Religious Liberty Commission Releases 2026 Annual Report on Global Religious Freedom
USCIRF details China’s systematic repression of multiple faiths domestically and abroad, urging U.S. legislative and Department of Justice action to combat ongoing abuses.
- The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom released its 2026 Annual Report urging the Trump administration to designate additional countries, including China and India, as Countries of Particular Concern due to severe religious freedom violations.
- The report highlights severe and systematic religious persecution in countries including China, citing abuses such as imprisonment, torture, and government repression of faith groups.
- USCIRF criticized the Trump administration's suspension of the refugee program and capping the refugee admissions at 7,500, stating it limits support for those fleeing religious persecution.
- The report urged the U.S. government to prioritize religious freedom in foreign policy, fill key vacancies, increase refugee admissions, and impose sanctions on countries violating religious rights.
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Nations Flagged Over Religious Freedom Violations
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) recommended that the Trump administration expand its designations of “countries of particular concern,” listing more than a dozen that should be labeled as such. Under the 2026 Annual Report, Afghanistan, Burma, China, Cuba, Eritrea, India, Iran, Libya, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Vietnam are listed as countri…
The Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), an independent agency under the U.S. Congress, designated North Korea as one of the world's worst violators of religious freedom in its annual report released on the 4th and recommended that the U.S. State Department redesignate it as a "Country of Particular Concern" (CPC). The commission also noted that North Korea has an estimated 80,000 to 120,000 inmates in prisons and labor camps,…
Religious Freedom Violations ‘Particularly Severe’ in China, US Report Says - The Thinking Conservative News
U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom calls for coordinated sanctions and federal investigation into transnational repression. WASHINGTON—China’s communist regime continued to engage in “particularly severe violations of religious freedom” in 2025, targeting people in China and abroad, a U.S. religious freedom watchdog said in its annual report released on March 4. Religious figures and followers […] The post Religious Freedom Viola…
Religious freedom watchdog annual report spotlights 'terrifying crisis of religious violence' in Nigeria
WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Nigeria is facing “a terrifying crisis of religious violence,” the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom said in its 2026 annual report, released March 4. USCIRF, an independent, bipartisan U.S. federal government commission that monitors religious freedom around the globe, released the report at an event in the Capitol complex. Vicky Hartzler, USCIRF chair and a former Republican member of the House from Mis…
Religious Liberty Commission Releases 2026 Annual Report on Global Religious Freedom
The Religious Liberty Commission releases its 2026 annual report at 3:30 p.m. ET on March 4. Mandated by Congress, the report documents systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of freedom of religion or belief that occurred in 2025 and provides policy recommendations to the president, State Department, and Congress. ...
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