Washington, DC - United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (Kutulutsa) Commissioner Frederick A. Davie pamodzi ndi ogwira ntchito ku USCIRF anapita ku Abuja, Nigeria kuyambira June 4-11 kukakumana ndi akuluakulu a boma la Nigeria ndi US, magulu achipembedzo, oimira mabungwe a boma, ndi omenyera ufulu wachibadwidwe kuti awunike ufulu wachipembedzo ndikukambilana zoopseza zomwe anthu a ku Nigeria akukumana nawo a zikhulupiliro zosiyanasiyana. malingaliro a dziko.
“Ku Nigeria kuli anthu azipembedzo komanso zikhulupiriro zosiyanasiyana, ndipo tinali ndi mwayi woti tiphunzirepo pa nkhani zosiyanasiyana zokhudza mmene ufulu wachipembedzo ulili m’dzikoli. Misonkhano yathu idawonetsa zovuta za omwe amayendetsa ziwawa ku Nigeria komanso mayendedwe a ufulu wachipembedzo ndi zina zokhudzana ndi chitetezo ndi ufulu wachibadwidwe," USCIRF Commissioner Davie adatero. "USCIRF ikuyembekeza kuphatikiza zomwe tapeza paulendowu ndi malingaliro athu akunja kwa Purezidenti, Secretary of State, ndi Congress okhudza ufulu wachipembedzo ku Nigeria."
Kumayambiriro kwa ulendo wa USCIRF komanso paulendo wa USCIRF, ziwawa zingapo zomwe zakhudza Akhristu kapena Asilamu zidachitika ku Nigeria. Pa Meyi 12, gulu lachiwawa ku Shehu Shagari College of Education m'boma la Kano komwe kuli Asilamu ambiri, adagenda wophunzira wapayunivesite wachikhristu. Debora Samueli mpaka kufa ndikuwotcha thupi lake chifukwa amalingalira zomwe adanena mu ulusi wa WhatsApp wonyoza Chisilamu. Pa Meyi 22, ochita zachiwawa kumwera chakum'mawa kwachikhristu adapha mayi wachi Muslim Hausa yemwe anali ndi pakati. Harira Jubril ndi ana ake anayi. Pa June 4, gulu lachiwawa mumzinda wa Abuja linamenya, kuponya miyala, ndi kutentha msilikali wachisilamu. Ahmad Usman ku imfa chifukwa chomunenera mwano. Pa June 5, zigawenga zidaukira anthu okondwerera Lamlungu la Pentekosite m'tchalitchi cha Katolika Owo, m’boma la Ondo, kupha anthu osachepera 40.
"USCIRF ikutsutsa ziwawa izi ndi ziwawa zonse zomwe zikuwopseza ufulu wachipembedzo ku Nigeria. Izi zidali zowopsa kwambiri ndipo zidawonetsa zovuta zomwe Akhristu ndi Asilamu aku Nigeria akukumana nazo," USCIRF Commissioner Davie anapitiriza. "Mitima yathu ikupita kwa mabanja ndi madera omwe akhudzidwa ndipo tikupempha akuluakulu aku Nigeria kuti asamawononge ndalama zilizonse poweruza omwe adachita zonyansazi."
Kuyambira 2009, posachedwa mu Lipoti Lapachaka la Epulo 2022, USCIRF yalimbikitsa kuti dipatimenti ya boma ya US sankhani monga "dziko lokhudzidwa makamaka," kapena CPC, pochita ndi kulolera kuphwanyidwa mwadongosolo, kosalekeza, komanso koopsa kwa ufulu wachipembedzo wapadziko lonse lapansi. Akuluakulu a m’derali atsekera m’ndende anthu angapo a ku Nigeria pa milandu yonyoza Mulungu m’zaka zaposachedwapa pamene akungoimba milandu yaing’ono chabe kwa anthu amene amayambitsa chiwawa kwa anthu amene amatsutsa zipembedzo zawo. Akuluakulu aboma akupitirizabe kulephera kupereka chilungamo kwa anthu omwe akuzunzidwa ndi olambira komanso azipembedzo. USCIRF idalembanso zophwanya izi m'malipoti ena aku Nigeria, kuphatikiza Zosintha pa Kano State, ndime ya Kuwala kwa USCIRF podcast, ndi nthawi ya a kumva mu June 2021.
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Bungwe la US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) ndi bungwe lodziimira paokha, logwirizana ndi mayiko awiri, lomwe linakhazikitsidwa ndi bungwe la US Congress kuti liwonetsetse, kusanthula, ndi kupereka lipoti la ufulu wachipembedzo kunja kwa dziko. USCIRF imapereka malingaliro akunja kwa Purezidenti, Secretary of State ndi Congress pofuna kuletsa kuzunzidwa kwachipembedzo ndikulimbikitsa ufulu wachipembedzo kapena chikhulupiriro.
