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Additional Name(s):
أنس المزروع
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Saudi Arabia
Ethnic Group:
Arab
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Sep 22, 2023
USCIRF Deeply Troubled by Uzbekistan’s Backsliding on Religious Freedom
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is deeply troubled by reports indicating that the government of Uzbekistan is…
Additional Name(s):
Kim Jung-uk, 김정욱
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
North Korea
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant…
Additional Name(s):
Kim Kuk-gi, 김국기
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
North Korea
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant…
Additional Name(s):
سینا شهری
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Tabliz Prison, Tabliz
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í…
This report highlights the systematic targeting, prosecution, and punishment of Muslims in Kazakhstan for their online religious activity and highlights the cases of eight known individuals who have received prison sentences on this basis. Under the…
Oct 2, 2023
USCIRF Releases Report on the Prosecution of Online Religious Activity in Kazakhstan
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report:
Prosecuting Online…
This report provides an overview of the religious freedom landscape in Kyrgyzstan by outlining the laws and trends that impact religious communities’ ability to freely practice their beliefs. The government unduly restricts religious activities through…
Oct 3, 2023
USCIRF Releases Report on Religious Freedom in Kyrgyzstan
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report:
Kyrgyzstan Country Update - This report provides an…
Oct 3, 2023
This op-ed was originally published by The Hill on October 2, 2023.
By USCIRF Vice Chair Frederick A. Davie and Commissioner Frank Wolf
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) engages in nefarious transnational…
Oct 3, 2023
USCIRF Reiterates Concerns on Religious Freedom in India, Calls for Release of Religious Prisoners of Conscience
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) held a hearing on “Advancing Religious…
Additional Name(s):
Viacheslav Khrimli, Отця Христофора, Хримли Вячеслава Евгеньевича
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Orthodox…
Additional Name(s):
отця Андрія, Чуя Андрея Васильевича
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Orthodox…
Additional Name(s):
Julio Ricardo Norori Jiménez
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Catholic…
Additional Name(s):
José Iván Centeno Tercero
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Catholic…
Additional Name(s):
Cristóbal Reynaldo Gadea Velásquez
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Catholic…
Additional Name(s):
Álvaro José Toledo Amador
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Catholic…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Catholic
Reports of Torture:
No
Reports of…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Catholic
Date of Detainment:
October/7/2023…
Additional Name(s):
Данил Смаль
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Military Unit No. 28237, Almaty Region
Perpetrator:
Kazakhstan
Religion or Belief…
Oct 11, 2023
USCIRF Condemns Religious Incitement Over Israel-Gaza Conflict
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) condemned religious incitement related to the emerging conflict between Israel and…
Additional Name(s):
Aşyrbaý Bekiýew, Ашырбай Бекиев
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Turkmenistan
Ethnic Group:
Turkmen
Religion or Belief:
Muslim –…
In October 1998, the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA) elevated freedom of religion or belief as a U.S. foreign policy priority. This landmark law mandates that U.S. policy include condemning violations of religious freedom abroad and assisting…
Additional Name(s):
热依拉·达吾提, راھىلە داۋۇت
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
China
Ethnic Group:
Uyghur
Religion or Belief:
Unspecified…
Additional Name(s):
Костянтин Максимов
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Orthodox…
Additional Name(s):
Andrey Andreyevich Kapatsyna, Андрея Капацыну
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant…
Additional Name(s):
Vyacheslav Yuryevich Reznichenko, Вячеслав Резниченко
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant…
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Soc Trang Province
Perpetrator:
Vietnam
Ethnic Group:
Khmer Krom
Religion or Belief:
Buddhist – Unspecified/Other…
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Tra Vinh Province
Perpetrator:
Vietnam
Ethnic Group:
Khmer Krom
Religion or Belief:
Buddhist – Unspecified/Other…
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Tra Vinh Province
Perpetrator:
Vietnam
Ethnic Group:
Khmer Krom
Religion or Belief:
Buddhist – Unspecified/Other…
Oct 25, 2023
USCIRF Condemns Nicaragua’s Expulsion of Arbitrarily Detained Priests
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) condemns the Nicaraguan government’s expulsion of ten arbitrarily detained…
Oct 31, 2023
USCIRF Delegation Travels to Sri Lanka to Assess Religious Freedom Conditions
