USCIRF

USCIRF Urges Accountability for Iran’s Violations of Religious Freedom

“The Iranian government relentlessly violates women’s religious freedom and targets any individual who supports freedom of religion or belief in the country.”

USCIRF, UN Decry Global Anti-Muslim Hate on International Day to Combat Islamophobia

“The scourge of anti-Muslim hatred must come to an end.”

USCIRF Leaves Saudi Arabia After USCIRF Chair Asked to Remove Religious Head Covering

Saudi officials had also required that, while in the kingdom and in public, Rabbi Cooper remove his kippah, a mandate that the USCIRF chair quietly but firmly rejected.

Houses of Worship Are “Sacrosanct”—USCIRF Condemns Targeting of Holy Sites

“The sheer scale of destruction against houses of worship and religious sites in conflicts around the world is a shocking affront to the universal right to freedom of religion or belief."

USCIRF Report Highlights Religious Garb Restrictions as Impermissible Violations of Religious Freedom

“Government mandates or restrictions on wearing religious garb violate international human rights law,” USCIRF writes in its report.

“What America Is All About”: USCIRF Celebrates 25 Years of the International Religious Freedom Act

“America cannot stop all these horrors, but it can shine a light on them and that’s what makes this commission so valuable.”

USCIRF Exposes French and German Governments’ Discriminatory Treatment of Scientology

In a just-released report on religious freedom in the EU, USCIRF censured the French and German governments for contributing to the spread of malicious disinformation about minority religions.

30 Diverse Religious Traditions Join Government Leaders to Tackle Religious Freedom

The bipartisan, three-day summit, with over 1,000 registered to attend, was organized by U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom (2018-2021) Sam Brownback, and Katrina Lantos Swett, chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (2012-2015), president of the Lantos Foundation and daughter of the late U.S. Congressman Tom Lantos, the only Holocaust survivor to serve in Congress.