US places Nigeria on watch-list of countries that violate religious freedom

December 22, 2019 by Delia Innoma 1 Comment

The United States has placed Nigeria on its Special Watch-List (SWL) for governments that have engaged in or tolerated severe violations of religious freedom.

This was announced in a statement by Mike Pompeo, US secretary of state, on Friday.

Other countries added to the list besides Nigeria are Cuba, Nicaragua and Sudan.

The US secretary of state did not say why Nigeria was added to the list, but it may be connected to the clampdown on the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) by the government.

“On December 18, 2019, the Department of State re-designated Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan as Countries of Particular Concern under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 for having engaged in or tolerated “systematic, ongoing, [and] egregious violations of religious freedom,” the statement read.

– The Cable

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