Annual Report on International Religious Freedom 2007, February 2008, 110-2 Report, *2008 |
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Common terms and phrases
abducted or illegally ABUSES AND DISCRIMINATION abuses or discrimination allow such citizens anti-Semitic Baha'i based on religious belief or practice Buddhist Constitution provides DEMOGRAPHY The country detained discrimination based discusses religious freedom Eid al-Adha Eid al-Fitr ethnic Falun Gong forced religious conversion free practice FREEDOM Legal/Policy Framework freedom of religion gious Government discusses religious Government generally respected Hoa Hao holidays house church including of minor Islamic Jehovah's Witnesses ment Ministry mosques Muslim NGOs overall policy Pentecostal percent period covered POLICY The U.S. policy to promote population promote human rights Protestant provides for freedom Qur'an RELIGIOUS DEMOGRAPHY religious freedom issues RELIGIOUS FREEDOM Legal/Policy religious groups religious organizations reporting period reports of forced reports of societal respect for religious respected this right Restrictions on Religious right in practice SECTION Shari'a Shi'a societal abuses square miles STATUS OF RELIGIOUS status of respect U.S. Government discusses U.S. GOVERNMENT POLICY
Popular passages
Page xi - Everyone shall have the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. This right shall include freedom to have or to adopt a religion or belief of his choice, and freedom, either individually or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in worship, observance, practice and teaching.
Page 162 - There were no reports of religious prisoners or detainees. Forced Religious Conversion There were no reports of forced religious conversion, including of minor US citizens who had been abducted or illegally removed from the United States, or of the Government's refusal to allow such citizens to be returned to the United States.
Page xi - No one shall be subject to coercion which would impair his freedom to have or to adopt a religion or belief of his choice.
Page ix - This information-gathering can be hazardous, and US Foreign Service Officers regularly go to great lengths, under trying and sometimes dangerous conditions, to investigate reports of human rights abuse, monitor elections, and come to the aid of individuals at risk because of their religious beliefs.
Page 192 - There were no reports of forced religious conversion, including of minor US citizens who had been abducted or illegally removed from the United States, or of the refusal by local authorities to allow such citizens to be returned to the United States.
Page 211 - The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, and the Government generally respects this right in practice. There was no change in the status of respect for religious freedom during the period covered by this report, and government policy continued to contribute to the generally free practice of religion.
Page vi - Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief...
Page 5 - ... in the interests of defence, public safety, public order, public morality or public health; or (b) for the purpose of protecting the rights and freedoms of other persons, including the right to observe and practice any religion without the unsolicited intervention of members of any other religion.
Page 370 - A person's freedom to profess and propagate his or her religion or faith may be subject only to those limitations prescribed by law and only when such restrictions are necessary to protect the safety of society, public order, a person's health or morals, or the fundamental rights and freedoms of others.
Page 90 - Government from unfairly discriminating directly or indirectly against anyone on the basis of religion, and it states that persons belonging to a religious community may not be denied the right to practice their religion and to form, join, and maintain religious associations with other members of that community. Cases of discrimination against a person on the grounds of religious freedom may be taken to the Constitutional Court. While Christianity is the dominant religion in the country, the law...