IIRF presents to South African Parliament as it listens to faith communities complaining about attempts to regulate religion
State commission seeks to curb abuse in churches by legislation, calling it “self-regulation”
IIRF Updates
Two researchers related to the International Institute for Religious Freedom receive awards
New research awards for research on religious freedom and persecution of Christians
IIRF Director teaches at the UN University for Peace on “Perspectives of Religion and Society”
Dr. Dennis P. Petri was appointed as a Visiting Professor at the UN University for Peace (UPEACE) to teach the postgraduate course “Perspectives of Religion and Society”.
Democracy, Authoritarianism and Religious Freedom
IIRF Research Fellow Dr. Camila Sánchez-Sandoval published an article in the German Protestant news agency IDEA.
Syria-Germany: Strengthening cooperation in the field of crisis response
Report by R. Fawaz, Syran Arab News Agency
On the front lines for religious freedom in Latin America
(Note: This interview was originally posted on IIRF volunteer Bruce Barron’s Substack page.) If you visit the website of OLIRE, the Observatorio de Libertad Religiosa en
The hidden reach of arrests, sentences, and abductions
This report from the IIRF, drawing from the VID, maps these under-reported but deeply consequential forms of persecution.
Seeing the hidden patterns: Subnational insights from the Violent Incidents Database
Violations of religious freedom are often described at the national level, as major events tied to authoritarian regimes or regions gripped by conflict. But the
The state of global religious freedom violations against Christians
The IIRF, in partnership with GCR, released a January 2025 report on the global Christian community’s experiences of violence and persecution.
The leading non-Christian targets of religious violence
The IIRF has published a report using its VID, highlighting the ten countries with the most documented incidents of violence against religious groups other than Christians between November 2022 and November 2024.