The annual Report to Congress on International Religious Freedom – the International Religious Freedom Report – describes the status of religious freedom in every country. The report covers government policies violating religious belief and practices of groups, religious denominations and individuals, and U.S. policies to promote religious freedom around the world. The U.S. Department of State submits the reports in accordance with the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998.
This report reflects the efforts of hundreds of people in the Department of State and at U.S. missions abroad. We especially thank the dedicated staff at our embassies and consulates for monitoring and promoting religious freedom and for chronicling in detail the status of freedom of religion or belief in all corners of the globe. Many of them went to great lengths under difficult circumstances to acquire the information in this report.
