REPORTS & BRIEFS

Annual Report

• 2013 Annual Report
• 2005 Annual Report

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Annual Report - Chapters and Summaries

• Bangladesh Chapters

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Did You Know...

• Did You Know...Bangladesh (May 7, 2013)
• Did You Know...USCIRF's 2013 Annual Report (April 30, 2013)

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Policy Briefs and Focuses

• Bangladesh Policy Focus - Fall 2006

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Special Reports

• Comparative Study of Constitutions of OIC Countries, 2012 Update
• Comparative Study of Constitutions of Muslim Countries, 2005

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ADVISING GOVERNMENT

Congressional Testimony

• 3/21/2012: Testimony of Leonard Leo before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission on Challenges Facing Religious Minorities in South Asia
• 12/21/2006: Testimony by Felice D. Gaer, Chair, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom

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Government Correspondence

• 4/22/2013: USCIRF Letter to Secretary Kerry on the Sixteenth Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

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Other Advocacy Materials

• 4/30/2004: USCIRF Hearing -- Bangladesh: Protecting the Human Rights of Thought, Conscience, and Religion

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NEWS ROOM

Press Releases

• 4/30/2013: USCIRF’s 2013 Annual Report on the State of International Religious Freedom Identifies World’s Worst Violators
• 1/11/2010: Bangladesh: USCIRF Welcomes Investigation into Anti-Minority Violence
• 12/12/2008: Bangladesh: USCIRF Hearing Weighs Threat of Religious Extremism, Urges Greater Security for Minorities during Upcoming National Elections
• 12/01/2008: Hearing on Bangladesh: Religious Freedom, Extremism, Security, and the Upcoming National Elections
• 11/24/2008: SAVE THE DATE: Hearing on Bangladesh: Religious Freedom, Extremism, Security, and the Upcoming National Elections
• 01/12/2007: Bangladesh: Decision to Postpone Election Offers a Second Chance
• 11/09/2006: Bangladesh: USCIRF Releases Transcript of Forum on Upcoming National Elections
• 10/17/2006: USCIRF Releases Policy Focus on Bangladesh Examining What is at Stake in Country's National Elections
• 10/13/2006: Bangladesh: USCIRF Forum on Bangladesh's Upcoming National Elections
• 3/03/2006: USCIRF Delegation Travels to Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
• 11/10/2005: USCIRF Welcomes Redesignation of Eight "Countries of Particular Concern"; Disappointed that Pakistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan Not Designated
• 4/28/2004: Bangladesh: New York hearing with Congressman Crowley
• 4/20/2004: Bangladesh: New York hearing with Congressman Crowley

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Op-Eds

• 12/12/2011: The Hill -- Myths About Religious Freedom Abroad

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USCIRF In the News

• 5/01/2011: U.S. Panel ID's World's Top Religious Persecutors - CBN News
• 4/29/2011: Religious freedom watchdog group adds Egypt to violator list - CNN
• 4/29/2011: Country of concern - World Magazine
• 4/29/2011: US Panel Singles Out Top Religious Persecutors - The Epoch Times
• 4/29/2011: U.S. Religious-Freedom Commission Recommends Egypt Be Listed Among Worst Offenders - RFE/RL
• 4/29/2011: Turkey on religious freedom watch list for 3rd year in a row - Today's Zaman
• 4/29/2011: US report puts Egypt with worst religion violators - Associated Press
• 4/28/2011: U.S. Urged to Step Up Religious Freedom Efforts in Egypt - Christian Post
• 4/28/2011: Recurrent attacks on Copts has Egypt slated for US religious freedom blacklist - Ahram Online
• 11/04/2009: Court Impedes Effort to Rescue Kidnapped Girl in Bangladesh - Crosswalk
• 5/13/2009: Bangladeshi Christians Granted Asylum in the United States - CFI
• 5/01/2009: US praises Bangladesh 'freedoms' - BBC

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EVENTS

Hearings & Press Conferences

• 12/04/2008: Bangladesh Hearing - Summary
• 12/04/2008: Public Hearing on Bangladesh: Religious Freedom, Extremism, Security, and the Upcoming National Elections
• 12/04/2008: Bangladesh Hearing - Opening Remarks of Felice D. Gaer
• 12/01/2008: Bangladesh Hearing - Press Release
• Bangladesh Hearing - Speaker Biographies
• 12/04/2008: Bangladesh Hearing - Transcript
• 12/04/2008: Bangladesh Hearing - Testimony of Sachi Dastidar
• 12/04/2008: Bangladesh Hearing - Testimony of Asif Saleh
• 12/01/2008: Bangladesh Hearing - Testimony of Shapan Adnan
• 12/04/2008: Bangladesh Hearing - Testimony of Ali Riaz
• 12/04/2008: Bangladesh Hearing - Testimony of Kimber Shearer (IRI)
• 12/04/2008: Bangladesh Hearing - Testimony of Peter Manikas (NDI)
• 12/04/2008: Bangladesh Hearing - Testimony of Amb. James F. Moriarty

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