2009 Report on International Religious Freedom


Preface, Introduction, and Executive Summary
10/26/09  Preface
10/26/09  Introduction
10/26/09  Executive Summary

Africa
10/26/09  Angola
10/26/09  Angola [Portuguese]
10/26/09  Benin
10/26/09  Benin [French]
10/26/09  Botswana
10/26/09  Burkina Faso
10/26/09  Burkina Faso [French]
10/26/09  Burundi
10/26/09  Burundi [French]
10/26/09  Cameroon
10/26/09  Cape Verde
10/26/09  Central African Republic
10/26/09  Central African Republic [French]
10/26/09  Chad
10/26/09  Chad [French]
10/26/09  Comoros
10/26/09  Comoros [French]
10/26/09  Congo, Democratic Republic of the
10/26/09  Congo, Democratic Republic of the [French]
10/26/09  Congo, Republic of the
10/26/09  Congo, Republic of the [French]
10/26/09  Cote d'Ivoire 
10/26/09  Cote d'Ivoire [French] 
10/26/09  Djibouti
10/26/09  Djibouti [French]
10/26/09  Equatorial Guinea
10/26/09  Eritrea
10/26/09  Eritrea [Arabic]
10/26/09  Ethiopia
10/26/09  Ethiopia [Amharic]
10/26/09  Gabon
10/26/09  Gabon [French]
10/26/09  Gambia, The
10/26/09  Ghana
10/26/09  Guinea
10/26/09  Guinea-Bissau
10/26/09  Kenya
10/26/09  Lesotho
10/26/09  Liberia
10/26/09  Madagascar
10/26/09  Madagascar [French]
10/26/09  Madagascar [Malagasy]
10/26/09  Malawi
10/26/09  Mali
10/26/09  Mali [French]
10/26/09  Mauritania
10/26/09  Mauritania [Arabic]
10/26/09  Mauritius
10/26/09  Mozambique
10/26/09  Mozambique [Portuguese]
10/26/09  Namibia
10/26/09  Niger
10/26/09  Niger [French]
10/26/09  Nigeria
10/26/09  Rwanda
10/26/09  Sao Tome and Principe
10/26/09  Senegal
10/26/09  Senegal [French]
10/26/09  Seychelles
10/26/09  Sierra Leone
10/26/09  Somalia
10/26/09  South Africa
10/26/09  Sudan
10/26/09  Sudan [Arabic]
10/26/09  Swaziland
10/26/09  Tanzania
10/26/09  Togo
10/26/09  Uganda
10/26/09  Zambia
10/26/09  Zimbabwe

East Asia and Pacific
10/26/09  Australia
10/26/09  Brunei
10/26/09  Burma
10/26/09  Burma [Burmese]
10/26/09  Cambodia
10/26/09  Cambodia [Khmer]
10/26/09  China (includes Tibet, Hong Kong, Macau) 
10/26/09  China - Tibet [Tibetan] 
10/26/09  China [Chinese]
10/26/09  China [Uighur]
10/26/09  Fiji
10/26/09  Hong Kong [Chinese]
10/26/09  Indonesia
10/26/09  Indonesia [Indonesian]
10/26/09  Japan
10/26/09  Japan [Japanese]
10/26/09  Kiribati
10/26/09  Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
10/26/09  Korea, Democratic People's Republic of [Korean]
10/26/09  Korea, Republic of
10/26/09  Korea, Republic of [Korean]
10/26/09  Laos
10/26/09  Laos [Lao]
10/26/09  Macau [Chinese] 
10/26/09  Malaysia
10/26/09  Marshall Islands
10/26/09  Marshall Islands [Marshallese]
10/26/09  Micronesia, Federated States of
10/26/09  Mongolia
10/26/09  Mongolia [Mongolian]
10/26/09  Nauru
10/26/09  New Zealand
10/26/09  Palau
10/26/09  Papua New Guinea
10/26/09  Philippines
10/26/09  Samoa
10/26/09  Singapore
10/26/09  Solomon Islands
10/26/09  Taiwan
10/26/09  Taiwan [Chinese]
10/26/09  Thailand
10/26/09  Thailand [Thai]
10/26/09  Timor-Leste
10/26/09  Tonga
10/26/09  Tuvalu
10/26/09  Vanuatu
10/26/09  Vietnam
10/26/09  Vietnam [Vietnamese]

