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Bucket-wheel excavators mine rare earth materials on Ukrainian soil on February 25, 2025, in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine. (Kostiantyn Liberov via Getty Images)
Religious Freedom
Religious Freedom
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The Coptic church in Amman, Jordan, on February 18, 2015. (Salah Malkawi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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The Trevi fountain is illuminated in red to symbolize blood of persecuted Christians around the world, on April 29, 2016 in Rome. (GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers a statement on Daesh and Genocide in the Press Briefing Room at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 17, 2016. [State Department/Flickr]
Experts
Paul Marshall
Senior Fellow, Center for Religious Freedom
Nina Shea
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Religious Freedom
