Elusive Religious Freedom
Commission Reports on Countries of Particular Concern
By Father John Flynn
ROME, MAY 7, 2007

(Zenit.org).- On May 2 the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), published its annual report together with its recommendations on which nations should be nominated "countries of particular concern" (CPC).

The commission was created by the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998. Its annual report differs from the State Department's extensive country-by-country analysis on religious freedom in that it only examines a limited number of countries.

The CPC list covers those countries where authorities engage in systematic violations of religious freedom. The commission's recommendations for 2007 are: Burma, North Korea, Eritrea, Iran, Pakistan, China, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.
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