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.
Several religious groups, including followers of Judaism and Islam, mandate that animals are uninjured (unstunned) prior to killing. However, nearly...
There are 84 countries across the globe with criminal blasphemy laws on the books as of 2020. While only a handful of countries enforce these laws,...
The State Department has designated Pakistan as a Country of Particular Concern since 2018, but it has not taken any action as a consequence of that...
The United Nations system has several structures and entities that were created to address human rights concerns globally, many of which are relevant...
Sudan has been in the news most recently with the announcement by the United States government of its intent to remove Sudan from the list of State...