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September 13, 2017 News Release

Saudi Arabia: Religion Textbooks Promote Intolerance

Textbooks Disparage Sufi, Shia; Label Jews, Christians ‘Unbelievers’

Ministry of Education, Al-Tawhid, Student Book, Secondary Semester Program, Level Three, 2016-17, p. 104
September 12, 2017 News Release

Cambodia: Protect Montagnards Refugees

Forced Return to Vietnam Will Bring Mistreatment, Arrest

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September 4, 2017 Report

Algeria: Stop Persecuting a Religious Minority

286 Prosecutions of Ahmadis

Mohamed Fali.
August 25, 2017 News Release

Afghanistan: Deadly Attack on Mosque a War Crime

ISIS Affiliates Target Shia Minority

A man inspects a Shia mosque after an attack claimed by the Afghan affiliate of the Islamic State in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 25, 2017.
August 23, 2017 Dispatches

Another Conviction Under Indonesia’s Dangerous Blasphemy Law

‘Strange Teachings’ Reap a 30-Month Prison Term

Indonesia
August 13, 2017 Report

Saudi Arabia: Security Forces Seal Off Eastern Town

Awamiya Residents Caught in Crossfire, Lack Essential Services

Remains of cars and buildings are seen following a security campaign against Shi'ite Muslim gunmen in the town of Awamiya, in the eastern governorate of Qatif, August 9, 2017.
August 9, 2017 News Release

Australia: Press Vietnam on Rights

Urge Hanoi at Talks to Address Assaults on, Jailing of Activists

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July 27, 2017 Report

Libya: Activists Being Silenced

Attacks, Threats, and Harassment

Demonstrators gather to protest against the presence of militias in the Libyan capital in Tripoli's Martyrs' Square on March 17, 2017.
July 20, 2017 News Release

Indonesia: ‘Religious Rights’ Bill Would Harm Minorities

Draft Law Reinforces Discriminatory Blasphemy, House-of-Worship Regulations

Indonesia
July 19, 2017 Dispatches

Indonesia’s Ban of Islamist Group Undermines Rights

Government Targeting of Hizbut Tahrir Curtails Free Speech, Association

A masked member of the Islamic group Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia takes part in a rally in Makassar, South Sulawesi, November 1, 2009.
July 13, 2017 Dispatches

Restricting Women’s Clothing – and Freedom – in Belgium

European Court Upholds Ban on Face Coverings

Salma, a 22-year-old French national living in Belgium who chooses to wear the niqab after converting to Islam, gives an interview to Reuters television outside the Belgian Parliament in Brussels in this April 26, 2010 file photo.
July 12, 2017 News Release

Arab Gulf States: Assault on Online Activists

Leading Bahraini Rights Activist Sentenced to Two Years in Prison

Portraits of online activists in Gulf states.
July 5, 2017 Dispatches

Philippine Officials Propose ‘Muslims Only’ ID

Central Luzon Counterterrorism Initiative Discriminatory

Displaced families stay at an evacuation centre outside the city, as army troops continue their assault against insurgents from the Maute group in Marawi city, Philippines, July 3, 2017.
June 23, 2017 Dispatches

Indonesia’s Ahmadiyah Push Back Against Discriminatory Laws

Conversion Requirement for National ID Cards Prompts Protest

The Ahmadiyah mosque in Depok, West Java ordered sealed by local police to "protect" Ahmadiyah from attacks by militant Islamists, June 2017.
June 19, 2017 News Release

Sri Lanka: Minister Threatens Defender of Minority Rights

Investigate, Prosecute Attacks on Muslims, Christians

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