The United States came out with its‘ Religious Freedom Designations’on Wednesday. Secretary of State Antony Blinken blazoned in a statement that ten nations, including Pakistan and China were designated “ countries of particular concern” Four countries were placed on the” special watch list” and a many organisations, including the Taliban, were designated “ reality of particular concern”.
“ In far too numerous places around the world, we continue to see governments kill, arrest, hang, jail and kill individualities simply for seeking to live their lives in agreement with their beliefs. This administration is committed to supporting every existent’s right to freedom of religion or belief, including by defying and combating violators and abusers of this mortal right,” Secretary Blinken said. The ten nations of “ Particular Concern” for violations of religious freedom are Myanmar, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan for “ having engaged in or permitted “ methodical, ongoing, and obvious violations of religious freedom,” according to the State Department statement Algeria, Comoros, Cuba and Nicaragua have been placed on a special watch list for governments that have “ engaged in or permitted severe violations of religious freedom,” according to Secretary Blinken.
The Taliban has been designated as one of the “ realities of particular concern” along with al-Shabab, Boko Haram, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the Houthis, ISIS, ISIS-Greater Sahara, ISIS-West Africa, Jamaat Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin The Taliban are yet to prove themselves as an inclusive administration that respects the rights of the nonages, women and children The challenges to religious freedom in the world moment are structural, systemic, and deeply settled. They live in every country. They demand sustained global commitment from all who are unintentional to accept abomination, dogmatism, and persecution as the status quo. They bear the transnational community’s critical attention,” Secretary Blinken said.
We’ll continue to press all governments to remedy failings in their laws and practices, and to promote responsibility for those responsible for abuses,” he added The Secretary of State further said, “ The United States remains married to working with governments, civil society organisations and members of religious communities to advance religious freedom around the world and address the plight of individualities and communities facing abuse, importunity and demarcation on account of what they believe, or what they don’t believe.”
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