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Nigeria Out, China, Russia, Others Make US Govt Religious Violators’ List
America has eliminated Nigeria from its listing of nations that engaged in or tolerate ‘systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of non secular freedom.”
We experiences that the US Govt have now blacklisted Russia, China and eight different international locations as non secular freedom violators.
This was made recognized in an announcement on Wednesday titled, ‘Non secular Freedom Designations’, by the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
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Blinken mentioned, “America won’t waiver in its dedication to advocate for freedom of faith or perception for all and in each nation. In far too many locations all over the world, we proceed to see governments harass, arrest, threaten, jail, and kill people merely for looking for to dwell their lives in accordance with their beliefs. This Administration is dedicated to supporting each particular person’s proper to freedom of faith or perception, together with by confronting and combating violators and abusers of this human proper.
“Every year the Secretary of State has the accountability to determine governments and non-state actors, who, due to their non secular freedom violations, benefit designation beneath the Worldwide Non secular Freedom Act.
“I’m designating Burma, the Individuals’s Republic of China, Eritrea, Iran, the DPRK, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan as International locations of Specific Concern for having engaged in or tolerated “systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of non secular freedom.
“I’m additionally inserting Algeria, Comoros, Cuba, and Nicaragua on a Particular Watch Checklist for governments which have engaged in or tolerated “extreme violations of non secular freedom.”
“Lastly, I’m designating al-Shabab, Boko Haram, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the Houthis, ISIS, ISIS-Higher Sahara, ISIS-West Africa, Jamaat Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin, and the Taliban as Entities of Specific Concern.
“The challenges to spiritual freedom on this planet right now are structural, systemic, and deeply entrenched. They exist in each nation. They demand sustained world dedication from all who’re unwilling to just accept hatred, intolerance, and persecution as the established order. They require the worldwide group’s pressing consideration.
“We are going to proceed to press all governments to treatment shortcomings of their legal guidelines and practices, and to advertise accountability for these accountable for abuses. America stays dedicated to working with governments, civil society organizations, and members of non secular communities to advance non secular freedom all over the world and tackle the plight of people and communities dealing with abuse, harassment, and discrimination on account of what they imagine, or what they don’t imagine.”
Recall that Blinken, who is ready to go to Nigeria quickly, had in 2020 positioned Nigeria and 6 different international locations on its particular watch listing of states that had engaged in or tolerated the extreme violation of non secular freedom.
We experiences that Nigeria is lacking from the listing of nations designated within the 2021 listing for non secular violations.
Nigeria Out, China, Russia, Others Make US Govt Non secular Violators’ Checklist
