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Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Iraq
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Unspecified/Other
Date of Detainment:
May//2022…
Jun 17, 2022
USCIRF Delegation Travels to Nigeria to Assess Religious Freedom Conditions
Washington, DC – United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Commissioner Frederick A. Davie along with USCIRF…
Jul 14, 2022
Last month, USCIRF traveled to Abuja, Nigeria and met with Nigerian and U.S. government officials, religious communities, civil society representatives, and human rights defenders to assess religious freedom…
Aug 3, 2022
USCIRF Commemorates the Eighth Anniversary of the Yazidi Genocide
Washington, D.C. – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today joined communities around the world in…
This policy update identifies the ways in which widespread violence by nonstate actors in Nigeria threaten freedom of religion or belief. Examples detailed in the report include militant Islamist group violence, some forms of identity-based violence,…
Sep 6, 2022
USCIRF Releases New Report on Violence Impacting Religious Freedom in Nigeria
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report:…
Sep 28
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Sep 28th 10:30am
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Sep 28th 12:00pm…
Sep 28, 2022
USCIRF Condemns Recent Attacks on Worshippers in Nigeria
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today condemned a recent attack by armed bandits against worshippers at a mosque in Zamfara…
Additional Name(s):
Rhoda Ya’u Jatau
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
Nigeria
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Unspecified/Other…
The increasing enforcement of blasphemy laws enshrined in Nigeria’s criminal and Shari’a codes poses a significant risk to religious freedom for Nigerians, especially religious minorities and those who espouse unpopular or dissenting beliefs, worldviews…