Europe and Eurasia
10/26/09  Albania
10/26/09  Albania [Albanian]
10/26/09  Andorra
10/26/09  Armenia
10/26/09  Armenia [Armenian]
10/26/09  Austria
10/26/09  Austria [German]
10/26/09  Azerbaijan
10/26/09  Azerbaijan [Azerbaijani]
10/26/09  Belarus
10/26/09  Belarus [Belarusian]
10/26/09  Belarus [Russian]
10/26/09  Belgium
10/26/09  Belgium [Dutch]
10/26/09  Belgium [French]
10/26/09  Bosnia and Herzegovina
10/26/09  Bosnia and Herzegovina [Serbocroation]
10/26/09  Bulgaria
10/26/09  Bulgaria [Bulgarian]
10/26/09  Croatia
10/26/09  Croatia [Croation]
10/26/09  Cyprus
10/26/09  Czech Republic
10/26/09  Czech Republic [Czech]
10/26/09  Denmark
10/26/09  Estonia
10/26/09  Estonia [Estonian]
10/26/09  Estonia [Russian]
10/26/09  Finland
10/26/09  France
10/26/09  France [French]
10/26/09  Georgia
10/26/09  Georgia [Georgian]
10/26/09  Germany
10/26/09  Germany [German]
10/26/09  Greece
10/26/09  Greece [Greek]
10/26/09  Hungary
10/26/09  Hungary [Hungarian]
10/26/09  Iceland
10/26/09  Ireland
10/26/09  Italy
10/26/09  Italy [Italian]
10/26/09  Kosovo
10/26/09  Kosovo [Albanian]
10/26/09  Kosovo [Serbian]
10/26/09  Latvia
10/26/09  Latvia [Latvian]
10/26/09  Liechtenstein
10/26/09  Liechtenstein [German]
10/26/09  Lithuania
10/26/09  Lithuania [Lithuanian]
10/26/09  Luxembourg
10/26/09  Macedonia
10/26/09  Macedonia [Albanian]
10/26/09  Macedonia [Macedonian]
10/26/09  Malta
10/26/09  Malta [Maltese]
10/26/09  Moldova
10/26/09  Moldova [Romanian]
10/26/09  Moldova [Russian]
10/26/09  Monaco
10/26/09  Montenegro
10/26/09  Montenegro [Montenegrin]
10/26/09  Netherlands
10/26/09  Norway
10/26/09  Poland
10/26/09  Poland [Polish]
10/26/09  Portugal
10/26/09  Portugal [Portuguese]
10/26/09  Romania
10/26/09  Romania [Romanian]
10/26/09  Russia
10/26/09  Russia [Russian]
10/26/09  San Marino
10/26/09  Serbia
10/26/09  Serbia [Serbian]
10/26/09  Slovak Republic
10/26/09  Slovak Republic [Slovak]
10/26/09  Slovenia
10/26/09  Slovenia [Slovenian]
10/26/09  Spain
10/26/09  Spain [Spanish]
10/26/09  Sweden
10/26/09  Switzerland
10/26/09  Switzerland [German]
10/26/09  Turkey
10/26/09  Turkey [Turkish]
10/26/09  Ukraine
10/26/09  Ukraine [Ukranian]
10/26/09  United Kingdom

Near East and North Africa
10/26/09  Algeria
10/26/09  Algeria [Arabic]
10/26/09  Algeria [French]
10/26/09  Bahrain
10/26/09  Bahrain [Arabic]
10/26/09  Egypt
10/26/09  Egypt [Arabic]
10/26/09  Iran
10/26/09  Iran [Persian]
10/26/09  Iraq
10/26/09  Iraq [Arabic]
10/26/09  Israel [Arabic]
10/26/09  Israel [Hebrew]
10/26/09  Israel and the occupied territories
10/26/09  Jordan
10/26/09  Jordan [Arabic]
10/26/09  Kuwait
10/26/09  Kuwait [Arabic]
10/26/09  Lebanon
10/26/09  Lebanon [Arabic]
10/26/09  Libya
10/26/09  Libya [Arabic]
10/26/09  Morocco
10/26/09  Morocco [Arabic]
10/26/09  Morocco [French]
10/26/09  Occupied Territories [Arabic]
10/26/09  Occupied Territories [Hebrew]
10/26/09  Oman
10/26/09  Oman [Arabic]
10/26/09  Qatar
10/26/09  Qatar [Arabic]
10/26/09  Saudi Arabia
10/26/09  Saudi Arabia [Arabic]
10/26/09  Syria
10/26/09  Syria [Arabic]
10/26/09  Tunisia
10/26/09  Tunisia [Arabic]
10/26/09  Tunisia [French]
10/26/09  United Arab Emirates
10/26/09  United Arab Emirates [Arabic]
10/26/09  Western Sahara
10/26/09  Western Sahara [Arabic]
10/26/09  Western Sahara [French]
10/26/09  Yemen
10/26/09  Yemen [Arabic]

