USA lists Pakistan and China as 'Countries of particular concern' for Religious freedom violation
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Its politics.
In all honest, much like China with Australian war crimes, the US doesn't actually care if these countries commit religious freedom violations or not.
In other words, this list is just another tool for them to spread their influence globally, and pressure countries.
This is why you don't see India on the list, despite it committing all the required violations in order to be on the particular concern list, and even being recommended by the USCIRF to be listed as such.
In all honest, much like China with Australian war crimes, the US doesn't actually care if these countries commit religious freedom violations or not.
In other words, this list is just another tool for them to spread their influence globally, and pressure countries.
This is why you don't see India on the list, despite it committing all the required violations in order to be on the particular concern list, and even being recommended by the USCIRF to be listed as such.
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lollz USA and their lists they still think they are living in 1980s 
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Propaganda literature not religious literature
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That doesn't even slightly justify the genocide done against them. Please, come up with better excuses.
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How did you get out?
I know corruption helped you out but just want the data for innkeeping.
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US places Pakistan, nine others on violators of religious freedom list
Anwar IqbalUpdated 09 Dec 2020
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the University of Louisville McConnell Center's Distinguished Speaker Series in Louisville, Ky on Dec 2, 2019. — AP/File
WASHINGTON: Secretary of State Michael Pompeo announced on Monday that the United States had designated Pakistan, China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Nigeria, North Korea, Myanmar and Eritrea as “countries of particular Concern” (CPC) under its International Religious Freedom Act.
The statement accused these countries of “engaging in or tolerating “systematic, ongoing, egregious violations of religious freedom”.
Secretary Pompeo also announced placing the Comoros, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Russia on a special watch list for governments that engage in or tolerated “severe violations of religious freedom”.
The commission’s 2020 report noted that religious freedom conditions across Pakistan had continued to trend negatively.
“The systematic enforcement of blasphemy and anti-Ahmadia laws, and authorities’ failure to address forced conversions of religious minorities — including Hindus, Christians, and Sikhs — to Islam, severely restricted freedom of religion or belief,” it added.
The report noted that nearly 80 individuals remained imprisoned for blasphemy in Pakistan, with at least half facing a life sentence or death.
After spending five years in solitary confinement for allegedly posting blasphemous content online, Junaid Hafeez was given the death sentence in December last yea, the report added.
The report, however, acknowledged that last year they also noted “some high-profile acquittals” in Pakistan.
Additionally, the United States designated Al Shabaab, Al Qaeda, Boko Haram, Hayat Tahrir al Sham, the Houthis, ISIS, ISIS-Greater Sahara, ISIS-West Africa, Jamaat Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin, and the Taliban as well.
Placing Taliban among these entities surprised observers in Washington who predicted that this could complicate US efforts to finalise a peace deal with them.
“We have not renewed the prior Entity of Particular Concern designations for Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and ISIS-Khorasan, due to the total loss of territory formerly controlled by these terrorist organisations,” Secretary Pompeo said.
The chief US diplomat also announced removing Sudan and Uzbekistan from the special watch list “based on significant, concrete progress” undertaken by them over the past year.
The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), which recommends the designations, had downgraded India to its lowest ranking of “countries of particular concern” (CPC) in its 2020 report, issued in April.
The report, released in Washington by the federal government commission that functions as an advisory body, placed India alongside China, North Korea, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.
India was categorised as a “Tier 2 country” in last year’s listing. But the State Department notification, issued on Tuesday, does not name India among countries of particular concern.
The commission’s report noted that last year, religious freedom conditions in India experienced a drastic turn downward, with religious minorities under increasing assault. It also noted that the BJP government allowed violence against minorities and their houses of worship to continue with impunity and tolerated hate speech and incitement to violence.
Published in Dawn, December 9th, 2020
What a joke... and India is not in the list after massive Muslim lynching and extremist Hindu RSS Laws and constant human right violation in Kashmir .
Anwar IqbalUpdated 09 Dec 2020
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the University of Louisville McConnell Center's Distinguished Speaker Series in Louisville, Ky on Dec 2, 2019. — AP/File
WASHINGTON: Secretary of State Michael Pompeo announced on Monday that the United States had designated Pakistan, China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Nigeria, North Korea, Myanmar and Eritrea as “countries of particular Concern” (CPC) under its International Religious Freedom Act.
The statement accused these countries of “engaging in or tolerating “systematic, ongoing, egregious violations of religious freedom”.
Secretary Pompeo also announced placing the Comoros, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Russia on a special watch list for governments that engage in or tolerated “severe violations of religious freedom”.
The commission’s 2020 report noted that religious freedom conditions across Pakistan had continued to trend negatively.
“The systematic enforcement of blasphemy and anti-Ahmadia laws, and authorities’ failure to address forced conversions of religious minorities — including Hindus, Christians, and Sikhs — to Islam, severely restricted freedom of religion or belief,” it added.
The report noted that nearly 80 individuals remained imprisoned for blasphemy in Pakistan, with at least half facing a life sentence or death.
After spending five years in solitary confinement for allegedly posting blasphemous content online, Junaid Hafeez was given the death sentence in December last yea, the report added.
The report, however, acknowledged that last year they also noted “some high-profile acquittals” in Pakistan.
Additionally, the United States designated Al Shabaab, Al Qaeda, Boko Haram, Hayat Tahrir al Sham, the Houthis, ISIS, ISIS-Greater Sahara, ISIS-West Africa, Jamaat Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin, and the Taliban as well.
Placing Taliban among these entities surprised observers in Washington who predicted that this could complicate US efforts to finalise a peace deal with them.
“We have not renewed the prior Entity of Particular Concern designations for Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and ISIS-Khorasan, due to the total loss of territory formerly controlled by these terrorist organisations,” Secretary Pompeo said.
The chief US diplomat also announced removing Sudan and Uzbekistan from the special watch list “based on significant, concrete progress” undertaken by them over the past year.
The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), which recommends the designations, had downgraded India to its lowest ranking of “countries of particular concern” (CPC) in its 2020 report, issued in April.
The report, released in Washington by the federal government commission that functions as an advisory body, placed India alongside China, North Korea, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.
India was categorised as a “Tier 2 country” in last year’s listing. But the State Department notification, issued on Tuesday, does not name India among countries of particular concern.
The commission’s report noted that last year, religious freedom conditions in India experienced a drastic turn downward, with religious minorities under increasing assault. It also noted that the BJP government allowed violence against minorities and their houses of worship to continue with impunity and tolerated hate speech and incitement to violence.
Published in Dawn, December 9th, 2020
What a joke... and India is not in the list after massive Muslim lynching and extremist Hindu RSS Laws and constant human right violation in Kashmir .
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LOL last few jokes of Trump Joker.
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So in the US it is becoming the norm to see heavily armed militias outside Mosques. These right wing militants are not there to protect the Muslim community but to intimidate and harass them. America the the land of hypocrisy.
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bruh. what did you say?
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Makes perfect sense... I mean not at all.
India and France not in the list? What a joke.
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What about France
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