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