US Commission on International Religious Freedom
What’s at stake for Syria’s minorities in the wake of Assad’s fall?
Nadine Maenza joins Thanos Davelis to look at what's at stake for religious and ethnic minorities in Syria in the wake of Assad's fall. Maenza is president of the IRF Secretariat, an international organization focused on building infrastructure to support the religious freedom movement globally.
HALC urges reassessment of Turkey’s religious freedom status
The Hellenic-American Leadership Council (HALC) has called for a review of Turkey's position in the Annual Report on International Religious Freedom, published by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom. HALC has proposed that Turkey be included in the "Countries of Particular Concern" (CPC) list.
Turkey converts Chora into a mosque as USCIRF puts the spotlight on religious freedom
Earlier this week Turkey formally opened the monastery of Chora, a former Byzantine church and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Istanbul, as a mosque. The move follows the conversion of the Hagia Sophia into a mosque in 2020, and has drawn international criticism.