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- Page 33 and 34: of those who have spoken publicly a
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UZBEKISTAN 76 USCIRF | ANNUAL REPOR
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Religious Freedom Conditions 2014-2
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government also maintains an extens
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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 84 USCIRF
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a year of violence between Muslims
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EGYPT 88 USCIRF | ANNUAL REPORT 201
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erhood members and other Islamists,
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freedom. Several problematic provis
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IRAQ 94 USCIRF | ANNUAL REPORT 2015
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ights and religious freedom in Iraq
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Research Service February 2015 repo
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NIGERIA 100 USCIRF | ANNUAL REPORT
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Although the 1999 constitution prov
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structures damaged or destroyed. Ra
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Despite problems of sectarian viole
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PAKISTAN 108 USCIRF | ANNUAL REPORT
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in positions of influence, as the i
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anniversary of Pakistan’s second
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SYRIA 114 USCIRF | ANNUAL REPORT 20
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total population; Druze were about
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and beyond. In January 2015, Reuter
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TAJIKISTAN 120 USCIRF | ANNUAL REPO
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that “Tajikistan is the only coun
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and Sayidmumin Rashidov for teachin
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VIETNAM 126 USCIRF | ANNUAL REPORT
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violated the terms of reference agr
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Prisoners The ill-treatment and imp
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AFGHANISTAN 134 USCIRF | ANNUAL REP
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lasphemous. The newspaper issued an
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AZERBAIJAN 138 USCIRF | ANNUAL REPO
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September 2014 for a “totally una
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prison; they face up to a five-year
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CUBA 144 USCIRF | ANNUAL REPORT 201
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outside Cuba, and conduct charitabl
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INDIA 148 USCIRF | ANNUAL REPORT 20
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the reporting period (discussed mor
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of wrongdoing. In 2015, high-rankin
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INDONESIA 154 USCIRF | ANNUAL REPOR
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250 million people. Approximately 1
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Jakarta Post, for publishing what s
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KAZAKHSTAN 160 USCIRF | ANNUAL REPO
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the state-backed Muslim Board were
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ole in nuclear security; in 1991, P
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LAOS 166 USCIRF | ANNUAL REPORT 201
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Abuses against Minorities Discrimin
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MALAYSIA 170 USCIRF | ANNUAL REPORT
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calling on leaders to debate the re
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The rise of Islamic law and the Sha
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RUSSIA 176 USCIRF | ANNUAL REPORT 2
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defines extremism in a religious co
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Violations in the North Caucasus Hu
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groups in a new U.S.-Russia Bilater
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TURKEY 184 USCIRF | ANNUAL REPORT 2
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Religious Freedom Conditions 2014-2
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of Western Europe. They are able to
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OTHER COUNTRIES MONITORED - BAHRAIN
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held high-level security officials
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and only a small percentage of elig
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official registration, failing to u
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Between January 2013 and May 2014,
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proposals would increase the maximu
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seemed to blame the Muslim victims.
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Dr. Robert P. George, Vice Chair Ro
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In the wake of the 9/11 attacks on
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Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Open
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NAME AGE AT ARREST SEX LOCATION DAT
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Individuals sentenced to life in pr
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Religious activists arrested with j
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Cases of those arrested for partici
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Religious freedom/Human rights defe
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of narcotics or psychotropic substa
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son fled to the United Sates on Jan
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Chinese authorities believe it is i
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from his residence and transported
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threatened with death, beaten, and
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