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: US designates China, Pakistan as countries of particular concern for violating religious freedom #IndiaNEWS The United States on Wednesday designated 10 countries, including China, Pakistan and Myanmar,

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The United States on Wednesday designated 10 countries, including China, Pakistan and Myanmar, as countries of particular concern in terms of violations of religious freedom.The other such countries are Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that these countries have engaged in or tolerated “systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedomâ€?.This year’s list of designated countries of particular concern is mostly the same as last year, except that Russia has been added to it while Nigeria has been removed.We support open and just societies, in which all can enjoy freedom of religion or belief. Today’s designations shine a light on governments that violate religious freedom and require urgent attention & action. t.co/bwedH6YyEn— Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) November 17, 2021 Blinken also announced that he has placed Algeria, Comoros, Cuba and Nicaragua on a Special Watch List, and said that their governments engaged in or tolerated “severe violations of religious freedomâ€?. Last year, Russia was also on the Special Watch List.The United States government has also designated al-Shabab, Boko Haram, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the Houthis, Islamic State, ISIS-Greater Sahara, ISIS-West Africa, Jamaat Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin and the Taliban as entities of particular concern.“In far too many places around the world, we continue to...Read more


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