Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Country of Particular Concern is a designation by the United States Secretary of State (under authority delegated by the President) of a nation guilty of particularly severe violations of religious freedom under the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA) of 1998 (H.R. 2431) and its amendment of 1999 (Public Law 106-55). The term \"particularly severe violations of religious freedom\" means systematic, ongoing, egregious violations of religious freedom, including violations such as:a) Torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment; b) Prolonged detention without charges; c) Causing the disappearance of persons by the abduction or clandestine detention of those persons; or d) Other flagrant denials of the right to life, liberty, or the security of persons. Nations so designated are subject to further actions, including economic sanctions, by the United States.Issuing recommendations as to countries it believes should be designated as countries of particular concern for their religious liberty violations is the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, a separate agency created by IRFA (along with the U.S. Department of State's Office of International Religious Freedom) to monitor the state of religious freedom around the world. Both entities provide policy recommendations to the president, the secretary of state and US Congress. Its recommendations are not always followed by the Secretary of State.The following countries were designated by Secretary Clinton as CPCs on September 13, 2011:23x15px Burma23x15px China23x15px Eritrea23x15px Iran23x15px North Korea23x15px Saudi Arabia23x15px Sudan23x15px Uzbekistan↑"@en }
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- Country_of_Particular_Concern abstract "Country of Particular Concern is a designation by the United States Secretary of State (under authority delegated by the President) of a nation guilty of particularly severe violations of religious freedom under the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA) of 1998 (H.R. 2431) and its amendment of 1999 (Public Law 106-55). The term \"particularly severe violations of religious freedom\" means systematic, ongoing, egregious violations of religious freedom, including violations such as:a) Torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment; b) Prolonged detention without charges; c) Causing the disappearance of persons by the abduction or clandestine detention of those persons; or d) Other flagrant denials of the right to life, liberty, or the security of persons. Nations so designated are subject to further actions, including economic sanctions, by the United States.Issuing recommendations as to countries it believes should be designated as countries of particular concern for their religious liberty violations is the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, a separate agency created by IRFA (along with the U.S. Department of State's Office of International Religious Freedom) to monitor the state of religious freedom around the world. Both entities provide policy recommendations to the president, the secretary of state and US Congress. Its recommendations are not always followed by the Secretary of State.The following countries were designated by Secretary Clinton as CPCs on September 13, 2011:23x15px Burma23x15px China23x15px Eritrea23x15px Iran23x15px North Korea23x15px Saudi Arabia23x15px Sudan23x15px Uzbekistan↑".