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Religious Freedom: How the USCIRF continues to designate India as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC)
For another year running, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), in its 2026 Annual Report, has in strong recommendations, urged the US government to designate India as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC), “for engaging in and tolerating systematic, ongoing, and egregious religious freedom violations, as defined by the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA)”
Will the US tag India a ‘country of particular concern’?
Recommendation by USCIRF timed in anticipation of the State Department’s announcement about the CPC and Special Watch List (SWL) designations
Mark India as “country of particular concern”: USCIRF
US Commission on International Religious Freedom’s 2020 Report on International Religious Freedom, says India is a CPC once again
Concerns about targeting of minorities in India raised at US Congressional Briefing
Briefing highlights violation of rights of minorities, especially Muslims, and draws attention to the recommendations of the USCIRF
Designate India as ‘Country of Particular Concern’, impose sanctions: USCIRF
Annual report highlights "discriminatory policies, inflammatory rhetoric and tolerance for violence against minorities" in India
Minority groups, human rights organisations welcome USCIRF report on India
USCIRF had recommended that the US government designate India a Country of Particular Concern due to its recent track record of persecution of religious minorities