USCIRF Finds that ‘Particularly Severe’ Persecution is Ongoing in India

4/2/2025 India (International Christian Concern) — In a report issued last week, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) recommended that India be designated as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC). The recommendation, which USCIRF has made for six years in a row, has not previously been followed by the Department of State, which controls the CPC designation. “Religious freedom conditions in India continued to deteriorate” in 2024, the report reads, “as attacks and discr