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Two Christian Nurses in Pakistan Accused of Blasphemy
VOA
Rubio Blasts MLB Commissioner: Will You Cut Ties With Communists?
The Federalist
Abortion is a ‘human right,’ says Biden’s new Secretary of State
Live Action News
Rubio Rebukes ‘Woke Corporate Hypocrites’ At Delta For Ignoring Uyghur Genocide While Decrying Georgia Election Law
The Federalist
USCIRF Highlights Impact of Financial Restrictions on Civil Society
United States Commission on International Religious Freedom
U.S. religious-rights official says she is 'flattered' to be target of China sanctions
Reuters
China scrubs evidence of Xinjiang clampdown amid ‘genocide’ debate
Washington Post
China Attempting to Convert Minorities to 'Normal People'
CBN News video
Prisoners of Conscience Jailed for Faith
CBN News video
After China retaliates with sanctions, U.S. religious freedom advocates say they won’t be silenced
The Catholic Telegraph
'The Evidence is Overwhelming': New Report Accuses China's Leaders of Genocide Against Millions of Muslims
CBN News
Release of USCIRF's 2021 Annual Report
United States Commission on International Religious Freedom
USCIRF Applauds Coordinated Sanctions Against Xinjiang Officials
United States Commission on International Religious Freedom
U.S. pushes controversial abortion and sexual rights at U.N.'s Conference on Women
Washington Times by Grace Melton
USCIRF Applauds U.S. Senate Bipartisan Efforts to Create the Senate Human Rights Commission
USCIRF
How has the world responded to China's genocide of the Uighurs?
FOX News
A Religious Minority Enslaved: Addressing the Complicity of U.S. Companies in Uyghur Forced Labor
USCIRF
In Disappointing Debut by Biden, G-7 Barely Mentions Bad Actor China
Daily Signal by James M. Roberts
China Retaliates Against Uighur Activists by Imprisoning Relatives, US Officials Say
VOA
Christians in Kenya Fearful after Five Church Buildings Burned
Morning Star News
Rohingya Activists Are Hoping That the Coup in Myanmar Will Be a Turning Point for Their Struggle
TIME
Nigeria’s blasphemy laws are the religious freedom crisis no one is talking about
RNS
USCIRF Calls for Magnitsky Sanctions on Saudi Officials Following Release of Loujain al-Hathloul
United States Commission on International Religious Freedom
USCIRF Condemns Houthis for Summoning 19 Baha’is to Stand Trial on Spurious Charges
U.S Commission on International Religious Freedom
USCIRF Releases New Report about Violent Islamist Groups in Northern Nigeria
USCIRF
Will Biden Stand up to China's Genocide?
FRC by Arielle Del Turco
China deemed a top religious freedom concern in 2021
CNA
Religious persecution in Nigeria
CBN (video)
USCIRF Releases New Report about Key U.S. Government IRF Vacancies for Biden Administration to Fill
USCIRF
USCIRF Applauds State Department Designation of Uyghur Muslims’ Treatment in China as Genocide
USCIRF
USCIRF Troubled by Escalating Persecution of Ahmadi Muslims in Algeria
USCIRF
Religious freedom update - Egypt
CBN (video)
US Accuses China of Genocide Against Uyghurs
BBC (video)
USCIRF Condemns Mistreatment of Religious Prisoner of Conscience Golrokh Iraee in Iran
USCIRF
Bob Fu Argues that the Chinese are Hostile to Religious Freedom Because They're Terrified of It
Washington Watch - Tony Perkins
State Department accuses China of genocide against Uighur Muslims
Politico
Turkey makes no progress in investigating abduction of elderly Christians
Ahval
US group appeals for Pakistani woman jailed on blasphemy
AP
Religious persecution around the world
CBN interview with USCIRF's Gayle Manchin
USCIRF Condemns Crackdown on Baha’i Religious Observance, Land Ownership in Iran
USCIRF
USCIRF Releases New Report about Key U.S. Government IRF Vacancies for Biden Administration to Fill
USCIRF
Turkmenistan: Conscientious objector jailed, awaiting second trial
Forum 18
Pakistan Muslim Mob Destroys Minority Hindu Temple
VOA
Gunmen Kidnap, Execute 11 Miners in Pakistan
VOA
Suspected Islamists kill dozens in attacks on two Niger villages
BBC
Nigerian Christians killed in Christmas Eve attacks
Baptist Standard
Senator James Lankford How Global Blasphemy Laws Mobilize Violence Against Religious Communities
YouTube video
USCIRF Welcomes the State Department’s Designation of Nigeria among World’s Worst Violators of Religious Freedom
USCIRF
USCIRF Releases Groundbreaking Report on the Enforcement of Blasphemy Laws Globally
USCIRF
USCIRF Releases Factsheet on Brunei
USCIRF
USCIRF Releases New Report on Religious Freedom Conditions in Nigeria
USCIRF
USCIRF Condemns Boko Haram Attacks and Threats against Christians
USCIRF
USCIRF Releases New Report on Religious Freedom Conditions in Bahrain
USCIRF
USCIRF Condemns Harsh Sentence for Christian Bookseller Chen Yu
USCIRF
USCIRF Troubled with the Relocation of Rohingya Refugees to Bhasan Char Island
USCIRF
USCIRF Welcomes Enactment of the Tibet Policy and Support Act
USCIRF
USCIRF Calls for Release of Ramy Kamel
USCIRF
Nuns arrested as Beijing turns up heat on Church in Hong Kong
Reuters
Ugandan Pastor Killed After Radio Broadcast Comparing Faiths
TAB Media
USCIRF Releases New Report about Countering Violent Extremism in Tajikistan
USCIRF
‘Trump Is Better’: In Asia, Pro-Democracy Forces Worry About Biden
New York Times
What Biden foreign policy picks mean for religious freedom
CNA
China drafts new rules cracking down on citizens' religious exchanges with foreigners
Christian Post
Christians in the Middle East need us
Daily Journal
Will religious liberty survive in Europe?
