Religious freedom conditions in India continued to deteriorate in 2025: USCIRF

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : The report said that future US security assistance and bilateral trade policies with India be linked to improvements in religious freedom.
50% : There were no immediate comments from India on the report issued by the US Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF).
50% : "As USCIRF's Annual Report shows, far too many people in key nations are denied religious freedom through unjust laws, discrimination, harassment, violence, and even crimes against humanity.
49% : It recommended to the US Government that India be designated as a "country of particular concern," or CPC, for "engaging in and tolerating systematic, ongoing, and egregious religious freedom violations".
48% : The US government must continue to advance religious freedom abroad to make a difference for those facing religious persecution."
47% : In its annual report, the USCIRF also asked that targeted sanctions be imposed on individuals and entities, such as the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), for their "responsibility and tolerance of severe violations of religious freedom by freezing those individuals' or entities' assets and/or barring their entry into the United States."
45% : The report said that in 2025, religious freedom conditions in India continued to deteriorate as the government introduced and enforced new legislation targeting religious minority communities and their houses of worship.
34% : A US federal government commission has flagged the alleged worsening of religious freedom in India and called for it to be designated as a "Country of Particular Concern".

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