USCIRF News Digest

        Source:             www.uscirf.gov
Date:                  February 25, 2020

USCIRF News Digest - February 25, 2020

USCIRF News

 USCIRF Mourns the Passing of Patriarch Thích Quảng Độ

 New Research Opportunity - Identify Violators and Impose Sanctions

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Top News from Around the World

 China
 Uyghur Survivor of Xinjiang Camps Escapes Suspicious Fire Set at Home in Kazakhstan (Radio Free Asia)
 EU Seen Turning Tough Rhetoric Into Action on Abuses Against Muslim Uyghurs in China (Radio Free Asia)

 Belgium
 Belgian city of Aalst says anti-Semitic parade 'just fun' (BBC)

 Egypt
 A Bittersweet Homecoming for Egypt’s Jews (The New York Times)

 India
 Violent protests over citizenship law erupt amid Trump visit to India (The Hill)

 Iran
 Iran’s ongoing war against its religious minorities (OpenDemocracy)

 Vietnam
 Vietnamese dissident monk who was a Nobel Prize nominee dies at 93 (Channel News Asia)

 Yemen
 Yemen's Houthis to defy international calls and try 24 members of the Bahai community (Yemen Online)

 Other
 Execution for a Facebook post? Why blasphemy is a capital offense in some Muslim countries (The Washington Post)