Published on 20 Mar 2025
• The Washington DC-based USCIRF recently released a country update on India, flagging “collapsing religious freedom conditions”.
• The report highlighted how throughout 2024, individuals from minority communities have been killed and lynched by vigilante groups, religious leaders have been arbitrarily arrested, and places of worship have been demolished.
The Indian government has rejected the report as coming from a “biassed organisation”.
• The USCIRF is an independent, bipartisan U.S. federal government agency created under the 1998 International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA).
• It monitors the universal right to freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) in countries other than the U.S.
• Its assessments of countries are based on international human rights standards.
United States Commission on International Religious Freedom
USCIRF
Religious minorities
religious freedom