Indian Christians Say Hindu Nationalist Government Falsely Brands Them ‘Illegal’ to ‘Deport’ to Myanmar
Christian tribes in northern India’s restless state of Manipur say the Hindu nationalist government is trying to deport them to Myanmar.
U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
Religious Freedom in 2023: India Joins List of Concerns for Freedom Advocates
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) warned in its annual report that religious freedom deteriorated around the world in 2023, a net loss driven by increasingly vicious crackdowns from theocracies like Iran and authoritarian regimes like China and Cuba.
Religious Freedom Commission Urges Nigeria Be Redesignated ‘Country of Particular Concern’
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has urged the U.S. State Department to redesignate Nigeria as a “country of particular concern” (CPC) for its egregious violations of religious liberty.
Joe Manchin’s Wife: ‘Biden Administration Will Be Just as Strong’ as Trump on Religious Freedom
The wife of Sen. Joe Manchin said the Biden administration “will be just as strong” as Trump’s on the issue of religious freedom.
U.S. Religious Freedom Commission: Sanction India for Rise in ‘Mob Lynchings’
The Hindu nationalist government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is tolerating, or engaging in, the violent and “particularly severe” persecution of Muslim and Christian minorities in India, a bipartisan U.S. watchdog group reported this week, echoing several other assessments.
U.S. Report: Nearly 2 Million Muslims Trapped in Chinese Concentration Camps as Pandemic Began
Communist China, the birthplace of the coronavirus pandemic, was holding up to 1.8 million Muslim minorities in over “1,300 concentration camps” as the disease began to spread near the end of last year, according to an annual report released Tuesday by the bipartisan U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF).
U.S. Officials: Iran-Allied Shiite Militias in Iraq ‘Extort and Terrorize’ Religious Minorities
WASHINGTON, DC — Some factions of a Baghdad-sanctioned organization of mainly Iranian-backed Shiite militias are engaging in egregious violations such as torture, extrajudicial detentions, rape, extortion, and kidnappings in northern Iraq’s Nineveh province, where persecuted religious minorities like Christians are struggling to recover from the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) atrocities, top U.S. officials said this week.
Turkey: U.S. Religious Freedom Report Fails to ‘Fight Islamophobia’
Turkey repudiated the annual report issued by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Wednesday for identifying Ankara as a “deeply troubling” violator against Christians, Jews, followers of U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gülen, and other minorities.
Event: Oxford Society’s Kristina Arriaga to Explore the Impact of War on Women
The Committee for Responsible Foreign Policy will host an event Tuesday in Washington, DC, to look at the impact of war on women.
