USCIRF Annual Report 2015 (2)

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ERITREA • Work with other nations, especially those with mining interests in Eritrea and large Eritrean diaspora communities, to draw attention to religious freedom abuses in Eritrea and advocate for the unconditional and immediate release of religious prisoners, including Orthodox Patriarch Abune Antonios; and • Increase assistance to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and nongovernmental organizations to provide support to Eritrean refugees with psychosocial needs due to torture and other ill-treatment. USCIRF | ANNUAL REPORT 2015 43
IRAN 44 USCIRF | ANNUAL REPORT 2015
Page 1 and 2: UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON INTERNA
Page 3 and 4: Professional Staff Judith E. Golub,
Page 5 and 6: 2015 COUNTRY REPORTS: TIER 2 ......
Page 7 and 8: Humanitarian crises fueled by waves
Page 9 and 10: In both nations, the rule of a stro
Page 11 and 12: USCIRF TIER 1 & TIER 2 COUNTRIES Ti
Page 13 and 14: IRFA defines “particularly severe
Page 15 and 16: the Ambassador-at-Large for Interna
Page 17 and 18: named as CPCs for over a decade: Bu
Page 19 and 20: Along with an annual CPC process, t
Page 21 and 22: gee and asylum officers, and USCIRF
Page 23 and 24: • increasing detainees’ access
Page 25 and 26: OSCE office in Baku cooperated with
Page 27 and 28: eligious freedom is raised in count
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Page 31 and 32: BURMA 26 USCIRF | ANNUAL REPORT 201
Page 33 and 34: of those who have spoken publicly a
Page 35 and 36: The United States provides a variet
Page 37 and 38: CHINA 32 USCIRF | ANNUAL REPORT 201
Page 39 and 40: on his postings on Sina Weibo, a po
Page 41 and 42: societies or weird religious organi
Page 43 and 44: ERITREA 38 USCIRF | ANNUAL REPORT 2
Page 45 and 46: Lutherans, Baptists, Presbyterians,
Page 47: in 22 CFR 126.1(a), USCIRF recommen
Page 51 and 52: charged many of these reformers wit
Page 53 and 54: Russia, United Kingdom, United Stat
Page 55 and 56: NORTH KOREA 50 USCIRF | ANNUAL REPO
Page 57 and 58: and religion, as well as of the rig
Page 59 and 60: Recommendations With the attention
Page 61 and 62: SAUDI ARABIA 56 USCIRF | ANNUAL REP
Page 63 and 64: of Islam, and maintain the country
Page 65 and 66: from three to 20 years. The Interio
Page 67 and 68: Recommendations USCIRF urges the U.
Page 69 and 70: SUDAN 64 USCIRF | ANNUAL REPORT 201
Page 71 and 72: Religious Freedom Conditions 2014-2
Page 73 and 74: States remains the world’s larges
Page 75 and 76: TURKMENISTAN 70 USCIRF | ANNUAL REP
Page 77 and 78: support; forbids worship in private
Page 79 and 80: the country has allowed U.S. flight
Page 81 and 82: UZBEKISTAN 76 USCIRF | ANNUAL REPOR
Page 83 and 84: Religious Freedom Conditions 2014-2
Page 85 and 86: government also maintains an extens
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Page 89 and 90: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 84 USCIRF
Page 91 and 92: a year of violence between Muslims
Page 93 and 94: EGYPT 88 USCIRF | ANNUAL REPORT 201
Page 95 and 96: erhood members and other Islamists,
Page 97 and 98: 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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132 USCIRF | ANNUAL REPORT 2015
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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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