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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Recent Episodes
Central African Republic: From Sectarian Violence to Progress on Religious Freedom
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
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
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?
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
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief is an independent expert appointed by the UN Human Rights Council. The...
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