Page 5 - Religious Freedom

Letter to BS: US report on 'religious freedom' is against India

US State Department's 2018 Report on International Religious Freedom which accused BJP office-bearers for hate speech

US federal commission to hold talks on religious freedom in India on Dec 12

The USCIRF is an independent, bipartisan US federal government commission created in 1998, that reviews religious freedom violations abroad

After USCIRF slams India, its member backs nation on religious harmony

The dissenting statement on India comes from Tenzin Dorjee, a commissioner of the USCIRF

Curbs on religious freedom among rights problems in India: US

Report adds corruption, police and security force abuses are among human rights problems in India

Religious freedom in India on 'negative trajectory': US panel

USCIRF alleged that members of the ruling BJP tacitly supported these groups and used religiously-divisive language to further inflame tensions

India denies visa to US commission to report on freedom of religion

A three-member delegation of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) was to report on the conditions of religious freedom in India