Headline : Countries and Individuals Working to Promote Religious Freedom

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"Over generations, our nation has welcomed hundreds of thousands of refugees facing religious persecution. We work relentlessly to secure the release of people in prison for exercising their right to religious freedom around the globe," said Secretary Blinken.

The State Department’s annual International Religious Freedom report tracks threats to religious freedom in almost 200 countries. The threats it documents come from governments, violent extremist groups, and individuals acting with hatred and often impunity.

The report also documents steps countries are taking to defend and promote religious freedom. At the rollout of the most recent report, Secretary of State Antony Blinken pointed to significant examples:

“Last November Czechia brought officials, practitioners, faith and civil society leaders from some 60 countries to share ways to push back against authoritarian governments that are cracking down on religious freedom. Saudi Arabia continues to remove exclusionary and hateful language against religious minorities from its public-school textbooks, introducing new editions that promote peace and tolerance. In Germany, authorities are working with survivors to prosecute ISIS fighters who carried out genocide and atrocities against Yazidis, Christians, Shia Muslims, and other religious minorities in both Iraq and in Syria.”

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