Posted on 11/25/2021 6:58:36 PM PST by marshmallow
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has designated China, Russia and eight other countries as violators of religious freedom.
Blinken said in a statement Wednesday that the 10 countries "engaged in or tolerated systematic, ongoing, egregious violations of religious freedom."
The U.S. secretary of state compiles a list of such countries each year. Other countries on this year's list are Myanmar, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Eritrea, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Pakistan.
Nigeria, which was on the list last year and which Blinken is scheduled to visit this week, was removed.
Algeria, Comoros, Nicaragua and Cuba were added to a watch list for engaging in or tolerating "severe violations of religious freedom."
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Hah! Did they put the USA on the list?
You mean like forbidding worshipers to gather together under the guise to keep the spread of covid down?
Sadly, the USA should be on the list. The federal government is denying religious liberty to American citizens.
but no religious exemption from Biden’s mandate ,hmmm
Seems like if they were being honest, they would at the US as well. Our religious rights are being ignored in order to force a vaccine mandate. I just received your response, myself, with a denial for religious exemption, which simply said “personal preference “as the reason for denial. I didn’t know my religion was simply a personal preference now, not a protected right.
Russia’s on the list because they won’t allow mosques to serve as command centers.
They forgot Canada’s arresting of pastors…
The Democrats should be designated violators of religious freedom.
Agree with everyone posting - this administration and most Blue States are actively denying religious freedoms.
Pot, meet Kettle.
Canada should be on that list, yes?
I’m sure Russia is really upset about that. NYET!
Satire, or irony?
Zero credibility. A laughingstock. I can hardly wait for us to send out “election observers”.
Blinken has a wonderful sense of humor.
absolutely right
Fascinating. The entire Biden administration is trying to back Russia and China into a nuclear war. Could it be that the Democrats would rather lose the entire country than lose the midterms elections?
Blinken can have a nice cup of STFU, as his fellow slime in the executive branch systematically deny religious exemptions for covid.
Not Somalia, too?
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