USCIRF News Digest


        Source:             www.uscirf.gov
Date:                   February 18, 2020
 

USCIRF News Digest - February 18, 2020


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Top News from Around the World

 China
 Leaked Data Shows China's Uighurs Detained Due to Religion (Voice of America)
 Document Shows Chinese Officials’ Calculations in Waging Xinjiang Campaign (Wall Street Journal)
 China Uighurs: Detained for beards, veils and internet browsing (BBC)
 Historic meeting between Holy See and China (La Croix)
 Mainland Catholics accuse Vatican of bowing to China (UCA)
 The Dalai Lama's succession rests with Tibet, not China (The Hill)
 
 India
 'Despite pressure, government will remain firm': PM Modi rules out rethink on CAA (Hindustan Times)
 
 Indonesia
 Church Leaders Meet Chief Security Minister to Complain of Rising Religious Intolerance (Jakarta Post)
 
 Iran
 Iran Threatens to Destroy Tomb of Esther and Mordechai (Jewish Press)
 
 Pakistan
 LHC to take up blasphemy convicts' appeal on Feb 20 (The Express Tribune)
 
 Russia
 Jehovah's Witnesses Report Convictions, Torture in Russia (New York Times)
 
 Turkey
 Christian cemetery in Ankara vandalized in possible hate crime (Ahval)