US designates 11 countries for ‘violating religious freedom’

Under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, the US Secretary of State annually designates governments that have engaged in or tolerated violations of religious freedom as ‘Countries of Particular Concern’. Yesterday, it was announced that the US Secretary of State had re-designated Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and…