United States Commission on International Religious Freedom

Iraq

Congressional Testimony

Testimony by Preeta D. Bansal, Chair

Correspondence with U.S. Government

Editorials

March 6, 2004: Big Hurdles in Iraq - Rocky Mountain News

Global Issues: Anti-Semitism

Press Releases

July 25, 2007: USCIRF Hearing: Threats to Iraq's Communities of Antiquity
December 22, 2006: Iraq: USCIRF Op-Ed in The Washington Times
December 13, 2006: Iraq: USCIRF Regrets Lack of Attention to Religious Freedom and other Human Rights in Iraq Study Group Report
October 12, 2005: Asylum Seekers Fleeing Iraq Must Be Protected
October 6, 2005: USCIRF Analysis of Proposed Iraqi Constitution: Ambiguities in Text Threaten Human Rights Protections
August 4, 2005: Iraq: USCIRF Oped appears in The Washington Post
July 26, 2005: Iraq : USCIRF Tells U.S. Ambassador Draft Constitution Fails to Protect Fundamental Rights
April 13, 2005: USCIRF Chair encourages Iraqi civil society leaders to protect religious freedom in Iraqi permanent constitution
March 8, 2005: Commission Releases Religion & Human Rights Survey on Constitutions of 44 Muslim Counties
February 28, 2005: Iraq: USCIRF briefing with Mithal al-Alusi, founder of the Dem. Party of the Iraqi Nation
December 24, 2004: Iraq: USCIRF letter to President Bush on religious terror
August 19, 2004: Iraq: USCIRF decries attacks in letter to Negroponte
June 16, 2004: USCIRF meets with Secretary of State Powell
March 8, 2004: Iraq: USCIRF commends extensive protection of human rights in interim constitution
February 9, 2004: USCIRF: Chair Young to testify before HIRC
June 27, 2003: Iraq: Rebuilding civil society
April 28, 2003: Iraq: Religion and Reconstruction
September 30, 2002: Commission Recommends 12 Nations for Designation As 'Countries of Particular Concern'
August 16, 2001: USCIRF Asks State Dept to Designate 9 Countries As Worst Religious-Freedom Violators

Publications

December 2008 - Report on Iraq

2007 Annual Report chapter

2006 Annual Report chapter (text only)

USCIRF Analysis of Iraq Constitutions (March 21, 2006)

USCIRF Analysis of Iraq Constitutions (September 15, 2005)

2005 Annual Report

Comparative analysis of the constitutions of 44 Muslim Countries (March 2005)

2004 Annual Report

2003 Annual Report

2002 Annual Report

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