South and Central Asia
10/26/09  Afghanistan
10/26/09  Afghanistan [Dari]
10/26/09  Afghanistn [Pashto]
10/26/09  Bangladesh
10/26/09  Bangladesh [Bengali]
10/26/09  Bhutan
10/26/09  India
10/26/09  Kazakhstan
10/26/09  Kazakhstan [Russian]
10/26/09  Kyrgyz Republic
10/26/09  Kyrgyz Republic [Russian]
10/26/09  Maldives
10/26/09  Nepal
10/26/09  Nepal [Nepali]
10/26/09  Pakistan
10/26/09  Pakistan [Urdu]
10/26/09  Sri Lanka
10/26/09  Sri Lanka [Sinhala]
10/26/09  Sri Lanka [Tamil]
10/26/09  Tajikistan
10/26/09  Tajikistan [Russian]
10/26/09  Turkmenistan
10/26/09  Turkmenistan [Russian]
10/26/09  Turkmenistan [Turkmen]
10/26/09  Uzbekistan
10/26/09  Uzbekistan [Uzbek]

Western Hemisphere
10/26/09  Antigua and Barbuda
10/26/09  Argentina
10/26/09  Argentina [Spanish]
10/26/09  Bahamas
10/26/09  Barbados
10/26/09  Belize
10/26/09  Bolivia
10/26/09  Bolivia [Spanish]
10/26/09  Brazil
10/26/09  Brazil [Portuguese]
10/26/09  Canada
10/26/09  Canada [French]
10/26/09  Chile
10/26/09  Chile [Spanish]
10/26/09  Colombia
10/26/09  Colombia [Spanish]
10/26/09  Costa Rica
10/26/09  Costa Rica [Spanish]
10/26/09  Cuba
10/26/09  Cuba [Spanish]
10/26/09  Dominica
10/26/09  Dominican Republic
10/26/09  Dominican Republic [Spanish]
10/26/09  Ecuador
10/26/09  Ecuador [Spanish]
10/26/09  El Salvador
10/26/09  El Salvador [Spanish]
10/26/09  Grenada
10/26/09  Guatemala
10/26/09  Guatemala [Spanish]
10/26/09  Guyana
10/26/09  Haiti
10/26/09  Haiti [French]
10/26/09  Honduras
10/26/09  Honduras [Spanish]
10/26/09  Jamaica
10/26/09  Mexico
10/26/09  Mexico [Spanish]
10/26/09  Nicaragua
10/26/09  Nicaragua [Spanish]
10/26/09  Panama
10/26/09  Panama [Spanish]
10/26/09  Paraguay
10/26/09  Paraguay [Spanish]
10/26/09  Peru
10/26/09  Peru [Spanish]
10/26/09  St. Kitts and Nevis
10/26/09  St. Lucia
10/26/09  St. Vincent and the Grenadines
10/26/09  Suriname
10/26/09  Suriname [Dutch]
10/26/09  Trinidad and Tobago
10/26/09  Uruguay
10/26/09  Uruguay [Spanish]
10/26/09  Venezuela
10/26/09  Venezuela [Spanish]

Appendices
10/26/09  Appendix A: Universal Declaration of Human Rights
10/26/09  Appendix B: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
10/26/09  Appendix C: The Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief
10/26/09  Appendix D: Regional Organizations' Religious Freedom Commitments
10/26/09  Appendix E: Training at the Foreign Service Institute Related to the International Religious Freedom Act
10/26/09  Appendix F: Department of Homeland Security and the International Religious Freedom Act
10/26/09  Appendix G: Overview of U.S. Refugee Policy

Related Material
10/26/09  Briefing on the Release of the 2009 Annual Report on International Religious Freedom;  Assistant Secretary Michael H. Posner, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; Washington, DC
10/26/09 Annual Report on International Religious Freedom ;  Assistant Secretary Michael H. Posner, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
10/26/09 Remarks on the Release of the 2009 Annual Report on International Religious;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC