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Human Rights Advocates Urge Biden Administration To Blacklist Nigeria

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Muhammadu Buhari, U.S. Department of State, Wikimedia Commons

This story originally was published by Real Clear Wire

By Susan Crabtree
Real Clear Wire

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.

The move is taking place as the State Department is expected to release its annual list of “Countries of Particular Concern,” those nations where religious freedom is severely limited or religious groups face persecution, in the coming days.

Based on the number of Christian deaths at the hands of terrorists and militant groups alone,

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