The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released its annual report on religious freedom around the world. Press release here and full report (200+ pages pdf) here. You will learn more about the USCIRF later in the quarter, but for now you should read the brief Introduction and Overview found in the full report. You do not need to read the full report, but you should browse it and pick a few countries to read about the types of religious freedom violations occurring around the world.
The USCIRF recommends that the following countries be redesignated as "Countries of Particular Concern" (CPCs) where severe violations of religious freedom are perpetrated or tolerated by the government: Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
It also recommends the the following be added to the list of CPCs: Central African Republic, Egypt, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan, Syria, Tajikistan, and Vietnam.
Still other countries are noted as ones with governments that engage in or tolerate violations of religious rights of individuals.
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