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Recommendation
Status: not_implemented Year: Country: Nigeria Recommended To: State Department Source: 2019 Annual Report Recommendation:Allocate funding through the State Department, U.S. Agency for International Development, or U.S. Department of Defense for…
Recommendation
Status: not_implemented Year: Country: Nigeria Recommended To: State Department Source: 2019 Annual Report Recommendation:Press the Nigerian government to acknowledge the significant threats posed by Boko Haram and ISIS-WA, to prioritize greater…
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…
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…
Hassan Farhan al-Maliki
Additional Name(s): Hasan Farhan Hasan Al Zaghli Al Khaledi Al Malki, حسن المالكي, حسن فرحان حسن الزغلي الخالدي المالكي Gender: Male Current Location: Ha’ir Prison, South of Riyadh…
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…
Saudi Arabia Country Update
This report assesses religious freedom conditions in Saudi Arabia in 2021. While recent shifts have diverted power away from Saudi Arabia’s religious establishment, power remains in the hands of Saudi Arabia’s government. The government has continued,…