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USCIRF Appalled at Administration’s Removal of Nigeria from List of Violators of Religious Freedom

Welcomes State Department’s Additional Designations of Russia and Algeria

Washington, DC – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) finds it unexplainable that the U.S. Department of State did not redesignate Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern” (CPC) and treated it as a country with no severe religious freedom violations.

“USCIRF is disappointed that the State Department did not adopt our recommendations in designating the countries that are the worst violators of religious freedom,” said USCIRF Chair Nadine Maenza. “While the State Department took steps forward on some designations, USCIRF is especially displeased with the removal of Nigeria from its CPC designation, where it was rightfully placed last year, as well as the omission of India, Syria, and Vietnam. We urge the State Department to reconsider its designations based on facts presented in its own reporting.”

Pursuant to the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA), the countries the State Department designated as CPCs are Burma, China, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Eritrea, Iran, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan, all besides Russia previously had been designated. USCIRF recommended CPC designation for all 10 in its 2021 Annual Report and also recommended that India, Nigeria, Syria, and Vietnam be designated as CPCs.

The State Department placed on its “Special Watch List” (SWL) Algeria, Comoros, Cuba, and Nicaragua. USCIRF recommended in its 2021 Annual Report that Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Egypt, Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Turkey, and Uzbekistan also be placed on the SWL. USCIRF recently released a factsheet reiterating its CPC and SWL recommendations, which explains the religious freedom violations in these countries supporting USCIRF’s recommendations.

“While USCIRF is concerned about the lack of designations for countries USCIRF recommended, Russia’s designation for the first time as a CPC for engaging in systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom is welcomed. USCIRF has proposed this action since 2017. For years, USCIRF has raised the alarm regarding the Russian government’s purge of ‘non-traditional’ religions and religious freedom repression,” said USCIRF Vice Chair Nury Turkel. “USCIRF also applauds the inclusion of Algeria in the State Department’s SWL designations this year, which USCIRF has recommended since 2020 due to continued enforcement of blasphemy laws and restrictions on houses of worship for minority religious communities.”

USCIRF also welcomed the State Department’s designations of nine Entities of Particular Concern (EPCs), which are non-state actors that engage in systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom pursuant to IRFA. USCIRF recommended the designation of seven of these actors including al-Shabaab, Boko Haram, the Houthis, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS), Jamaat Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM), and the Taliban in its 2021 Annual Report.

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

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There is an amazing amount of religious tolerance in Nigeria. I'm actually surprised we're on this list in the first place. We all accept that we have so many types of religious adherants and sects... the only instance of persecution I can think of is of Shia (Zakzaky's people), under the guise of terrorism; but there's also the persecution of IPOB and Oduduwa folks too, do it's not religious per say.

Anyways, either way, the news will pain some, it will sweet some.

Nigeria is one of the top countries in the world with stringent restrictions on religious freedom.

It's home to many extremists and superstitious people that would demonize you unnecessarily for being irreligious.

The US is only being politically correct by removing Nigeria from the list of violators of religious freedom.

Buhari's Nigeria should actually top the list or be among the top contenders.

Nope! The terrorists laden government of Nigeria is still on the list of such countries.

Make US go sleep..
Them really say Biden na one of them..

Dont mind sleeping Joe, Nigeria was delisted without reason, without meeting any criteria

Biden is a total disgrace. He's everything anti-christian. He'll reap the fruits he's sowing in million folds.

When Nigeria refused to recognize LGBT community

Jesus Christ is coming soon

davido dey do fundraising for him bday, 1 day talk.. when wizkid go win another grammy my kids kids go dey talk about am for a thousand years. wizkid, Burna boy and Messi, y'all are the GOAT.

The day Americans stupidly vote in sleepy joe, i just knew it's finished.

Trump was the greatest, God blese that man.

Hmm

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The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

why won't they be delisted

I see most Christians condemning this delisting
I see muric welcoming it

I see nobody speaking for traditionalist who are oppressed by christians and muslims
This

Why ?



Cheers

wrong list, nigeria must be in the list

U.S is threatened by the growing influence of china, Russia etc reason they refused to delist these countries.

KingDash:
davido dey do fundraising for him bday, 1 day talk.. when wizkid go win another grammy my kids kids go dey talk about am for a thousand years. wizkid, Burna boy and Messi, y'all are the GOAT.

When you are not making it, you are hating. What will your kids talk about you?

Getting hot. I don't know what it's that informed their decision but let the truth rule.

Ok

China would seize world power before the year 2050

abobote:

When you are not making it, you are hating. What will your kids talk about you?

bros money dey for my kids no reason am...

Make una fund me.
Nothing is too small

Ojk

Hmmm

Democratic the party of Obama is in charge of Washington, it was expected ; John Kerry visited first Sultan of Sokoto before any other place in 2015.

Lol

Nothing goes for nothing.

The more you look, the less you see.

Na the resultant agreement dem come sign for the topic wey dey under this one so.

The only country that'd be able to stand up for Nigeria to what is coming is Russia and I hope we can get them onboard as a deterring factor.