Northern Virginia Daily by Charles Mills
Secy. Pompeo: China, Iran, North Korea Greatest Threats To Religious Freedom
OAN
USCIRF Condemns Egypt’s Detention of Mohamed Basheer, Ramy Kamel
USCIRF
USCIRF Releases New Report about Global Persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses
USCIRF
Religious Liberty in Peril, in France and Elsewhere
National Review by Doug Bandow
U.S. sends shot across bow of UN, WHO with multilateral, pro-life health declaration
Freedom2Care blog
Religious Freedom in Algeria
USCIRF
USCIRF Releases New Report about United Nations Human Rights Mechanisms
USCIRF
Religious Freedom for All: Here’s how USAID is making this human right a priority
USAID
USCIRF Troubled by Russia’s Ongoing Imprisonment of Jehovah’s Witness Dennis Christensen
USCIRF
USCIRF Observes International Religious Freedom Day
USCIRF
Int'l Religious Freedom Day: Religious freedom in the age of COVID-19
U.S. Dept. Health and Human Services
Combatting Online Hate Speech and Disinformation Targeting Religious Communities
USCIRF
USCIRF Releases Factsheet on Rohingya Refugees in Southeast Asia
USCIRF
USCIRF Releases New Report about Attacks against Houses of Worship and Religious Leaders in Burkina Faso
USCIRF
USCIRF Releases Factsheet on Rohingya Refugees in Southeast Asia
USCIRF
Conversation: Religious Freedom in Turkey
USCIRF
USCIRF Releases Ritual Slaughter Factsheet Highlighting Range of Restrictions across Europe
USCIRF
USCIRF Releases New Report about Religious Tensions and Fulani Communities in West and Central Africa
USCIRF
Vietnamese pastor released after 4 years imprisonment over religious freedom advocacy
Christian Post
Ambassador Callista Gingrich: Trump administration defends international religious freedom
FOX News
US ambassador issues religious freedom warning at UN event
CNA
Pompeo, in Rome, pushes criticism of religious freedom in China
Reuters
USCIRF Welcomes House Passage of Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act
USCIRF
USCIRF Welcomes Release of Pastor A Dao in Vietnam
USCIRF
Christians Under Attack in Ethiopia and Nigeria
Breakpoint
Benjamin Watson, Tulsi Gabbard and Frank Wolf on the Slaughter of Christians in Nigeria
Breakpoint
USCIRF Welcomes Import Ban against Xinjiang Firms
USCIRF
‘Unbearable Screams’: Uighurs Accuse China of Crimes Against Humanity
Daily Signal
Rising Antisemitism in Europe Amid the Pandemic
USCIRF
USCIRF Releases New Policy Update Highlighting One Year of Progress Advancing Religious Freedom in Sudan
USCIRF
USCIRF Encourages Religious Freedom Progress on Vietnam National Day
USCIRF
U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Hearing
Religious Freedom in Russia and Central Asia
USCIRF
Ambassador Sam Brownback: Communist China Is ‘Biggest Enabler of Human Rights Abuses Around the World’
NTD
The Vatican should speak up on China’s repression in Hong Kong and beyond
Washington Post by George Weigel
USCIRF Releases New Report about Conscientious Objection
USCIRF
Russian Evangelicals Fined for ‘Missionary Activity’ During Pandemic
Christianity Today
The Enslavement and the Genocide of the Uighur People in China
Alcorn blog post by Stephanie Anderson
USCIRF Urges Justice for the Rohingya People on Third Anniversary of Genocidal Campaign
USCIRF
The Role of the United States in the Revitalization of the International Human Rights Project
Public Discourse by Michael Farris and Elyssa Koren
Trump Admin May Label China’s Treatment of Uighurs a ‘Genocide’: Report
National Review
USCIRF Conversation: An Update on Rohingya Refugees
USCIRF
USCIRF Calls for Action on UN International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief
USCIRF
Secretary Mike Pompeo’s Ringing Call to Secure Human Rights and Liberty
Daily Signal by Anthony Kim
The Ongoing and Intensifying Persecution of Christians in India
Breakpoint
U.S. leaders tell USAID to protect U.S. funds from subsidizing pro-abortion activities
Sen. James Lankford
Joint Statement of the United States, the State of Israel, and the United Arab Emirates
White House
Iran Senior Sanctioned Officials Responsible for Egregious Religious Freedom Violations
USCIRF
USCIRF Releases New Report about Religious Prisoners in Turkmenistan’s Gulag
USCIRF
U.S. Bishops Condemn Attack Against Cathedral of Managua, Nicaragua
USCCB
USCIRF Condemns Death Sentence for Yahaya Sharif-Aminu on Blasphemy Charges
USCIRF
USCIRF Applauds Global Magnitsky Sanctions Against Xinjiang Entity
USCIRF
USCIRF Commends Release of Religious Prisoner of Conscience Hamid Bin Haydara and 5 Other Baha’is in Yemen
USCIRF