On 21 April 2021, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom released its Annual Report 2021, in which they compile a list of countries recommended for ‘CPC’ status by the United States Department of State. ‘CPC’s, or ‘Countries of Particular Concern’, are countries whose governments have “engaged in or tolerated systematic, ongoing and egregious […]
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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,
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23 NGOs and organisations call for the dropping of all charges against Pastor Keshav Acharya who police in Nepal detained for a total of 99 days this spring. The letter, submitted last week to the Attorney General, decries the Nepali authorities’ handling of the pastor’s case and points to how their actions and the charges contravene both the Nepali constitution and international human rights law.
The freedom of religion in Nepal is under threat since the adoption of the new constitution in September 2015. Even though it affirms that Nepal is a secular state, it concurrently prohibits evangelization. Article 26 makes any act illegal and punishable by law “to convert another person from one religion to another or any act
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