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Additional Name(s):
Dmitriy Naukhatskiy, Dmitriy Aleksandrovich Naukhatskiy, Наухацкий Дмитрий, Наухацкий Дмитрий Александрович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or…
This report assesses the current state of religious freedom in Egypt in light of recent country conditions, incorporating the findings of USCIRF’s May 2023 visit to the country. The country update evaluates the current environment for several of Egypt’s…
Additional Name(s):
Sergei Romanov, Sergei Aleksandrovich Romanov, Романов Сергей, Романов Сергей Александрович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:…
Aug 4, 2023
USCIRF Releases New Report on Religious Freedom Conditions in Egypt
Washington, D.C. – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report on religious freedom conditions in…
Additional Name(s):
Artyom Velichko, Artyom Igorevich Velichko, Величко Артём Игоревич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's…
Additional Name(s):
Ivan Yevgeniyevich Neverov, Неверов Иван Евгеньевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Mikhail Stanislavovich Shevchuk, Шевчук Михаил
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
شادی شهید زاده
Gender:
Female
Current Location:
Evin Prison
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í…
Additional Name(s):
منصور امینی
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Evin Prison
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í…
Additional Name(s):
ولی الله قدمیان
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Evin Prison
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í…
Additional Name(s):
سابین یزدانی
Gender:
Female
Current Location:
Kachoui Prison, Karaj
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í…
Additional Name(s):
Mahsa Tirgar, مهسا تیرگر بهنمیری
Gender:
Female
Current Location:
Kachoui Prison, Karaj
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief…
Additional Name(s):
رامله تیرگرنژاد
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í
Reports of Torture:…
Additional Name(s):
Elham Shareghi, الهام شارقی آرانی
Gender:
Female
Current Location:
Kachoui Prison, Karaj
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief…
Additional Name(s):
Nakissa Sadeghi, نکیسا صادقی
Gender:
Female
Current Location:
Kachoui Prison, Karaj
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:…
Additional Name(s):
صدف شیخ زاده
Gender:
Female
Current Location:
Kachoui Prison, Karaj
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í…
Additional Name(s):
شهرزاد مستوری
Gender:
Female
Current Location:
Kachoui Prison, Karaj
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í…
Additional Name(s):
نگین رضایی
Gender:
Female
Current Location:
Kachoui Prison, Karaj
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í…
Aug 9, 2023
USCIRF Condemns Recent Arrests and Jailing of Baha’is in Iran
Washington, D.C. – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today condemned the Iranian government’s recent mass arrests and jailing of members of the…
Additional Name(s):
Bakhram Saparov, Bahram Jumanazarowich Saparow
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Turkmenistan
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
ماریا خانجانی
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í
Reports of Torture:
No…
Aug 14, 2023
USCIRF Calls On Congress to Protect Religious Minorities Fleeing Iran
Washington, D.C. – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) again called on Congress to reauthorize the bipartisan Lautenberg Amendment, a…
This report provides an overview of religious freedom conditions in Nepal by examining how the country’s criminalization of proselytism, blasphemy, and cow slaughter in the National Penal (Code) Act, 2017, violate protections for the right to freedom of…
Aug 17, 2023
USCIRF Releases New Report on Religious Freedom Conditions in Nepal
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report on religious freedom issues in Nepal:
Nepal…
Additional Name(s):
Kakadjan Abdullaevich Halbaev, Халбаев Какаджан Абдуллаевич, Halbaýew Kakajan Abdullaýewiç
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Turkmenistan
Religion or Belief…
Additional Name(s):
Kemal Meylismyradovich Saparov, Сапаров Кемал Мейлисмырадович, Кемал Сапаров, Saparow Kemal Meýlismyradowiç
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Turkmenistan…
Additional Name(s):
Newsha Badie Sabet, نیوشا بدیعی ثابت
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í…
Additional Name(s):
سوزان عید محمدزادگان
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í
Reports of Torture…
Additional Name(s):
آرش نبوی
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í
Reports of Torture:
No…
Additional Name(s):
Mowlawi Abdolmajid Moradzahi, عبدالمجید مرادزهی
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Vakilabad Prison, Mashhad
Perpetrator:
Iran
Ethnic…
Additional Name(s):
Mowlawi Abdolaziz Omarzahi
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Iran
Ethnic Group:
Baluch
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Mowlawi Abdollah Barahouie
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni
Reports…
Additional Name(s):
Ruslan Nagaev, Нагаев Руслан Сейранович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:…
Additional Name(s):
Кантимиров Эльдар Шкуриевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Месутов Руслан Аметович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Халилов Ленур Абдураманович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Pavel Alekseyevich Kazadaev,
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Yashar Shikhametov, Яшара Шихаметова, Шихаметов Яшар Рустемович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar…
Additional Name(s):
Raja Amir Masih
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Pakistan
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Unspecified/Other…
Additional Name(s):
Исмету Ибрагимову, Ибрагимов Исмет Таирович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief…
Additional Name(s):
Mowlawi Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
آنیسا فنائیان
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í
Reports of Torture:
No…
Additional Name(s):
Shabnam Tebyanyan, شبنم تبیانیان
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í
Reports…
Additional Name(s):
Моисеенко Владимир Павлович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Unknown
Reports of…
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Adi Abeto Prison
Perpetrator:
Eritrea
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Mai Serwa Prison
Perpetrator:
Eritrea
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Mai Serwa Prison
Perpetrator:
Eritrea
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Mai Serwa Prison
Perpetrator:
Eritrea
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Adi Abeto Prison
Perpetrator:
Eritrea
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Gender:
Female
Current Location:
Mai Serwa Prison
