USCIRF Spotlight Podcast

Welcome to a new weekly podcast series called “USCIRF Spotlight” hosted by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), an independent federal advisory body.

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

Posted July 9, 202100:18:13

In 2015, USCIRF for the first time recommended the Central African Republic (CAR) be designated by the State Department a Country of Particular...

Sivas Massacre and Turkey’s Persecution of the Alevi Community

Posted July 2, 202100:15:30

On July 2, 1993 a mob set fire to the Madimak Hotel in Sivas, Turkey—where a group of prominent Alevi writers, poets, and thinkers had gathered....

Ethiopia’s Tigray Massacre and Implications for Religious Freedom

Posted June 25, 202100:19:31

Ethiopia has been going through a democratic transition amidst a civil war that broke out in Tigray at the end of 2020. In November of last...

Do USCIRF Policy Recommendations Get Implemented?

Posted June 17, 202100:17:23

The International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (IRFA) mandates USCIRF to make policy recommendations to the President, the Secretary of State,...

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

Posted June 11, 202100:20:34

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief is an independent expert appointed by the UN Human Rights Council. The...