USCIRF Spotlight Podcast

Reflections on USCIRF's 2025 Trip to Azerbaijan

The State of Religious Freedom in India

The US-UK Special Relationship: FoRB in Focus

Responses to Genocide: Two Former U.S. Officials Reflect on ISIS’s Genocide in Iraq and Syria

10 Years On: Ongoing Threats to Religious Minority Survivors of ISIS’s Genocide

The Religious Garb Ban that Undermines the Olympic Spirit

USCIRF's Spirit of Bipartisanship

Shortcomings of the State Department’s CPC Designations

Violence Against Tribal Christians in Manipur, India

The State of Religious Freedom in Algeria

USCIRF’s FoRB Victims List: Background and 2022 Updates

State Favored Religions’ Impact on Religious Freedom

Differences Between Religious Tolerance and Religious Freedom

Breaking Down the State Department’s IRF Designations

Reflecting on USCIRF’s Visit to Cox’s Bazar

Preview of the IRF Summit 2023

The Alevi Struggle for Rights in Turkey

The Suffocating Hold of HTS on Northwest Syria

The Persecution of Muslims in Tajikistan

Recovering from Genocide: The Yazidis’ Return to Sinjar

Civil Society’s Important Role in Promoting Freedom of Religion or Belief

The Legacy of Blasphemy Laws in Southeast Asia

Russia’s Persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses

The Nexus of Religious Freedom & Women’s Rights in Iran

Turkmenistan’s Tight Grip on Religious Freedom

Religious Prisoners of Conscience in Kazakhstan

Deteriorating Religious Freedom Conditions in Nicaragua

The Plight of Christians in China

The 5th Anniversary of the Rohingya Genocide

Troubling Signs of Religious Freedom in Sri Lanka

The Impact of Malaysia’s Dual Legal System on Religious Freedom

Russia’s Religious Freedom Violations in Ukraine

U.S. Policy Advances for International Religious Freedom Over the Past Year

Deteriorating Religious Freedom Conditions in South Asia

Religious Freedom Takeaways on the Ground in Nigeria

Conditions for Religious and Nonbelief Communities in Turkey

Preview of the 2022 International Ministerial Conference on Freedom of Religion or Belief

Preview of the IRF Summit 2022

Religious Freedom Backslides in Central African Republic

Religious Prisoners of Conscience in Iran

Uzbekistan: Gaps in Principles and Practice

Treatment of Asylum Seekers in the Expedited Removal Process

Content Moderation Online and its Impact on Religious Freedom

Anti-Conversion Laws and Growing Intolerance in India

USCIRF Releases 2022 Annual Report with Recommendations for U.S. Policy

Persecuted Christians Around the World

Nontheists Facing Challenges to Freedom of Belief

Rohingya Genocide Determination and Accountability

The Status of Religious Freedom for the Baha’i Community

Implications of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Part 2: The Religious Regulation Framework