Perpetrator:
Eritrea
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Adi Abeto Prison
Perpetrator:
Eritrea
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Gender:
Female
Current Location:
Adi Abeto Prison
Perpetrator:
Eritrea
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Mai Serwa Prison
Perpetrator:
Eritrea
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Mai Serwa Prison
Perpetrator:
Eritrea
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Gender:
Female
Current Location:
Mai Serwa Prison
Perpetrator:
Eritrea
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Aug 25, 2023
USCIRF Calls for Action Against Burmese Military’s Genocidal Campaign and Expanded Assistance for Rohingya Survivors
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) marks the sixth anniversary of the…
This report provides an overview of religious freedom conditions in Eritrea and highlights recent developments. The country update evaluates the government of Isaias Afwerki and discusses U.S.-Eritrean diplomatic relations, which generally have been…
Aug 29, 2023
USCIRF Releases New Report on Eritrea’s Religious Freedom Violations
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released the following new report on religious freedom conditions in Eritrea…
This report highlights the deterioration of religious freedom conditions in Afghanistan in the two years since the Taliban takeover of the country. Through a series of edicts, decrees, and circular letters, the Taliban have systematically restricted the…
Aug 30, 2023
USCIRF Releases New Report on Religious Freedom and Women’s Rights in Afghanistan
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report on religious freedom conditions…
Additional Name(s):
Аббозов Сейтяга
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Алиев Ринат Аблятифович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Бекиров Эдем Асанович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Темерьянов Вилен Фаридович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Крош Энвер Умерович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Muhammad al-Ghamdi, محمد بن ناصر الغامدي
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Saudi Arabia
Ethnic Group:
Arab
Religion or Belief:…
Additional Name(s):
Adela Elizabeth Espinoza Tercero
Gender:
Female
Current Location:
La Esperanza prison, Tipitapa, Nicaragua
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua…
Gender:
Female
Current Location:
La Esperanza prison, Tipitapa, Nicaragua
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Catholic…
This report highlights religious freedom conditions in Vietnam following a USCIRF delegation visit to the country in May 2023. While acknowledging the deepening partnership between Vietnam and the United States, as well as the incremental progress…
Sep 5, 2023
USCIRF Releases New Report on Religious Freedom in Vietnam
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report:
Vietnam Country Update – This report highlights…
Additional Name(s):
Журавель Никита Сергеевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Unspecified
Reports of…
Additional Name(s):
Галимов Илфат Миратович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni
Reports…
Additional Name(s):
Халиков Рустам Османович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni
Reports…
Additional Name(s):
Акрамжон Абдуллаев, Абдуллаев Акрамжон Махмуджанович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Нематжон Исроилов, Исроилов Нематжон Махмуджанович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
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…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Pakistan
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Unspecified/Other
Reports of Torture:
No
Reports of…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Catholic
Reports of Torture:
No
Reports of…
This report provides an overview of religious freedom conditions in Iran in 2023. It enumerates various forms of repression that Iran’s government has used to target religious minorities and those whose views differ from the government’s religiously-…
Sep 12, 2023
USCIRF Releases Report on Religious Freedom in Iran
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report:
Iran Country Update – This report provides an overview of…
Sep 12, 2023
USCIRF Welcomes Release of Vietnamese Religious Prisoner of Conscience Nguyen Bac Truyen
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) welcomed the release of Nguyen Bac Truyen, a Hoa Hao…
Additional Name(s):
Енвера Сейтосманова, Сейтосманов Энвер Казимович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief…
Additional Name(s):
Омеров Риза Энверович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Омеров Энвер Викторович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Джаппаров Айдер Энверович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Oct 23
WHEN:
Oct 23rd 3:00pm
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Oct 23rd 5:00pm…
Sep 20
WHEN:
Sep 20th 9:30am
-
Sep 20th 11:00am…
Additional Name(s):
Балабкин Владимир Моисеевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
The compendium is a comprehensive resource that documents the text of the 95 national level blasphemy laws.
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This report lists the 95 countries with legislation criminalizing expressions insulting or offending religious feelings, figures, or symbols. It also explains how that legislation is inconsistent with international human rights law’s protections for the…
Sep 14, 2023
USCIRF Releases Updated Blasphemy Factsheet and Blasphemy Law Compendium
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released two new reports:
Legislation Factsheet on Blasphemy – This…
Sep 15, 2023
USCIRF Calls Attention to Iran’s Brutal Violence and Mass Arrests on One-Year Anniversary of Mahsa Zhina Amini’s Killing
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) marks the one-year anniversary…
This report examines recent developments as well as ongoing factors affecting religious freedom in Iraq under both Iraq’s federal government (IFG) and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). The country update evaluates Iraq’s persistent political…
Additional Name(s):
انوشاوان آودیان
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant
Reports of…
Sep 18, 2023
USCIRF Releases New Report on Religious Freedom in Iraq
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released the following new report on religious freedom conditions in Iraq:
Iraq Country…
This report continues USCIRF’s ongoing assessment of the global religious freedom implications of government laws based on official or favored religions, in this case examining the dynamics of personal status and family laws in the Middle East and North…
Sep 19, 2023
USCIRF Releases New Report on Religiously Based Family Law in the Middle East and North Africa
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report:
Personal Status…