6/19/2023 0 Comments Freedom of religion![]() ![]() Our work on freedom of religion and belief intersects with our work on LGBTQ rights, freedom of speech and expression, and reproductive freedom when people or institutions claim a right to discriminate in the workplace in the name of religion. In 2014, the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice named Boston among the sites for this pilot program, and we continue to speak out about the civil liberties concerns it raises and provide Know Your Rights trainings to affected communities. Countering Violent Extremism often subjects Muslim communities to increased surveillance by law enforcement. This report covers the period between January 1 and December 31, 2022. The First Amendment guarantees freedoms concerning religion, expression, assembly, and the right to petition. You are entitled to pray and celebrate church service. We also oppose the “ Countering Violent Extremism” program, which relies on the discredited idea that expressing certain political or religious views is an indicator of future violence. Freedom of religion means that everyone has the right to practise their religion. ![]() government’s trafficking victims program. Department of Health and Human Services for permitting the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops to use taxpayer money to impose religiously based restrictions on reproductive health services in the U.S. In 2009, the ACLU of Massachusetts sued the U.S. To that end, the ACLU works to ensure that laws and government practices neither promote religion nor prevent people from practicing their faith. They are: the Somali al Shabaab Islamist organisation the Nigerian Boko Haram Islamist terrorist group the pro-Iranian Houthis in war-torn Yemen Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a Sunni Islamist armed organisation involved in the Syrian Civil War the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP or ISIS-West Africa), and Jamaat Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM), created in Mali in 2017.The First Amendment guarantees that the government neither prefers religion over non-religion, nor favors particular faiths over others. The State Department designated all seven of these groups as EPCs in November 2022. USCIRF further recommends seven non-state actors for redesignation as Entities of Particular Concern (EPCs) for “systematic, ongoing, and egregious religious freedom violations”. Seven Entities of Particular Concern (EPCs) The report details the difficult circumstances for people of faith in these 28 nations, such as the persecution of Catholic Church leaders by President Daniel Ortega’s regime in Nicaragua, or human rights violations amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The other 8 countries recommended for the SLW are: Azerbaijan, Egypt, Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Turkey, Uzbekistan, and for the first time Sri Lanka, due to its deteriorating religious freedom conditions in 2022.Īrchbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore expresses his worries over the targeting of Christians in the Indian state of Manipur following reports of attacks and arson against the. The 2023 Report also recommends 11 countries for placement on the State Department‘s Special Watch List (SWL).Īmong them, Algeria and the Central African Republic (CAR) that the State Department had placed in its list last year. They include 12 that the Department already designated as CPCs in November 2022 (Myanmar, China, Cuba, Eritrea, Iran, Nicaragua, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan) as well as five additional nations: Afghanistan, India, Nigeria, Syria, and Vietnam. Seventeen Countries of Particular Concern (CPCs)įor 2023 USCIRF recommends 17 countries to the State Department for designation as Countries of Particular Concern (CPCs). According to the 2023 Report on “Violations to the rights of Christians in Iran” recently released by by Article18 along with other three Christian non-profit organizations, 2022. ![]()
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