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U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF)
Aug. 8, 2025

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8, 2025 /Standard Newswire/ — The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released the following report on Sudan:

Sudan’s War and Its Implications for Freedom of Religion or Belief - Since April 2023, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have entrenched Sudan in a brutal civil war. Both sides have committed atrocities and human rights violations that have impacted Sudanese civilians. Religious freedom concerns have again risen amid the current war, as sporadic reports have emerged of attacks on places of worship, arbitrarily detained members of religious minorities, and created a pervasive climate of fear for those communities by blocking humanitarian aid and other insidious tactics. USCIRF has continued to closely monitor religious freedom conditions in Sudan amid these concerning developments. This issue update highlights the impact of the last two years of conflict on religious minorities and other communities in Sudan.

In its 2025 Annual Report, USCIRF highlighted religious freedom conditions in Sudan as part of its chapter on other global developments. Prior to the outbreak of the present conflict, USCIRF conducted a delegation to Sudan to assess conditions in 2020 and published a related country update in 2021.

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is an independent, bipartisan legislative branch agency established by the U.S. Congress to monitor, analyze, and report on religious freedom abroad. USCIRF makes foreign policy recommendations to the President, the Secretary of State, and Congress intended to deter religious persecution and promote freedom of religion and belief. To interview a Commissioner, please contact USCIRF at media@uscirf.gov.

SOURCE United States Commission on International Religious Freedom

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