Pakistan is also let off the hook in the latest report, as it has yet again escaped the CPC designation, despite sentencing those “guilty” of blasphemy to death and restricting religious freedom in general. But at least Pakistan is still mentioned in the report, unlike Egypt and Russia, two countries that are deserving of some sort of governmental criticism for their repressive religious policies.

Egypt is currently seeking to ban atheism, a move that should surprise no one considering its years-long campaign against nontheists, skeptics, and secularists. And Russia has arrested numerous atheists in recent years and is seeking to marginalize all religious groups except for the state supported Orthodox Church.