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Recommendation
Status: not_implemented Year: Country: Nigeria Recommended To: State Department Source: 2019 Annual Report Recommendation:Enhance training for officials, the military, and police officers on international human rights standards, including…
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…
Sivas Massacre and Turkey’s Persecution of the Alevi Community
Jul 2, 2021 On July 2, 1993 a mob set fire to the Madimak Hotel in Sivas, Turkey—where a group of prominent Alevi writers, poets, and thinkers had gathered. Reports show 37 people died in what became known as the Sivas (or…
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…
Destruction of Cemeteries Factsheet
Destruction of Cemeteries – This factsheet outlines international human rights law that defines the obligations of governments to protect the cultural heritage of religious communities’ cemeteries. Additionally, it describes specific examples…