A new report has placed China among the “most egregious violators” of religious freedom in the world and has found that religious freedom conditions in Tibet are “worse now than at any time over the past decade.” The US Commission on International Religious Freedom in its 2013 Annual Report said the Chinese government’s actions in Tibet have “nurtured deep resentments among Tibetans.” It also stated: “Chinese authorities have not acknowledged that their policies of repression have contributed to the self-immolations, instead calling them “terrorist acts” that are orchestrated with the “instigation and support” of the Dalai Lama.