The U.S. Government in December 2019, placed Nigeria to a “Special Watch List (SWL)” of countries that have engaged in or tolerated “severe violations of religious freedom.”

Religious Freedom Designations

PRESS STATEMENT

ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The United States will not waver in its commitment to advocate for freedom of religion or belief for all and in every country. In far too many places around the world, we continue to see governments harass, arrest, threaten, jail, and kill individuals simply for seeking to live their lives in accordance with their beliefs. This Administration is committed to supporting every individual’s right to freedom of religion or belief, including by confronting and combating violators and abusers of this human right.

Each year the Secretary of State has the responsibility to identify governments and non-state actors, who, because of their religious freedom violations, merit designation under the International Religious Freedom Act. I am designating Burma, the People’s Republic of China, Eritrea, Iran, the DPRK, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan as Countries of Particular Concern for having engaged in or tolerated “systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom.” I am also placing Algeria, Comoros, Cuba, and Nicaragua on a Special Watch List for governments that have engaged in or tolerated “severe violations of religious freedom.” Finally, I am designating al-Shabab, Boko Haram, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the Houthis, ISIS, ISIS-Greater Sahara, ISIS-West Africa, Jamaat Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin, and the Taliban as Entities of Particular Concern.

The challenges to religious freedom in the world today are structural, systemic, and deeply entrenched. They exist in every country. They demand sustained global commitment from all who are unwilling to accept hatred, intolerance, and persecution as the status quo. They require the international community’s urgent attention.

We will continue to press all governments to remedy shortcomings in their laws and practices, and to promote accountability for those responsible for abuses. The United States remains committed to working with governments, civil society organizations, and members of religious communities to advance religious freedom around the world and address the plight of individuals and communities facing abuse, harassment, and discrimination on account of what they believe, or what they do not believe.

In a nutshell, the US have wash their hands off this country....

Hahaha.

Reno, Lamidi Cownu, How Markate?

What was the basis for delisting?

When Nigeria was Listed, how did the US help the persecuted?...

If your religion is being persecuted, change religion...

Conform if you can't fight back

All religions are kuku the same.

Who cares

The mission is to give Islam undue advantage to keep perpetuating evil against the children of God.

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Because they know that Nigerian Christians are not pushovers. And they have also seen that the Fulani bandits and killers that were originally set up to destroy Christian communities in the North, have now turned against their fellow Muslims as well.

People never even comment e don hit fp

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The west is not our God !........they talk shit after tit for tat. ...... Who d enlisting help before now.

Meanwhile, the religious persecution is still ongoing.

Sulamalia

There is a good news at last.

Their hands dey before? Why havent they publish the names of boko boys sponsors since....Abegi na God hand we dey

Shey na good news ni abi na bad one?

Mkpuru mmiri people rn

Noted

Good that USA, has seen beyond the hypocrisy of cankerous of worms, all lives matters.

Run ooooo ……. While you can

Alternatively, it’s time to go after these politicians and their families anywhere they are in the world. Time to inflict pain…. same as they bestowed on the masses.

No more pedestrian outlook, only Nigerians will save Nigeria or we all perish.

Nice one

Best news of the day

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Hahaha.

Reno, Lamido Cownu, How Markate?

How does relate to the topic? So many children on this platform.

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Banditry has over shadowed religious persecution. Tribes or religion no longer in consideration

If they like they should delist, demarcate, disfigure, dismember, dismantle or discombobulate Nigeria, e no concern me. My major worry now na how to tell my neighbour who is a nurse that her punany dey hungry me. Since her parents travelled to their village since last two weeks, she has been bringing all sorts of different guys to the house to dance legbegbe with her at night. It is just a wooden door that demarcates her room from mine. Every night I keep hearing different sounds like Fukafuka or tatatata. The problem is how do I convince her that those things those boys dey do to her dey also hungry me. I am even finer and richer than some of those boys especially the one that came last night with his oblong head which looks like where carpenter dey saw wood. I can't sleep for two straight hours again without being awoken with the noise of either 'give it to me baby, harder, oh ah oh ah, I love you Reuben or one yeye noise like that. My gbola was fully erect last night and could not allow me sleep. Even when they finished doing their thing and were enjoying their sleep, I couldn't still sleep. This thing don tire me walahi.