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Released But Not Free: State Restrictions on FoRB Targeting Released Religious Prisoners of Conscience

Universal Jurisdiction as a Tool for Accountability in Burma

International Accountability for Burma's Atrocities Against Religious Minorities

Advancing FoRB Through Targeted Programming

Independent Media and its Essential Role in Promoting FoRB throughout Central Asia

The Status of FoRB in North Korea: A Conversation with North Korean Escapees

Religious Freedom Under Threat: Enforced Disappearances in Malaysia

A Conversation with a Legal Expert on Vietnam: FoRB in Focus

U.S. Policy Addressing China’s FoRB Abuses against Uyghurs

A Lifeline for Iran's Persecuted Religious Minorities

Youth Voices Advancing Religious Freedom in East Africa

Findings from USCIRF’s Delegation to Central Asia

Egypt's Continued Repression of Religious Minorities

Religious Prisoners and State Repression in Tajikistan

Criminalizing Faith: The Persecution of Ahmadiyya Muslims in Pakistan

Cuba and Nicaragua's Escalating Crackdown on Religious Communities

A Former Prisoner's Story and the Path to Religious Freedom in Eritrea

The IRF Ambassador: A Key Component of U.S. Leadership on Religious Freedom

China’s Religious Freedom Violations on the Basis of Article 300

Religious Freedom in Sudan: Navigating Instability and Civil War

Blasphemy and FoRB in Nigeria: A Conversation with Mubarak Bala

The Status and Significance of CPC, SWL, and EPC Designations: A Conversation with Former USCIRF Chair Stephen Schneck

The Extensive Reach of Chinese Transnational Repression

The Abuse of Extremism Laws in Central Asia

Religious Freedom as Syria Transitions After Assad

Reflections on USCIRF's 2025 Trip to Azerbaijan

The State of Religious Freedom in India

The US-UK Special Relationship: FoRB in Focus

Responses to Genocide: Two Former U.S. Officials Reflect on ISIS’s Genocide in Iraq and Syria

10 Years On: Ongoing Threats to Religious Minority Survivors of ISIS’s Genocide

The Religious Garb Ban that Undermines the Olympic Spirit

USCIRF's Spirit of Bipartisanship

Shortcomings of the State Department’s CPC Designations

Violence Against Tribal Christians in Manipur, India

The State of Religious Freedom in Algeria

USCIRF’s FoRB Victims List: Background and 2022 Updates

State Favored Religions’ Impact on Religious Freedom

Differences Between Religious Tolerance and Religious Freedom

Breaking Down the State Department’s IRF Designations

Reflecting on USCIRF’s Visit to Cox’s Bazar

Preview of the IRF Summit 2023

The Alevi Struggle for Rights in Turkey

The Suffocating Hold of HTS on Northwest Syria

The Persecution of Muslims in Tajikistan

Recovering from Genocide: The Yazidis’ Return to Sinjar

Civil Society’s Important Role in Promoting Freedom of Religion or Belief

The Legacy of Blasphemy Laws in Southeast Asia

Russia’s Persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses

The Nexus of Religious Freedom & Women’s Rights in Iran

Turkmenistan’s Tight Grip on Religious Freedom

Religious Prisoners of Conscience in Kazakhstan

Deteriorating Religious Freedom Conditions in Nicaragua

The Plight of Christians in China

The 5th Anniversary of the Rohingya Genocide

Troubling Signs of Religious Freedom in Sri Lanka

The Impact of Malaysia’s Dual Legal System on Religious Freedom

Russia’s Religious Freedom Violations in Ukraine

U.S. Policy Advances for International Religious Freedom Over the Past Year

Deteriorating Religious Freedom Conditions in South Asia

Religious Freedom Takeaways on the Ground in Nigeria

Conditions for Religious and Nonbelief Communities in Turkey

Preview of the 2022 International Ministerial Conference on Freedom of Religion or Belief

