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
Reforms in Kazakhstan Could Improve Religious Freedom
The Kazakhstani government is implementing promising reforms that could...
Protests in Cuba Impact Religious Freedom
Cuba’s government has long been responsible for violating its citizens right to freedom of religion or belief. In its 2021 Annual Report,...
Qur’anists in Egypt
Egypt is home to over 100 million people—of which the majority identify as Sunni Muslim with a significant Coptic Christian minority. A variety...
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....
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