US designates Pakistan, China, Myanmar and nine others as countries of particular concerns for religious freedom violation

3rd Dec 2022

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US designates Pakistan, China, Myanmar and nine others as countries of particular concerns for religious freedom violation

  • The United States on Friday designated 12 countries, including China, Pakistan and Myanmar, as “countries of particular concern” for the current status of religious freedom in these nations.
  • Antony Blinken announced designations against Burma (Myanmar), the People’s Republic of China, Cuba, Eritrea, Iran, Nicaragua, the DPRK, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan as Countries of Particular Concern under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 for having engaged in or tolerated particularly severe violations of religious freedom.
  • The US also designated al-Shabab, Boko Haram, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the Houthis, ISIS-Greater Sahara, ISIS-West Africa, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin, the Taliban, and the Wagner Group based on its actions in the Central African Republic as “Entities of Particular Concern”.

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Which of the following countries has been designated as countries of particular concern for religious freedom violation by US?

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Which of the following organisation has been designated as “Entities of Particular Concern”?

3rd Dec 2022

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