International Religious Freedom Summit

Panelists at the 2024 International Religious Freedom (IRF) Summit on Jan. 30-31, 2024, at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C.

International Religious Freedom Summit offers program for college students

Nov 26, 2024

The IRF Summit partnership program, taking place Feb. 3–5, 2025, includes training sessions, guided simulations, and conversations with leading scholars. Read more

View of a recreation of an El Chipote prison cell during a photography exhibition of the victims of state repression in Nicaragua and their families, at the Hall of Former Presidents of the Costa Rican Congress in San Jose, on Nov. 5, 2021.

‘Insulted, beaten, imprisoned’ Nicaraguan priest details persecution

Jan 31, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

“If I’m here, it’s not because I wanted to fly to Washington to enjoy three days off with paid travel,”... Read more

Human rights leaders call for Nigeria to be redesignated as religious freedom violator

Dec 14, 2023

By Joe Bukuras

In 2021, the Biden administration removed Nigeria, a nation notorious for extreme levels of religious persecution, from the Countries of... Read more

A panel discussion at the International Religious Freedom Summit in Washington, D.C., June 2022.

Women worldwide face sex-based religious persecution

Jul 6, 2022

By Katie Yoder, Maisy Sullivan

Religious women around the world suffer unique forms of violence and persecution because of their sex — and their ability... Read more

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