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International Religious Freedom

2008 Annual Report on International Religious FreedomThe International Religious Freedom report is submitted to Congress annually by the Department of State in compliance with Section 102(b) of the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA) of 1998. This report supplements the most recent Human Rights Reports by providing additional detailed information with respect to matters involving international religious freedom. It includes individual country chapters on the status of religious freedom worldwide.

Email us to request a hard copy of the 2008 Annual Report on International Religious Freedom. In your request, please include your name, organization, mailing address and telephone number including area code. Please indicate the number of hard copies you need.

The deadline for submitting requests is December 30, 2008. It may take up to a year to process and produce hard copies of the report.

  
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Department Releases International Religious Freedom Report
Secretary Rice (Sept. 19): "Today, I have transmitted to Congress the 10th Annual Report on International Religious Freedom. ...Religious freedom is at the core of our nation, now as always. We are a country founded on the belief that all men and women are created equal, that as equals we enjoy certain universal and inalienable rights, and that among these are the right to live without oppression, to worship as we wish, and to think and speak and assemble without retribution." Full Text l Briefing by Amb. Hanford
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