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Additional Name(s):
Ибрагимов Тимур Изетович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Seyran Saliev, Салиев Сейран Алимович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:…
Additional Name(s):
Белялов Мемет Решатович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Server Zekiryaev, Зекирьяев Сервер Зекиевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief…
Additional Name(s):
Аметов Эрнес Сейярович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Смаилов Эдем Назимович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
May 8, 2023
USCIRF Alarmed by Worldwide Blasphemy Enforcement
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is alarmed by the continued enforcement of blasphemy provisions around the world and condemns efforts to…
This factsheet outlines religious freedom conditions in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen. Houthi governance justified on religious grounds is putting severe pressure on religious minorities including Christians, Baha’is, Jews, and non-religious persons…
May 11, 2023
USCIRF Releases New Report on Religious Freedom in Houthi-Controlled Areas of Yemen
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report on religious freedom in…
May 12, 2023
USCIRF Thanks Outgoing Commissioner Sharon Kleinbaum
Washington, DC – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) expresses gratitude to Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum for her time and commitment to promoting freedom of religion or…
Additional Name(s):
Aleksey Borisovich Trofimov, Трофимов Алексей Борисович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Dmitriy Yuryevich Malevaniy, Малеваный Дмитрий Юрьевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Olga Aleksandrovna Panyuta, Панюта Ольга Александровна
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
May 14, 2023
USCIRF Commemorates Leah Sharibu’s 20th Birthday and Calls for Her Rescue
Washington, D.C. – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today noted the twentieth birthday of Christian…
May 15, 2023
USCIRF Welcomes the Release of State Department’s 2022 International Religious Freedom Report
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) commends the State Department…
May 17, 2023
USCIRF Welcomes Tajikistan’s Release of Shamil Khakimov and Calls for U.S. Policy Action
Washington, DC – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) welcomes the release of imprisoned Jehovah’s…
Additional Name(s):
Aleksandr Sizikov, Сизиков Александр Васильевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Seyran Hayretdinov, Хайрединов Сейран Нуриевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief…
Additional Name(s):
Alim Sufyanov, Суфьянов Алим Нуритдинович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:…
Additional Name(s):
Эюпов Азамат Серверович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Хамроев Бахром Мардонович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni
Reports…
Jun 08
WHEN:
Jun 8th 10:00am
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Jun 8th 11:00am…
Additional Name(s):
周德勇
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
China
Religion or Belief:
Falun Gong
Reports of Torture:
No…
May 24, 2023
USCIRF Calls for the Release of Mubarak Bala and Yahaya Sharif Aminu
Washington, DC – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today reiterated its calls for the release of Nigerian…
Jun 28
WHEN:
Jun 28th 10:30am
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Jun 28th 12:00pm…
Additional Name(s):
مناهل العتيبي
Gender:
Female
Current Location:
al-Malaz Prison
Perpetrator:
Saudi Arabia
Religion or Belief:
Unspecified…
Jun 2, 2023
USCIRF Calls for Immediate Release of Baha’is Forcibly Disappeared by the Houthis in Yemen
Washington, DC – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) condemns last week’s Houthi attack on a peaceful gathering of Yemeni…
Jun 5, 2023
Abraham Cooper Elected as Chair of Bipartisan U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, Frederick A. Davie as Vice Chair
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (…
Additional Name(s):
Zhahongir Ulugmurodov
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Uzbekistan
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni
Reports…
Additional Name(s):
Oybek Hamidov
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Uzbekistan
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni
Reports of…
Additional Name(s):
Alijon Mirganiev
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Regime Prison No. 12, Navoi Region
Perpetrator:
Uzbekistan
Religion or Belief…
Additional Name(s):
شهدخت خانجانی
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í
Sentence…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Catholic
Reports of Torture:
No
Reports of…
This comprehensive report features three crosscutting research areas that illuminate the religious freedom challenges facing indigenous communities in Latin America. First, the report provides detailed information about recent religious freedom…
Jun 7, 2023
USCIRF Releases Report on Religious Freedom Violations Against Indigenous Communities in Latin America
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report:
Religious…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Catholic
Reports of Torture:
No
Reports of…
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Managua
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Catholic
Reports of Torture…
This report highlights ethnonationalist violence in Nigeria and its implications for religious freedom. Ethnonationalist fighters in Nigeria have politicized religion and attacked civilians based on ethnoreligious identity. These fighters commit some of…
Jun 9, 2023
USCIRF Releases New Report on Ethnonationalism and Religious Freedom in Nigeria
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report on ethnonationalism and religious…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Pakistan
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Unspecified/Other
Reports of Torture:
No
Reports…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Pakistan
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Unspecified/Other
Reports of Torture:
No
Reports…
Jun 12, 2023
USCIRF Delegation Travels to Vietnam to Assess Religious Freedom Conditions
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Vice Chair Frederick A. Davie and Commissioner Eric Ueland traveled with…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Pakistan
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Ahmadiyya
Reports of Torture:
No
Reports of Medical…
Jun 15, 2023
USCIRF Delegation Travels to Kazakhstan to Assess Religious Freedom Conditions
Washington, DC - The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Commissioner Nury Turkel and staff traveled to Almaty and Astana,…
Additional Name(s):
刘爱华
Gender:
Female
Current Location:
Changsha No. 4 Detention Center, Hunan Province
Perpetrator:
China
Religion or Belief:…
Jun 20, 2023
USCIRF Urges President Biden to Raise Religious Freedom Concerns During India State Visit
WASHINGTON, DC –The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) urges President Joseph R. Biden to address concerning issues of…
Jun 22, 2023
In May 2023, violent clashes between two communities erupted in India’s Manipur state, leaving entire villages burned and displacing tens of thousands. The ongoing conflict is between the state’s majority Hindu Meitei community and the…
Additional Name(s):
فاطمه سپهری
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Shi'a
Reports of…
Additional Name(s):
Сайбаталов Марат Темербулатович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Тимканов Алим Рахимович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni
Reports…
Additional Name(s):
Абдрафиков Дамир Винерович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Бариев Руслан Абдулганиевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Идрисов Рафис
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni
Reports of Torture…
Additional Name(s):
Махкамов Фаррух Фарходбекович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Махмудов Шахбоз Равшанбекович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Осмонкулов Туратбек
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni
Reports of…
Additional Name(s):
Ташбулатов Айдар Ренатович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Фомин Руслан Викторович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni
Reports…
Additional Name(s):
Станиславу Москвитину
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant…
Additional Name(s):
Николая Улитина
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant
Reports…
Additional Name(s):
Святославу Югову
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant
Reports…
Additional Name(s):
Николая Богославского
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant…
Additional Name(s):
Ahmad Al-Malahi, أحمد الملاحي
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Sana'a
Perpetrator:
Houthis
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í…
For nearly ten years, the Russian Federation through its military and proxy forces has committed gross religious freedom violations in Ukraine. Following Russia’s 2014 illegal annexation of Crimea, Russian-installed authorities there and in Donbas have…
Since President Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale military invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Russian authorities have continued their systematic harassment and prosecution of religious minority communities within the Russian Federation,…
Jul 5, 2023
USCIRF Releases New Reports on Russia’s Religious Freedom Violations
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new reports on religious freedom conditions in the…
Additional Name(s):
Khunar Alyar ogly Agayev
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni
Reports…
Additional Name(s):
Aydar Ilkhamovich Sageyev
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Víctor Ticay
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Sistema Penitenciario Nacional Jorge Navarro, Tipitapa
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua…
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
Sri Lanka
Religion or Belief:
Unspecified
Reports of Torture:
No
Reports of Medical…
Additional Name(s):
Mohamaddi Rahmatullo, Mohammadi Rahmatullah, Муҳаммадӣ Раҳматуллоҳ, Муҳаррамов Муҳаммад Раҳматуллоевич
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Strict Regime Prison No. 3/1, Vahdat District…
Additional Name(s):
Ernest Seytosmanov, Эрнеса Сейтосманова
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:…
Jul 20
WHEN:
Jul 20th 10:30am
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Jul 20th 12:00pm…
Additional Name(s):
Yuriy Petrovich Gerashchenko, Yuriy Herashchenko, Юрія Геращенка, Геращенко Юрий Петрович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:…
Additional Name(s):
Sergei Georgievich Parfenovich, Serhiy Parfenovych, Сергія Парфеновича, Парфенович Сергей Георгиевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief…
May 3, 2023
This op-ed was originally published by Religion News Service on May 3, 2023.
By USCIRF Chair Nury Turkel & Vice Chair Abraham Cooper
Denying religious freedom and women’s rights go hand-in-hand.
Over the…
Jul 14, 2023
USCIRF Welcomes President Biden’s Appointment of Susie Gelman to U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
Washington, DC – President Joseph R. Biden announced today the appointment of Susie Gelman to the U.S. Commission on…
Additional Name(s):
Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed Khalifa, أحمد محمد أحمد خليفة
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Egypt
Religion or Belief:
Unspecified…
Additional Name(s):
何冰钢
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
China
Religion or Belief:
Falun Gong
Health Concerns:
Physical Disability…
Additional Name(s):
张轶博
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
China
Religion or Belief:
Falun Gong
Reports of Torture:
No…
This issue update provides an overview of the status of freedom of religion or belief in the European Union (EU). The EU and many of its member states are active in the promotion of religious freedom abroad, yet some EU countries have nonetheless…
Jul 24, 2023
USCIRF Releases New Report on Religious Freedom Concerns in the European Union
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report on religious freedom issues in the…
Additional Name(s):
Fernando Israel Zamora Silva
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Catholic…
Additional Name(s):
فواد شاکر
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í
Reports of Torture:
No…
Additional Name(s):
شهرام فلاح
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í
Reports of Torture:
No…
Additional Name(s):
یکتا فلاح
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í
Reports of Torture:
No…
Additional Name(s):
بهنام پور احمری
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í
Reports of Torture:…
Additional Name(s):
پریدخت شجاعی
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í
Reports of Torture:
No…
Additional Name(s):
کیوان رحیمیان
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Evin Prison, Tehran
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í…
Additional Name(s):
Shiva Kashani-Nejad (Samieian), Shiva Kashaninezhad (Samieian), شیوا کاشانی نژاد
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í…
Additional Name(s):
مژگان صمیمی
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í
Reports of Torture:
No…
Additional Name(s):
Dr. Badr Al-Mishari, Badr Al-Mesrahi, Badr Al-Misrahi, Sheikh Badr Nader Al-Mashari, الشيخ بدر نادر المشاري
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Saudi Arabia…
Aug 3, 2023
USCIRF Commemorates the Ninth Anniversary of the Yazidi Genocide
Washington, D.C. – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) this week joined communities around the world in commemorating the ninth…