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Feb 1, 2023
USCIRF Calls for Accountability of Tatmadaw at Two Year Anniversary of Coup in Burma
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today marked the second anniversary of the military coup in…
Additional Name(s):
Hani Farouk Gibran, هاني فاروق جبران
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Egypt
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Orthodox
Health…
Sema Hasan
Policy Analyst
Sema Hasan is a Policy Analyst at the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. She focuses on South Asia, primarily Afghanistan, India and Pakistan. Prior to USCIRF, Sema worked as a Researcher and Project Lead with…
Additional Name(s):
Óscar Danilo Benavidez Dávila
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Catholic…
Jan 31
WHEN:
Jan 31st 8:30am
-
Jan 31st 9:30am…
This factsheet highlights challenges facing freedom of religion or belief in several countries in the Horn of Africa, including Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia. In recent years, crises, insurgencies, and authoritarian regimes in the region have yielded…
Feb 7, 2023
USCIRF Releases New Report on Religious Freedom Concerns in the Horn of Africa
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report:
Religious Freedom Concerns in the…
This factsheet highlights challenges facing freedom of religion or belief in several countries in Central Africa, such as Central African Republic (CAR), Cameroon, and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The politicization of religious identity and…
Feb 9, 2023
USCIRF Releases New Report on Religious Freedom Concerns in Central Africa
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report:
Religious Freedom Concerns in…
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…
Additional Name(s):
كامىلە ۋاھىت, 卡米莱·瓦依提
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
China
Ethnic Group:
Uyghur
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Unspecified/Other…
Feb 14, 2023
USCIRF Condemns Nicaragua’s 26-year Prison Sentence for Bishop Rolando Álvarez
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) condemns the Nicaraguan government’s sentencing of Catholic Bishop Rolando…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Uzbekistan
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni
Reports of Torture:
No
Reports of Medical…
Additional Name(s):
Alimardon Sultonov, Алимардон Султонов
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Uzbekistan
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Feb 16, 2023
USCIRF Expresses Concern for the Integrity of Religious Sites in Jerusalem Area
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) reiterates the importance of ensuring freedom of worship and maintaining…
Additional Name(s):
Rachung Gendun, རྭ་ཆུང་དགེ་འདུན་, 让琼格登
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Mianyang Prison, Fucheng, Mianyang, Sichuan
Perpetrator:
China…
Additional Name(s):
བསོད་ནམས་རྒྱ་མཚོ་, 索南嘉措
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
China
Ethnic Group:
Tibetan
Religion or Belief:
Buddhist – Tibetan…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Burma
Ethnic Group:
Chin
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant
Reports of Torture:
No…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Indonesia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Orthodox
Reports of Torture:
No
Reports of…
Mar 08
WHEN:
Mar 8th 10:00am
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Mar 8th 11:00am…
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
China
Religion or Belief:
Falun Gong
Reports of Torture:
No
Reports of Medical Neglect…
Feb 24, 2023
USCIRF Concerned by Religious Freedom Implications of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today marked the one-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale military…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Pakistan
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Unspecified/Other
Reports of Torture:
No
Reports…
Mar 3, 2023
USCIRF Outraged by Suspected Poison Attacks on Girls Attending School in Iran
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is outraged over reports of ongoing poison attacks affecting hundreds of…
Mar 15
WHEN:
Mar 15th 10:30am
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Mar 15th 12:00pm…
Additional Name(s):
سارا متقی
Gender:
Female
Current Location:
Lakan Prison, Rasht
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Unspecified…
Mar 7, 2023
USCIRF Relieved by Release of Iranian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani
Calls for Release of All Prisoners of Conscience in Iran
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today expressed relief over news…
Mar 8, 2023
USCIRF Observes International Women’s Day
Brings Attention to Religious Freedom Violations Abroad Against Women
Washington, DC – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today commemorates International Women’s Day, and…
Additional Name(s):
廉长年
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
China
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant
Reports of Torture…
Additional Name(s):
付娟
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
China
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant
Reports of Torture…
Additional Name(s):
廉旭亮
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
China
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant
Reports of Torture…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
China
Ethnic Group:
Nu
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant
Reports of Torture:
No…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
China
Ethnic Group:
Nu
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant
Reports of Torture:
No…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
China
Ethnic Group:
Nu
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant
Reports of Torture:
No…
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
China
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant
Reports of Torture:
No
Reports of…
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
China
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant
Reports of Torture:
No
Reports of…
Mar 9, 2023
This op-ed was originally published by The Hill on March 8, 2023.
