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Recommendation
Status: not_implemented Year: Country: Nigeria Recommended To: State Department Source: 2019 Annual Report Recommendation:Hold a session of the U.S.-Nigeria Bi-National Commission to discuss further actions to end sectarian violence, address land…
Recommendation
Status: not_implemented Year: Country: Nigeria Recommended To: State Department Source: 2019 Annual Report Recommendation:Urge the Nigerian government to pursue justice for IMN members, allow U.S. Embassy officials to meet with detained IMN…
USCIRF Condemns School Abductions in Nigeria
Jul 9, 2021 USCIRF Condemns School Abductions in Nigeria Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today condemned the attack on a Christian school in Nigeria, where 125 students…
USCIRF Denounces Nigerian Religious Police Arrests of LGBTI Persons
Jul 15, 2021 USCIRF Denounces Nigerian Religious Police Arrests of LGBTI Persons   Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today denounced the arrest of five men suspected of engaging in lesbian, gay…
USCIRF Hearing: Ending Genocide - Accountability for Perpetrators
Jul 28 WHEN: Jul 28th 10:30am - Jul 28th 12:00pm…
Newsweek: Holy Seasons Bring Uncertainty in West and Central Africa
Jul 22, 2021 This op-ed was originally published in Newsweek, on July 22, 2021. Written by USCIRF Commissioners Anurima Bhargava and Tony Perkins.   This spring, in the central African nation of Democratic Republic of the…
USCIRF Praises Additional Humanitarian Assistance to Iraqis Displaced by ISIS
Jul 28, 2021 USCIRF Praises Additional Humanitarian Assistance to Iraqis Displaced by ISIS Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) applauded the United States Department of State…
USCIRF Commemorates the Seventh Anniversary of the Yazidi Genocide
Aug 2, 2021 USCIRF Commemorates the Seventh Anniversary of the Yazidi Genocide Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today commemorated the Yazidi Genocide and joined…
USCIRF Conversation: Accountability for Crimes Against Humanity
Sep 30 WHEN: Sep 30th 11:00am - Sep 30th 12:00pm…
Why the State Department Should Re-designate Nigeria as a CPC
Sep 24, 2021 Since 2009, USCIRF has recommended that the U.S. State Department designate Nigeria a country of particular concern, or CPC, for engaging in or tolerating systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations. In December…