This December, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) published its new report, Violating Rights: Enforcing the World’s Blasphemy Laws, on the implementation of blasphemy laws in nations around the world. The research and data is focused on the time period from January 2014 to December 2018 and offers insight into how, when, …
USCIRF Releases Novel Report on Blasphemy Laws Worldwide Read More »
Every year, the United States Department of State’s Office of International Religious Freedom releases an annual report on the most egregious religious freedom violations in every country around the world. This has been one of the Office’s main yearly projects pursuant to the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, in addition to their designations of …
For the First Time, Nigeria is Designated as a Country of Particular Concern Read More »
In October 2020, Korea Future Initiative released its groundbreaking report Persecuting Faith: Documenting religious freedom violations in North Korea in which they highlight the personal testimonies and stories of survival of some 117 North Korean defectors and exiled individuals. This report, comprehensive in its breadth and salient in its message, displays just how dangerous it …
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12-year-old Pakistani Catholic girl Farah Shaheen was found chained up and restrained in her kidnapper’s home on December 5, almost half a year after the search for her began. In late June this year, Farah’s father reported her missing, as well as likely forcefully converted to Islam and married to her captor, 45-year-old Muslim man …
Abuses against Pakistani Christian Girls and Women Continue Relentlessly Read More »
On December 2, 2020, Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan officially mandated a comprehensive investigation into the increase in forced religious conversions of minority girls – notably Christian, Hindu, and Sikh – as cases have been occurring frequently throughout 2020. Perhaps one of the most recent and well-known cases that has sparked both domestic and …
On December 2, the United States Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Protection department issued a Withhold Release Order (WRO) on all cotton products made and shipped to the U.S. by the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC). This order came due to advocacy by the international human rights community as well as mounting …
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In 2020, Melissa Rogers and E. J. Dionne Jr. of Brookings Institute released a report in which they highlight the importance of and offer recommendations for advancing religious freedom as a major foreign policy agenda point in the coming 2021 administration. In the domestic sphere, the report highlights the necessity to foster partnerships and cooperation …
On 18 November 2020, the United Nations General Assembly approved a resolution, Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, which was ultimately passed by a vote of 79 yes to 32 no, as well as 64 abstentions. This resolution commends the Republic of Iran’s positive steps such as making commitments on improving …
PRESS RELEASE Nov 18, 2020 Washington DC. WASHINGTON DC, 18 November – Jubilee Campaign submitted their report Genocide is Loading: Finding Reasonable Basis to Believe Crimes Against Humanity Occurred containing additional evidence to the International Criminal Court regarding the violence in the Middle Belt and northeast of Nigeria. WHAT DOES IT SAY? The report summarizes instances of attacks from 2013-2020 that have …
Jubilee Campaign submits report to the ICC describing how Genocide is loading in Nigeria Read More »
Pew Research Center, one of the leading American think takes that provides information on general public opinion and demographic statistics, released a report on November 10, 2020 in which they confirm what has already been the fear of human rights and religious freedom advocates worldwide: rates of religious persecution are currently at the highest they …
New Pew Research Center Report Reveals Steady Increase in Global Religious Persecution Read More »
