{"id":1934,"date":"2023-04-04T18:56:17","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T01:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/?p=1934"},"modified":"2023-10-20T10:32:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T17:32:50","slug":"new-report-on-the-situation-of-freedom-of-religion-or-belief-in-uzbekistan-released-by-professor-steve-swerdlow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/2023\/04\/04\/new-report-on-the-situation-of-freedom-of-religion-or-belief-in-uzbekistan-released-by-professor-steve-swerdlow\/","title":{"rendered":"New report on the situation of freedom of religion or belief in Uzbekistan released"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h1>New report on the situation of freedom of religion or belief in Uzbekistan released<\/h1>\n<p>Professor Steve Swerdlow recently published a <a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/srforb.org\/uzbekistan-report\/__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!vlRcyxL_1eka-hCMWxjPgHsyyspukcmoj4yhLxAxHH2Wm8CAAO_LO2KETzwpduD-Y5Qw1LoNdNQmeBcRcSVHby937ZP_$\" data-name=\"report\" data-type=\"url\">report<\/a>\u00a0on the situation of freedom of religion or belief in Uzbekistan in his\u00a0 volunteer capacity as Senior Advisor to UN Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Religion\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.essex.ac.uk\/people\/shahe11409\/ahmed-shaheed\" data-name=\"Ahmed Shaheed\" data-type=\"url\">Ahmed Shaheed<\/a>, who is the former Foreign Minister of the Maldives and now a professor of Human Rights at the University of Essex.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The 56-page report entitled &#8220;Promoting Freedom of Religion or Belief in Uzbekistan: Examining Five Years of Progress&#8221; evaluates reforms made by the Government of Uzbekistan in the sphere of freedom of religion or belief (FoRB). 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