USCIRF News Digest


        Source:               www.uscirf.gov
Date:                    May 12, 2020
 

USCIRF News Digest - May 12, 2020


USCIRF News
 
 USCIRF Reiterates Call for Appointment of Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues
 
 USCIRF Releases New Report on Religious Freedom Conditions in Bangladesh
 
 USCIRF Welcomes Establishment of Pakistan’s National Commission for Minorities as a First Step
 
 USCIRF Condemns Arrest of Prominent Nigerian Atheist, Mubarak Bala
 
 USCIRF Releases New Report on Religious Freedom Conditions in Laos
 
 New Research Opportunity: Mapping Religious Minorities in Northeast Syria


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Top News from Around the World
 
 Burkina Faso
 Burkina Faso: Terrorists are driving us out (Independent Catholic News)
 
 China
 US Senate to ‘Soon’ Vote on Bill Targeting Chinese Officials Over Rights Violations in Xinjiang (RFA)
 China Says Marriages Between Tibetans, Chinese Will Strengthen ‘Ethnic Unity’ (RFA)
 China plans to send Uygur Muslims from Xinjiang re-education camps to work in other parts of country (SCMP)
 China ensures 'stability’ by demolishing churches, removing crosses (Christian Post)
 
 Germany
 Spate of anti-Semitic incidents in Europe draws stark warning from WZO (JNS)
 German monitor finds rise in anti-Semitic incidents after Halle synagogue attack (Times of Israel)
 
 Laos
 Lao Christians Harassed, Arrested Despite ‘Improving’ Religious Freedom Conditions (RFA)
 
 North Korea
 “North Korean internal uncertainty worsens human rights situation… Corona, you shouldn't be excused." (VOA)
 Human rights situation still dire in North Korea: report (Korea Herald)
 
 Russia
 Dagestani MfE apologizes for war songs from loudspeakers on mosques (Caucasian Knot)
 Statements of Chechen Speaker show difference of Adats and laws (Caucasian Knot)
 
 Saudi Arabia
 Saudi Arabia to introduce 24-hour daily curfew across the Kingdom for Eid holiday (Reuters)
 
 Sudan
 Sudan Approves Draft Law to Criminalize FGM (VOA)
 
 Turkey
 Turkey the only NATO member singled out in annual religious freedom report (Providence)
 ‘Do you think president’s hate speech has a role in attack against Armenian church?’ (Bianet)
 Greece slams Turkish media report linking patriarch to Islamic preacher Gülen (Ahval)
 Erdogan lashes out at Armenian, Greek lobbies (Public Radio of Armenia)
 Turkey investigates those who object to homophobia (The Economist)
 Hate speech towards Jews, Armenians, Greeks from ‘Gercek Hayat’ magazine (Şalom)
 Man arrested for attempt to set fire to Armenian church over pandemic (Ahval)
 Man attempts to burn down Istanbul church, blames Christianity ‘for spread of coronavirus’ (Duvar English)
 
 Ukraine
 Ukrainian police official requests list of Jews in western city of Kolomyya (JTA)