{"id":88733,"date":"2021-11-18T11:48:03","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T10:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=88733"},"modified":"2021-11-18T11:48:03","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T10:48:03","slug":"us-delists-nigeria-from-religious-violators-category","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/us-delists-nigeria-from-religious-violators-category\/","title":{"rendered":"US Delists Nigeria From Religious Violators\u2019 Category"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1716749881939391126\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0United States of America has removed Nigeria from the list of counties where, according to it, religious violations are carried out.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\nThis is coming ahead of US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken\u2019s visit to Nigeria<\/p>\n<p>Blinken, who is billed to visit Nigeria disclosed this in a statement he issued.<\/p>\n<p>The American government also blacklisted the Boko Haram terror group and had designated it as \u201cEntities of Particular Concern\u201d alongside al-Shabab, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the Houthis, ISIS, ISIS-Greater Sahara, ISIS-West Africa, Jamaat Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin, and the Taliban.<\/p>\n<p>Each year the secretary of state has the responsibility of identifying 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\u2019s 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 \u201csystematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am also placing Algeria, Comoros, Cuba, and Nicaragua on a Special Watch List for governments that have engaged in or tolerated \u201csevere violations of religious freedom,\u201d Blinken stated.<\/p>\n<p>Blinken\u2019s predecessor, Mike Pompeo, had in December 2020 declared that Nigeria, and some countries, persecute citizens for their religious beliefs.<\/p>\n<p>In the latest release, Blinken said the US is committed to freedom of religion or belief for all and in every country.<\/p>\n<div id=\"m_-6860303319043928792ymail_android_signature\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0United States of America has removed Nigeria from the list of counties where, according to it, religious violations are carried out. 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