USCIRF appoints Uyghur-American Nury Turkel as USCIRF chairman

Washington: The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has unanimously elected Uyghur-American Nury Turkel as its Chair to lead the Commission for 2022-2023.

USCIRF condemns Chinese sanctions on Chair Gayle Manchin and Vice Chair Tony Perkins

Washington: The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has strongly condemned the Chinese government’s sanctions on USCIRF Chair Gayle Manchin and Vice Chair Tony Perkins, imposed in an apparent retaliation for U.S. sanctions on Chinese officials and for USCIRF’s consistent criticism of the Chinese Communist Party government’s atrocities against Uyghur and other Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang.

USCIRF condemns arrest of Ahmadi Muslim woman on blasphemy charges in Pakistan

Washington/IBNS: The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has condemned the arrest of Ramzan Bibi, a 55-year-old Ahmadi Muslim woman in Cheleki, Pakistan, on blasphemy charges.

Uyghur rights advocate Nury Turkel appointed in the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

Washington: Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced the appointment of Nury Turkel, a lawyer and Uyghur rights advocate, to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF).

COVID-19: USCIRF feels 'troubled' by reports of Pakistan denying aid to Hindus and Christians

Washington/IBNS:  The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) recently expressed its concern over reports that "food aid being denied to the minority Hindus and Christians in Pakistan", specially at a time when the nation is witnessing an outbreak of COVID-19.