstan Issue Update – This report provides an…
Dec 22, 2022
USCIRF Condemns Sentencing of Baha’i Women in Iran
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) condemned Iran’s sentencing of two Baha’i woman who were former members of the imprisoned Yaran Iran,…
Additional Name(s):
عبدالمجيد الأركاني
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Saudi Arabia
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni
Reports…
Additional Name(s):
Khalid bin Muhammad bin Hamad Al Rashed, خالد الراشد
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Saudi Arabia
Ethnic Group:
Arab
Religion or Belief…
This report assesses religious freedom conditions in Saudi Arabia in 2022. The ongoing power shifts from the Saudi religious establishment to the ruling family has created some opportunities for reforms to guardianship laws, textbooks, and social…
Dec 28, 2022
USCIRF Releases New Report on Religious Freedom in Saudi Arabia
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following report:
Saudi Arabia Country Update – This report…
This report provides an overview of China’s state-controlled religious organizations and their role and function within the country’s institutional control of religion, demonstrating their complicity in the government’s systematic, ongoing, and…
Dec 29, 2022
USCIRF Releases Report on State-Controlled Religion and Religious Freedom Violations in China
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report:
State-Controlled…
This report analyzes religious freedom conditions in Iraq in relation to the federal government’s political crises in 2021 and 2022. It examines sectarianism in Iraqi politics, including intra-Shi’a Muslim tensions and anti-Sunni Muslim sentiment, each…
Jan 3, 2023
USCIRF Releases New Report on Religious Freedom amid Iraq’s Political Crisis
Washington, D.C. – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report:
Religious Freedom amid Iraq’…
Additional Name(s):
مسعود ممتاز
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í
Reports of Torture:
No…
Additional Name(s):
نکیسا حاجی پور
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í
Reports of Torture:…
Additional Name(s):
Anna Khademi
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant
Reports of…
Jan 5, 2023
Authoritarian states promote religious tolerance without necessarily ensuring freedom of religion or belief. Last month, USCIRF released a report distinguishing between these two concepts and explains the origins of religious tolerance…
Additional Name(s):
یاشار راستی
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í
Reports of Torture:
No…
Additional Name(s):
مریم نعمتاللهی
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Unspecified
Reports of Torture…
Additional Name(s):
Abdol-Hamid Masoumi-Tehrani, عبدالحمید معصومی تهرانی
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Shi'a…
Additional Name(s):
سیامک هنرور
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í
Reports of Torture:
No…
Additional Name(s):
سعید اتحاد
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í
Reports of Torture:
No…
Additional Name(s):
ریحانه پاکزاد
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í
Reports of Torture:
No…
Additional Name(s):
غزل پاکزاد
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í
Reports of Torture:
No…
Additional Name(s):
متین گرجی
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í
Reports of Torture:
No…
Additional Name(s):
Sergey Karpenko, Сергія Карпенка
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant…
Additional Name(s):
Valeriy Sergeyevich Kriger, Кригер Валерий Сергеевич
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Detention Center No. 1, Jewish Autonomous Region
Perpetrator:
Russia…
Additional Name(s):
Dmitriy Nikolayevich Zagulin, Загулин Дмитрий Николаевич
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Detention Center No. 1, Jewish Autonomous Region
Perpetrator:…
Additional Name(s):
Sergey Aleksandrovich Shulyarenko, Шуляренко Сергей Александрович
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Detention Center No. 1, Jewish Autonomous Region
Perpetrator…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
China
Ethnic Group:
Tibetan
Religion or Belief:
Buddhist – Tibetan
Reports of Torture:
No…
Additional Name(s):
Sergey Alekseyevich Kardakov, Кардаков Сергей Алексеевич
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Detention Center No. 1, Amur Region
Perpetrator:
Russia…
Additional Name(s):
Sergey Nikolayevich Yermilov,
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Adam Mikhailovich Svarichevskiy, Сваричевский Адам Михайлович
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Detention Center No. 1, Amur Region
Perpetrator:
Russia…
Additional Name(s):
Anton Yuriyevich Olshevskiy, Ольшевский Антон Юрьевич
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Detention Center No. 1, Amur Region
Perpetrator:
Russia…
Additional Name(s):
Sergey Panteleymonovich Afanasiyev, Афанасьев Сергей Пантелеймонович
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Detention Center No. 1, Amur Region
Perpetrator:
Russia…
Additional Name(s):
Leonid Ivanovich Druzhinin, Дружинин Леонид Иванович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Yevgeniy Vladimirovich Bitusov, Битусов Евгений Владимирович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's…
Additional Name(s):
Aleksandr Vasiliyevich Votyakov, Вотяков Александр Васильевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's…
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…
Jan 19, 2023
In 2016, Congress passed the Frank R. Wolf International Religious Freedom Act which mandated that USCIRF maintain a list of individuals targeted for their religion or belief. In 2019, USCIRF launched its Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB)…
Additional Name(s):
محسن افروز
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sufi
Reports of Torture:…
Additional Name(s):
مهسا محمدى
Gender:
Female
Current Location:
Dolatabad Prison, Isfahan
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Unspecified…
Jan 27, 2023
USCIRF Observes International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) observes International Holocaust Remembrance Day by remembering the six million Jews…