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“ Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone.

Reports describe that the Taliban have placed bounties on Afghan Christians, encouraging people to turn them into the authorities for financial rewards, which ...

Sep 12, 2023 · In April 2023, USCIRF released a report highlighting the sexual and gender based violence against religious freedom protestors in Iran. In May, ...

USCIRF uses international standards to monitor religious freedom violations globally, and makes policy recom- mendations to the President, the Secretary of ...

Designate India as a “country of partic- ular concern,” or CPC, for engaging in and tolerating systematic, ongoing, and egregious religious freedom ...

A Sudanese demonstrator waves her national flag as people celebrate in Khartoum on August 4, 2019, following news that Sudan's army rulers and protest ...

Guided by provisions in the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA) related to asylum seekers and refugees, the U.S. Commission on International Religious ...