Washington, DC – United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Commissioners Stephen Schneck and David Curry traveled with staff to Colombo,…
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Unspecified
Reports of Torture:
Yes
Reports of Medical Neglect…
Nov 09
WHEN:
Nov 9th 3:30pm
-
Nov 9th 4:30pm…
Nov 3, 2023
USCIRF Alarmed by Attacks on Religious Sites During Armed Conflict
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) expressed alarm over an increase in the destruction of religious sites. In both…
Jul 18
WHEN:
Jul 18th 10:30am…
Nov 6, 2023
USCIRF Concerned by Pakistan’s Expulsion of Refugees and Attacks Against Ahmadiyya Muslims
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is troubled by reports of increased detainment, violence, and…
Nov 9, 2023
USCIRF Condemns Rising Antisemitism in Europe on 85th Anniversary of Kristallnacht
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) solemnly marks the 85th anniversary of Kristallnacht by condemning the…
This report examines threats to religious properties in Turkey, including places of worship, religious institutions, and cemeteries. While the number and severity of violent attacks targeting religious sites—such as bombings and other terrorist methods—…
Nov 13, 2023
USCIRF Releases Report on Threats to Religious Sites in Turkey
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released the following report:
Examination of Threats to Religious Sites in Turkey – This…
This report provides an overview of religious freedom conditions in the Sahel region of Africa and highlights recent developments. The report evaluates the three countries of Sudan, Mali and Niger and discusses violent extremist groups, the fragility of…
Nov 14, 2023
USCIRF Releases Report on Religious Freedom in the Sahel Region of Africa
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released the following new report on religious freedom conditions in the…
Nov 15, 2023
USCIRF Condemns Iran’s Religious Persecution of Baha’is
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) condemns the Iranian government’s recent spate of arrests of Baha’is across the country. Since…
Nov 28
WHEN:
Nov 28th 11:00am
-
Nov 28th 12:00pm…
Additional Name(s):
Yevgeniy Valeriyevich Bushev, Бушев Евгений Валерьевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Nov 17, 2023
USCIRF Condemns U.S. Business Leaders’ Applause for President Xi Jinping
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) strongly condemns U.S. corporations for continuing to conduct business in China…
This report analyzes how countries impermissibly restrict individuals’ freedom to wear garb expressing or in accordance with their religion or belief. These restrictions typically involve governments either prohibiting or mandating the wearing of…
Nov 20, 2023
USCIRF Releases Report on Religious Garb and International Human Rights Law
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report:
Religious Garb Restrictions and…
Additional Name(s):
رضا رسایی
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Iran
Ethnic Group:
Kurd
Religion or Belief:
Yarsani…
The FoRB Victims List Country Profiles are illustrative of the victims in the Frank R. Wolf Freedom of Religion or Belief Victims List database. Mandated by the amended International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, the Victims List documents individuals…
This report documents the text of the 73 national anti-conversion laws on the books around the world. In total, 46 countries have at least one national anti-conversion law in force. Four types of national anti-conversion laws are documented: anti-…
Nov 28, 2023
USCIRF Releases Report on National Level Anti-Conversion Laws around the World
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report:
Compendium of National Anti-…
Dec 13
WHEN:
Dec 13th 11:00am…
This report provides an overview of religious freedom conditions in Belarus in 2023, including the impact of expanding government repression on religious communities. The religious freedom situation in Belarus continues to deteriorate as Belarusian…
Dec 4, 2023
USCIRF Releases Report on Religious Freedom in Belarus
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report on religious freedom conditions in Belarus:
Belarus…
This report provides an update on religious freedom conditions in Azerbaijan in 2023. Although Azerbaijan has in recent years ceased some problematic practices regarding state interference in its people’s practice of their religion or beliefs, the…
Dec 5, 2023
USCIRF Releases Report on Religious Freedom in Azerbaijan
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report on religious freedom conditions in Azerbaijan:…
Additional Name(s):
نورة القحطاني
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
Saudi Arabia
Ethnic Group:
Arab
Religion or Belief:
Unspecified…
Dec 7, 2023
USCIRF Commemorates 75th Anniversary of UN Genocide Convention, Seeks Justice for Genocide Victims
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) observes the International Day of Commemoration and…
Dec 8, 2023
USCIRF Marks 75 Years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) commemorates the 75th anniversary of the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption of…
