A major new report highlights what it describes as worsening religious freedom around the world. The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF)’s 2023 Annual Report urges that Nigeria and India should now be designated countries of particular concern.
It ‘sounds the alarm regarding the deterioration of religious freedom conditions in a range of countries’ and adds five countries to its list of the world’s worst offenders. They are Nigeria, India, Afghanistan, Syria, and Vietnam.
It also presses the US State Department to declare them countries of particular concern (CPCs), together with Burma, China, Cuba, Eritrea, Iran, Nicaragua, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan.
