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More than two dozen leading human rights, religious freedom, and Christian advocacy groups are pressing Congress to take more action to persuade the Biden administration to reverse course and re-designate Nigeria to its blacklist of worst offenders when it comes to allowing citizens to practice their faith of choice.
Respected American experts – including former federal legislators – in the field of religious freedom have lamented the dire state of religious freedom in Nigeria. On Tuesday, December 12, through Christopher Smith (Republican Party), a member of the U.S. House, representing New Jersey's 4th Congressional District, they called for the West African country to be designated as a Country of Particular Concern under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998.
Governmental and faith-based pressure is building on Congress and the international community to hold Myanmar’s military junta accountable for its persecution of religious minorities and to assist the nations hosting Baptist, Muslim and other refugees who have escaped the ongoing genocide.
Eduardo Verástegui speaks at the Vitae Summit in Vatican City on Sept. 1, 2022. / Courtney Mares/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 6, 2023 / 15:19 pm (CNA). “Sound of Freedom,” an anti-human-trafficking film made by Catholic filmmakers Eduardo...
Sentence labelled a grave injustice, a travesty of justice and a tragic development.