USCIRF Spotlight Podcast

Recent Episodes

Governments Using Shari’a to Impose Death Sentences on LGBTI Persons

Posted March 26, 2021 • 00:15:35

In some countries around the world, religion-based laws are used by governments to impose capital punishment against lesbian, gay, bisexual,...

Shifting Trends of Religious Freedom in Egypt

Posted March 19, 2021 • 00:20:46

Egypt has historically faced many challenges to religious freedom. There has been recurring violence and discrimination against Coptic Christians,...

Uzbekistan: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

Posted March 11, 2021 • 00:17:34

There have been notable improvements to religious freedom conditions in Uzbekistan in recent years. The government’s ongoing effort to revise...

Santería in Cuba

Posted March 4, 2021 • 00:20:10

Santería is a syncretic religion that incorporates elements of Catholicism with the religion of the Yoruba people, who were brought as slaves to Cuba...

Repercussions of the Burma Coup for Rohingya Muslims

Posted February 25, 2021 • 00:24:10

On February 1, 2021, the Burmese military declared the results of the November 2020 democratic elections to be invalid, enacted a one-year...