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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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Iraqi Christians light candles inside a shrine in the grounds of Mazar Mar Eillia (Mar Elia) Catholic Church on December 12, 2014 in Erbil, Iraq. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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Ultra Orthodox Jews look at bullet holes in the main window of a synagogue in Jerusalem, November 19, 2014. (THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images)
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Domiz refugee camp, 20 km southeast of the northern Iraqi city of Dohuk, on June 19, 2013. (SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images)
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Displaced Iraqi Christians sleep inside of Saint Joseph's church after having to flee their district on June 26, 2014 in Erbil, Iraq. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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The husband and daughters of Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian sentenced to death for "blasphemy," at their residence in Lahore, October 13, 2014 (Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images).
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Iraqi Christians walk past a decorations displayed in commemoration of the Elevation of the Holy Cross festival on September 14, 2014, in Arbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq. (SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images)
Experts
Paul Marshall
Senior Fellow, Center for Religious Freedom
Nina Shea
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Religious Freedom