This report provides an overview of religious freedom conditions and developments in Tajikistan. It details the legal framework regulating religion, the situation of Sunni and Ismaili Shi’a Muslims, issues impacting Christian communities, and cases of…
Dec 11, 2023
USCIRF Releases Report on Religious Freedom in Tajikistan
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report:
Tajikistan Country Update – This report provides an…
Additional Name(s):
Герасимов Алексей Анатольевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Серебряков Александр Георгиевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Wangchuk Tso, དབང་ཕྱུག་མཚོ་, 旺秀措
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
China
Ethnic Group:
Tibetan
Religion or Belief:
Buddhist –…
Additional Name(s):
Semkyi Dolma, སེམས་སྐྱིད་སྒྲོལ་མ་, 森吉卓玛
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
China
Ethnic Group:
Tibetan
Religion or Belief:
Buddhist…
Additional Name(s):
Kunchok Dakpa, དཀོན་མཆོག་གྲགས་པ་, 贡却扎巴
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
China
Ethnic Group:
Tibetan
Religion or Belief:
Buddhist –…
Dec 14, 2023
USCIRF Alarmed by Rising Violence Against Religious Groups in Nigeria
Urges State Department to Make CPC Designation
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) condemns the recent uptick of…
Additional Name(s):
Зураб Джабраилов
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Джейхун Рустамов, Джейхун икрет оглы Рустамов
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Dec 15, 2023
USCIRF Deeply Concerned by India’s Transnational Repression Against Religious Minorities
Urges State Department to Make CPC Designation
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is alarmed by…
This report describes the increasing use of Pakistan’s blasphemy law in 2023 to target individuals on the basis of religion or belief, including its disproportionate use against the country’s religious minority populations. It highlights select examples…
Dec 18, 2023
USCIRF Releases Report on Pakistan’s Blasphemy Law
Washington, DC –The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report:
Assessing Blasphemy in Pakistan – This report describes the…
Additional Name(s):
མཚོ་མོ་, 措姆
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
China
Ethnic Group:
Tibetan
Religion or Belief:
Buddhist – Tibetan…
Additional Name(s):
Nyidon, ཉི་སྒྲོན་, 尼珍
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
China
Ethnic Group:
Tibetan
Religion or Belief:
Buddhist – Tibetan…
Additional Name(s):
བསམ་འཕེལ་
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
China
Ethnic Group:
Tibetan
Religion or Belief:
Buddhist – Tibetan…
Additional Name(s):
ابوالفضل پورحسینی
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Central Prison of Karaj
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Erfan-e…
Additional Name(s):
Хабаров Алексей Николаевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Чаусов Дмитрий Владимирович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Чаусова Оксана Борисовна
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Куприянский Николай Викторович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Вирич Антон Александрович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
万长春
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
China
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant
Reports of Torture…
Additional Name(s):
ཚུལ་ཁྲིམས་, 次成
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
China
Ethnic Group:
Tibetan
Religion or Belief:
Buddhist – Tibetan…
Additional Name(s):
ཡི་དམ་, 益党
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
China
Ethnic Group:
Tibetan
Religion or Belief:
Buddhist – Tibetan…
Additional Name(s):
བསོད་ནམས་རྒྱ་མཚོ་, 索朗嘉措
Gender:
Unspecified
Perpetrator:
China
Ethnic Group:
Tibetan
Religion or Belief:
Buddhist – Tibetan…
Additional Name(s):
མགོན་སྐྱབས་, 贡觉
Gender:
Unspecified
Perpetrator:
China
Ethnic Group:
Tibetan
Religion or Belief:
Buddhist – Tibetan…
Additional Name(s):
དགྲ་འདུལ་, 占堆
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
China
Ethnic Group:
Tibetan
Religion or Belief:
Buddhist – Tibetan…
Additional Name(s):
Чаплыкина Марина Станиславовна
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Малецков Валерий Владимирович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
刘星
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
China
Religion or Belief:
Falun Gong
Reports of Torture:
No…
Additional Name(s):
刘玉红
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
China
Religion or Belief:
Falun Gong
Reports of Torture:
No…
Additional Name(s):
吴啊萍
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
China
Religion or Belief:
Buddhist – Unspecified/Other
Reports of…
Additional Name(s):
དཔལ་མགོན་
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
China
Ethnic Group:
Tibetan
Religion or Belief:
Buddhist – Tibetan…
Additional Name(s):
李方芳
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
China
Religion or Belief:
Falun Gong
Reports of Torture:
No…
Additional Name(s):
潘洪明
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
China
Religion or Belief:
Falun Gong
Reports of Torture:
Yes…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
China
Religion or Belief:
Falun Gong
Reports of Torture:
No
Reports of Medical Neglect…
Additional Name(s):
Karma Samdup, ཀརྨ་བསམ་གྲུབ་, ཀརྨ་བསམ་འགྲུབ་, 噶玛桑珠
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
China
Ethnic Group:
Tibetan
Religion or Belief:…