By USCIRF Commissioners Mohamed Magid and Frank R. Wolf
At the start of the new year, armed gunmen in northern Nigeria invaded the home of …
Mar 13, 2023
USCIRF Welcomes Additional Humanitarian Assistance for the Rohingya Refugee Crisis
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) welcomes the launch of the 2023 Joint Response Plan for the Rohingya…
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…
Additional Name(s):
Февзиев Раиф Энверович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Мустафаев Марлен Рамисович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Taras Grigoryevich Kuzio, Taras Kuzo, Кузьо Тарас Григорьевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's…
Additional Name(s):
Sergei Aleksandrovich Lyulin, Люлин Сергей Александрович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Petr Zhiltsov, Petr Alekseyevich Zhiltsov, Жильцов Пётр Алексеевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's…
Additional Name(s):
Ильясов Руслан Айратович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni
Reports…
Additional Name(s):
Базарбаев Марат Тукмурзаевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Насыров Вадим Гайфуллаевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Бекиров Джеббар Сейранович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Абдуллаев Завур Абибуллаевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Мурасов Рустем Себатович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Таиров Рустем Мансурович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Османов Ансар Исмаилович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Аметхану Абдулвапову
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Талипов Радик Азаматович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni
Reports…
Additional Name(s):
Хабибуллин Тимур Магафурович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Харисов Фарит Кабирович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni
Reports…
Additional Name(s):
Yegor Aleksandrovich Pogrebnyak, Погребняк Егор Александрович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's…
Additional Name(s):
Yuriy Ivanovich Bycha, Быче Юрий Иванович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Sergey Anatoliyevich Novoselov,
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Kishta Ochirovna Tutinova, Тутинова Кишта Очировна
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
India
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sufi
Reports of Torture:
No
Reports of Medical Neglect…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
India
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Unspecified/Other
Reports of Torture:
No
Reports of…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Pakistan
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Catholic
Reports of Torture:
No
Reports of Medical…
This factsheet places African traditional and indigenous religions within the broader international religious freedom discourse, from which they have historically been underrepresented. In several contexts, practitioners of African traditional and…
Apr 4, 2023
USCIRF Releases New Report on African Traditional and Indigenous Religions
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report on African traditional and indigenous…
Additional Name(s):
Симонов Михаил Юрьевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Orthodox
Health Concerns:…
Additional Name(s):
Abbas Kourkour, عباس کورکور مجاهد کورکور
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Iran
Ethnic Group:
Lor
Religion or Belief:
Unspecified…
This factsheet describes the Iranian government’s deliberate and systematic use of sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) against Iranians protesting mandatory hijab laws and other religious freedom violations. The factsheet demonstrates evidence that…
Apr 19, 2023
USCIRF Releases New Report on Sexual and Gender Based Violence Against Religious Freedom Protesters in Iran
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report on…
Apr 19, 2023
USCIRF Condemns Funeral Attack, Rising Violence in Northcentral Nigeria
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today condemned the recent attack on a funeral in Benue State, Nigeria, which…
Additional Name(s):
Nahale Shahidi Yazdi
Gender:
Female
Current Location:
Kerman Prison
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í…
May 10
WHEN:
May 10th 10:30am
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May 10th 12:00pm…
Apr 25, 2023
This op-ed was originally published by The Diplomat on April 25, 2023.
By USCIRF Chair Nury Turkel & Commissioner Eric Ueland
The visit of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion…
Across west and central Africa, escalating violence and abuses against Fulani Muslim civilians are negatively impacting religious freedom for many communities. Governments and state-backed forces in Mali, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Central African Republic…
Apr 27, 2023
USCIRF Releases New Report on Abuses against Fulani Muslim Civilians
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report on abuses against Fulani Muslim civilians…
Apr 27, 2023
USCIRF Condemns Russia’s Closure of the SOVA Center
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) denounced Russia’s forcible closure of the SOVA Center for Information and Analysis, a…
Religious freedom conditions in Sri Lanka are concerning. The government enforces discriminatory legislation such as the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) Act to arbitrarily detain…
May 1, 2023
USCIRF Releases 2023 Annual Report Highlighting Worsening Religious Freedom Conditions Around the World
Includes new recommendations of Cuba and Nicaragua as Countries of Particular Concern and Sri Lanka for the Special Watch List
Washington,…
View the 2023 Annual Report
Highlights from USCIRF’s 2023 Annual Report
Numbers-at-a-Glance
17 countries recommended for “country of particular concern” (CPC) designation
2 new countries recommended for CPC designation
11…
Additional Name(s):
Aleksey Viktorovich Ukhov, Ухов Алексей Викторович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Nikolay Pavlovich Voishchev, Воищев Николай Павлович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Лукманов Азат Разифович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni
Reports…
Additional Name(s):
Ялкабов Тимур Муминович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Сейдаметов Ленур Люманович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Бектемиров Вадим Заидинович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Муратов Зекирья Саитович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Ибрагимов Эрнест Ильясович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Фёдоров Олег (Али) Владимирович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:
Muslim –…
Additional Name(s):
Зиядинов Эмиль Исмаилович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Мустафаев Сервер Рустемович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
May 5, 2023
USCIRF Documents 2,000 Victims, Calls Attention to Millions Persecuted for Religion or Belief
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today surpassed 2,000 individuals included in its …
Additional Name(s):
Эмирусеинов Рустем Решатович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Абхаиров Арсен Ремзиевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Абдулганиев Эскендер Изетович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:
Muslim –…
Additional Name(s):
Асанов Марлен Рифатович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…