Written by Don Byrd
Yesterday, Secretary Kerry released the 2012 International Religious Freedom Report, a yearly update, mandated by Congress, on the status of religious freedom in every country in the world.
You can read the report, and browse countries by name at this State Department site. Watch Secretary Kerry and Ambassador Cook’s remarks regarding the report here.
Here is a snippet from the Executive Summary:
For 2012, some common themes regarding the status of religious freedom around the world emerged. In general, these themes reveal negative trends, and often cut across national and regional boundaries. The individual reports provide the details, but these worrying trends–and the authoritarian governments that restrict their citizens’ ability to practice their religion–merit highlighting.
