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MEA snubs 'biased' USCIRF report for calling India 'country of particular
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 28 (ANI): Calling the United States Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) as an 'organization of particular concern', India on Tuesday slammed the US government body for its "biased and tendentious" comment against New Delhi in its annual reports.
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India slams USCIRF, says it is spreading misguided reports on professional
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 16 (ANI): India on Wednesday dismissed concerns of United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) over reports that coronavirus patients were being segregated on the basis of religious identity in an Ahmedabad hospital and asked it to stop addin
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USCIRF welcomes Supreme Court's decision on Assam detention centres
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 15 (ANI): The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Tuesday (local time) welcomed the decision of India's Supreme Court to relax conditions for the release of individuals detained as "foreigners" in Assam's detention centres due to concerns with
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USCIRF 'troubled' by reports of food aid being denied to Hindus, Christian
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 14 (ANI): The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Monday said it was "troubled by reports of food aid being denied to the minority Hindus and Christians in Pakistan" amid the coronavirus outbreak in the country.
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US Ambassador Brownback calls for release of religious prisoners amid COVI
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 3 (ANI): United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, Sam Brownback has called upon countries to release religious prisoners during the coronavirus crisis.
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Pak officials 'scapegoating' vulnerable Hazara Shi'a community for coronav
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington, [US], Apr 01 (ANI): Expressing its concern over reports of Pakistan targeting Hazara Shi'a community for the spread of coronavirus. United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Tuesday accused the Balochistan provincial government of "scapegoating" the
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Factually inaccurate, misleading: MEA rebuffs US panel body's statement on
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 27 (ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday termed the statement issued by United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Delhi violence as "factually inaccurate and misleading" and said it is seen as an attempt towards politic
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Trump's India visit: Religious freedom, defence among top agendas despite
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 23 (ANI): US President Donald Trump will be embarking on his first official visit to India early next week. Accompanied by a ministerial delegation of officials, the visiting dignitary is expected to raise issues over religious freedom and recent developments in Kashmi
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CAA enacted to create religious test of citizenship, says new US commissio
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington [US], Feb 20 (ANI): A new legislative document by a US federal panel alleges that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) is part of an effort by the Indian government to create a religious test for citizenship.
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US launches International Religious Freedom Alliance, condemns terrorists
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Feb 06 (ANI): Announcing the launch of a 27-nation International Religious Freedom Alliance, US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Wednesday (local time) said that his country condemned terrorists and extremists for targeting religious minorities all over the world inc
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USCIRF condemns Iran's actions targeting Baha'is
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], Jan 30 (ANI): The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Wednesday condemned an Iranian court order allowing authorities to confiscate properties owned by Baha'is in the village of Ivel in Mazandaran Province.
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Pak rejects US report which places it on list of countries violating relig
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec 25 (ANI): Pakistan on Tuesday rejected a US State Department report which placed it on a list of countries violating religious freedoms, describing the move as "unilateral and arbitrary", which, it said, raises questions about the credibility and transparency of the
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