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Additional Name(s):
Ghelo, Gyelo, དགེ་ལོ་
Gender:
Unspecified
Perpetrator:
China
Ethnic Group:
Tibetan
Religion or Belief:
Buddhist – Tibetan…
Additional Name(s):
ཚེ་རྡོ་
Gender:
Unspecified
Perpetrator:
China
Ethnic Group:
Tibetan
Religion or Belief:
Buddhist – Tibetan…
Additional Name(s):
ཀོ་རིས་
Gender:
Unspecified
Perpetrator:
China
Ethnic Group:
Tibetan
Religion or Belief:
Buddhist – Tibetan…
Additional Name(s):
Bhamo, འབའ་མོ
Gender:
Unspecified
Perpetrator:
China
Ethnic Group:
Tibetan
Religion or Belief:
Buddhist – Tibetan…
Dec 19, 2023
USCIRF Releases New Report on Religious Freedom Conditions in Libya
Washington, D.C. – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report:
Religious Freedom Conditions in…
This report provides an overview of concerning trends affecting freedom of religion or belief in Libya. Religious freedom and other human rights have suffered amid the country’s prolonged crisis of governance, in which the interim government in Tripoli…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Catholic
Date of Detainment:
December/20/2023…
Additional Name(s):
Óscar José Escoto Salgado, Óscar Escoto Salgado
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Catholic…
Additional Name(s):
هاکوپ گوچومیان
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Evin Prison, Tehran
Perpetrator:
Iran
Ethnic Group:
Armenian…
Dec 26, 2023
USCIRF Denounces Denmark’s Amendment Criminalizing Blasphemy
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is troubled by Denmark’s passage of an amendment to its Penal Code criminalizing “…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Unspecified
Sentence:
6 Years' Imprisonment…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Unspecified
Sentence:
6 Years' Imprisonment…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Unspecified
Sentence:
6 Years' Imprisonment…
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Unspecified
Sentence:
6 Years' Imprisonment…
Gender:
Unspecified
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Unspecified
Sentence:
6 Years' Imprisonment…
Gender:
Unspecified
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Unspecified
Sentence:
6 Years Imprisonment…
Additional Name(s):
Чеколаев Кирилл Васильевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Catholic
Date of Detainment:
December/26/2023…
Mar 23
WHEN:
Mar 23rd 7:00pm
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Mar 23rd 10:00pm…
Jun 30
WHEN:
Jun 30th 10:00am…
Sep 13
WHEN:
Sep 13th 10:00am…
Jul 13
WHEN:
Jul 13th 2:00pm…
Jul 30
WHEN:
Jul 30th 9:00am…
Jun 27
WHEN:
Jun 27th 10:00am…
Additional Name(s):
آرش مرادی
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Evin Prison
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sufi…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Catholic
Date of Detainment:
December/29/2023…
Additional Name(s):
Father Héctor Treminio Vega
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Catholic…
Additional Name(s):
Monseñor Carlos Avilés
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Catholic…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Catholic
Date of Detainment:
December/28/2023…
Additional Name(s):
Monsignor Marcos Díaz Prado
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Catholic…
Additional Name(s):
Mykell Monterrey, Michael Monterrey
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Catholic…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Catholic
Date of Detainment:
December/29/2023…
Additional Name(s):
Gerardo José Rodríguez
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Catholic…
Additional Name(s):
Monseñor Miguel Mántica, Miguel Mántica Cuadras
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Catholic…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Catholic
Date of Detainment:
December/29/2023…
Additional Name(s):
Monsignor Ismael Serrano
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Catholic…
Additional Name(s):
Gustavo Sandino Ochoa
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Catholic…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Catholic
Date of Detainment:
December/20/2023…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Catholic
Date of Detainment:
December/20/2023…
Jan 4, 2024
USCIRF Condemns Nicaragua’s Arbitrary Detention of Priests
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) strongly condemns the Nicaraguan government’s arbitrary arrest and detention of…
Jan 4, 2024
USCIRF Troubled by New Religion Law in Belarus
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) highlights a setback to religious freedom in Belarus. Yesterday, Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka…
Jan 4, 2024
USCIRF Calls for Congressional Hearing after State Department Fails to Designate Nigeria and India as Countries of Particular Concern
Azerbaijan Added to State Department’s Special Watch List
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on…
Countering China’s Techno-Authoritarianism, Transnational Repression, and Malign Political Influence
This report provides an overview of U.S. policy on religious freedom and human rights in China, the U.S. government’s technology policy and China’s human rights abuses, and China’s transnational repression and malign political influence in the United…
Jan 5, 2024
USCIRF Releases New Policy Update on China
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report:
China Policy Update – This report provides an overview of U.S. policy…
Additional Name(s):
Mariam Qisoom, Mariam al-Qisoom, Mariam Qaisum مريم آل قيصوم
Gender:
Female
Current Location:
Investigation Prison, Dammam
Perpetrator:
Saudi Arabia…
Jan 25
WHEN:
Jan 25th 3:30pm…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Catholic
Date of Detainment:
December/29/2023…
Additional Name(s):
Francisco Odorico Castilblanco Castro
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Catholic…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Catholic
Date of Detainment:
June/2/2023…
Additional Name(s):
Salvador Paguagua
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Catholic…
Additional Name(s):
María Asunción Salgado Duarte
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Catholic…
Additional Name(s):
Jimmy Antonio Bonilla Gutiérrez
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Catholic…
Additional Name(s):
Emmanuel Gutiérrez Larios
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Catholic…
Additional Name(s):
Evelyn Susana Guillén Zepeda
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Catholic…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Catholic
Date of Detainment:
August/5/2023…
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
China
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Church of Almighty God
Appeal:
Rejected…
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
China
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Church of Almighty God
Appeal:
Rejected…
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
China
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Church of Almighty God
Appeal:
Rejected…
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
China
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Church of Almighty God
Appeal:
Rejected…
Gender:
Female
Current Location:
Adel Abad Prison, Shiraz
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í…
Additional Name(s):
Soroush Eqani
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Adel Abad Prison, Shiraz
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í…
Jan 19, 2024
USCIRF Commemorates the Anniversary of the U.S. Government’s Determination of the Uyghur Genocide
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) commemorates the third anniversary of the U.S.…
This report provides an update on religious freedom conditions in Indonesia during 2023. Blasphemy allegations and convictions remain persistent religious freedom violations throughout Indonesia. The new criminal code, passed at the end of 2022 and…
Jan 23, 2024
USCIRF Releases New Report on Religious Freedom in Indonesia
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report:
Indonesia Country Update - This report provides an…
Jan 23, 2024
USCIRF Calls for Greater Protection of Religious Sites in Conflict Areas
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) calls on all parties to armed conflicts around the world to abide by…
Jan 25, 2024
One of USCIRF’s key functions is to make recommendations to the State Department about which countries we think should be designated as Countries of Particular Concern or CPCs, based on our independent research and…
This publication is a retrospective of the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA), landmark legislation signed into law in the fall of 1998 that has been a driver of considerable human rights initiatives during the past 25 years. In it, participants…
Jan 26, 2024
USCIRF Cautions Against Rising Antisemitism on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) observes International Holocaust Remembrance Day. USCIRF…
Additional Name(s):
Abdullohi Shamsiddin, Абдуллоҳи Шамсиддин
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Tajikistan
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Низомиддин Насриддинов
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Tajikistan
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Vietnam
Ethnic Group:
Ede
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Unspecified/Other…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Uzbekistan
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni
Reports of Torture:
Yes
Date…
Gender:
Female
Current Location:
Vakil Abad Prison
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í
Sentence…
Sep 27
WHEN:
Sep 27th 2:00pm…
Additional Name(s):
Хайрутдинов Радик Исламович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Мамедов Эльмар Расул оглы
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Usmanov Abdulhannon Burhonovich, Domullo Abdulhannon, Abdulhannon Mannonov,Домулло Абдулҳаннон
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Tajikistan
Religion or Belief…
Oct 11
WHEN:
Oct 11th 10:00am…
May 24
WHEN:
May 24th 2:00pm…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant
Sentence:
12 Years' Imprisonment…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant
Sentence:
12 Years' Imprisonment…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant
Sentence:
12 Years' Imprisonment…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant
Sentence:
12 Years' Imprisonment…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant
Sentence:
12 Years' Imprisonment…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant
Sentence:
12 Years' Imprisonment…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant
Sentence:
12 Years' Imprisonment…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant
Sentence:
12 Years' Imprisonment…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant
Sentence:
12 Years' Imprisonment…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant
Sentence:
15 Years' Imprisonment…
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant
Sentence:
15 Years' Imprisonment…