Preview of the IRF Summit 2022

Religious Freedom Backslides in Central African Republic

Religious Prisoners of Conscience in Iran

Uzbekistan: Gaps in Principles and Practice

Treatment of Asylum Seekers in the Expedited Removal Process

Content Moderation Online and its Impact on Religious Freedom

Anti-Conversion Laws and Growing Intolerance in India

USCIRF Releases 2022 Annual Report with Recommendations for U.S. Policy

Persecuted Christians Around the World

Nontheists Facing Challenges to Freedom of Belief

Rohingya Genocide Determination and Accountability

The Status of Religious Freedom for the Baha’i Community

Implications of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Part 2: The Religious Regulation Framework

Implications of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Part 1: The “Denazification” Narrative

Iraq’s Beleaguered Religious Minority Communities

The Grim Backdrop to the Beijing Olympics

Nicaragua’s Assault on Religious Freedom

Christians in Extreme Danger in Afghanistan

Worrying Trends for Religious Freedom in Central and Eastern Africa

Pakistan’s Laws Enable Islamist Extremism

State Department Designations and USCIRF Recommendations: Where do they line up?

An Update on Religious Freedom Conditions in Turkey

Renewed Concerns Over Religious Tensions in Bosnia

Uzbekistan’s Religious and Political Prisoners

Religious Tolerance Efforts in the Middle East

Political Instability Fuels Decline for Religious Freedom in Malaysia

Algeria’s Increasing Hostility Towards Religious Minorities

Abuses of Traditional Religion in Russia

Ahmadiyya Muslims Face Persecution, Discrimination, and Hostility

Religious Cemeteries as Targets of Destruction

Saudi Arabia’s Religious Reforms Not Enough

Religious Freedom & Taliban Fears in Tajikistan

Why the State Department Should Re-designate Nigeria as a CPC

Hazara Community Threatened in Afghanistan

Islam in Africa

Religion, Law and Citizenship in Assam, India

Fourth Anniversary of the Rohingya Genocide

The Impact of Majoritarianism on Religious Minorities in South Asia

Reforms in Kazakhstan Could Improve Religious Freedom

Protests in Cuba Impact Religious Freedom

Qur’anists in Egypt

Central African Republic: From Sectarian Violence to Progress on Religious Freedom

Sivas Massacre and Turkey’s Persecution of the Alevi Community

Ethiopia’s Tigray Massacre and Implications for Religious Freedom

Do USCIRF Policy Recommendations Get Implemented?

Top Priorities of the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief

Bahrain Takes Steps to Improve Religious Freedom

Enforcing Blasphemy Laws Have Dire Consequences

50 Years and Counting: The Continued Closure of Halki Seminary in Turkey

Violent Insurgents in the Sahel Region of Africa

Religious Restrictions in Iran

Refugee Resettlement and Religious Freedom

USCIRF Releases 2021 Annual Report with Recommendations for U.S. Policy

The State of Religious Freedom in Vietnam

Indonesia’s State Ideology of Pancasila

China Sanctions U.S. Religious Freedom Officials

Governments Using Shari’a to Impose Death Sentences on LGBTI Persons

Shifting Trends of Religious Freedom in Egypt

Uzbekistan: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

Santería in Cuba

Repercussions of the Burma Coup for Rohingya Muslims

The Situation in Sinjar

Unrest in Russia

Religious Freedom Priorities for the Biden Administration

Uyghur Genocide

2021 Update on Religious Freedom Conditions

Nigeria: A Country of Particular Concern

Legal Restrictions to Religious Freedom in Brunei

Ritual Slaughter Laws and their Impact on Religious Freedom

Global Blasphemy Laws

Vulnerable Religious Communities in Pakistan

UN Human Rights Systems that Promote Religious Freedom

Sudan: Will removal from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list impact Religious Freedom?

Religious Persecution in Iran

Fulani Communities

How Current Unrest Impacts Religious Freedom in Belarus