More Countries Are Named For Violation Of Religious Freedom (2/2)

"It is the commission's contention that there are scores of religious prisoners of concern in Vietnam, detained and imprisoned, in part, for their attempts to exercise their religious freedom to advocate on behalf of it.

The State Department responded that Vietnam has made significant improvements in its record on religious freedom in recent years, enough to avoid returning to the list. A State Department spokesman said Friday Vietnam has released prisoners, reopened churches and banned forced renunciations of faith, and that incidences of harassment and abuse are down significantly.

Saudi Arabia is already on the State Department's list, and after a visit to the kingdom last year, the commission says it should stay there. The report says the Saudi government has not kept its promise to tolerate religious expression other than its form of Sunni Islam, or to stop printing school books that incite hatred and violence.

The Commission on International Religious Freedom also released a "watch list" of countries it considers lesser violators--Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Cuba, Egypt, Indonesia and Nigeria.

Michael Cromartie says the group is seriously concerned about the level of religious freedom in Iraq, where non-Muslims face widespread violence from Sunni insurgents and foreign extremists.

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“委员会的观点是在越南有许多宗教犯人受到关注，其中部分犯人是因为他们鼓吹以想要行驶宗教自由权利为代表的活动而被扣押和入狱。”

（美国）国务院回应说，从记录上看，越南近年来已经在宗教自由方面做出了明显改善，这足以使她不再被列入名单中。周五，一位国务院发言人说越南已经释放了囚犯，重新开放了教堂，并且禁止强行要求放弃信仰的行为，侵扰和虐待事件也明显减少了。

沙特阿拉伯已经在国务院的名单中，但是在委员会去年访问该国后，他们说应该保留沙特在名单中。报告称，沙特政府没有履行其诺言，该诺言包括容忍除逊尼派伊斯兰教以外的其他宗教信仰表达，停止出版有憎恨和暴力内容的教科书。

国际宗教自由委员会也公布了列入“特别关注名单”的国家，在侵犯宗教自由方面，他们的严重性较轻，这包括阿富汗、孟加拉、白俄罗斯、古巴、埃及、印度尼西亚、尼日利亚。

Michael Cormartie谈到，该组织也非常认真的考虑了伊拉克宗教自由的级别。在这个国家中，非穆斯林信徒面临着来自逊尼派反叛者和国外极端主义的广泛暴力

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