Washington, DC – IKomishoni yaseUnited States yeNkululeko yeNkolo yeZizwe ngeZizwe (I-USCIRF) Umkomishinala UFrederick A. Davie kunye nabasebenzi base-USCIRF baye e-Abuja, eNigeria ukusuka ngoJuni 4-11 ukuya kudibana namagosa karhulumente waseNigeria naseMelika, uluntu lwezenkolo, abameli boluntu, kunye nabakhuseli bamalungelo oluntu ukuvavanya iimeko zenkululeko yonqulo kunye nokuxoxa ngezoyikiso ezijongene nabaseNigeria beentlobo zeenkolelo kunye iimbono zehlabathi.
“INigeria likhaya leenkolo neenkolelo ezahlukeneyo, kwaye sibe nethamsanqa lokufunda kwiimbono ezininzi malunga nenkululeko yonqulo elizweni. Iintlanganiso zethu zibalaselise ukuntsonkotha kwabaqhubi bobundlobongela eNigeria kunye nokudityaniswa kwenkululeko yonqulo nolunye ukhuseleko kunye neenkxalabo zamalungelo abantu,” USCIRF uMkomishinala uDavie uthe. "I-USCIRF ijonge ukubandakanya iziphumo zolu tyelelo kwiingcebiso zethu zomgaqo-nkqubo wamazwe angaphandle kuMongameli, unobhala welizwe, kunye neCongress malunga nenkululeko yonqulo eNigeria."
Ukukhokelela kwaye ngexesha lotyelelo lwe-USCIRF, iziganeko ezininzi zobundlobongela obuchaphazela amaKristu okanye amaSilamsi zenzeka eNigeria. Nge-12 kaMeyi, ihlokondiba elinobundlobongela kwiKholeji yezeMfundo yaseShehu Shagari kwindawo yamaSilamsi kaninzi eKano yaxuluba ngamatye umfundi waseyunivesithi ongumKristu. uDebhora Samuweli wafa waza wawutshisa umzimba wakhe ngenxa yokuba babethathela ingqalelo amazwi awawathethayo kumsonto ka-WhatsApp athukisa inkolo yobuSilamsi. Nge-22 kaMeyi, abadlali abanobundlobongela kumazantsi-mpuma amaKrestu babulala umfazi okhulelweyo ongumHausa. Harira Jubril nabantwana bakhe abane. NgoJuni 4, ihlokondiba elinobundlobongela kwikomkhulu ledolophu yase-Abuja labetha, laxulutywa ngamatye laza latshisa ilungu lomkhosi wokhuselo wamaSilamsi. Ahmad Usman ukufa ngenxa yesityholo sokunyelisa. NgoJuni 5, abahlaseli bexhobile bahlasela abanquli ababebhiyozela iCawa yePentekoste kwicawa yamaKatolika Owo, kwiphondo laseOndo, kwafa abantu abangama-40 ubuncinane.
“I-USCIRF iyalugxeka olu hlaselo nalo lonke ugonyamelo olusongela inkululeko yonqulo eNigeria. Ezi ziganeko zazimanyumnyezi ngokwenene kwaye zabonisa imingeni ejongene namaKrestu namaSilamsi eNigeria,” USCIRF uMkomishinala uDavie waqhubeka. "Iintliziyo zethu ziphuma kwiintsapho kunye noluntu oluchaphazelekileyo kwaye sibongoza abasemagunyeni baseNigeria ukuba bangabi nandleko ekuziseni abenzi bezi zenzo zimbi."
Ukusukela ngo-2009, kutsha nje kwiNgxelo yoNyaka ka-Epreli ka-2022, i-USCIRF icebise ukuba iSebe leSizwe laseMelika. chonga “njengelizwe elixhalatyelwe ngokukhethekileyo,” okanye iCPC, ngokubandakanyeka nokunyamezela ukwaphulwa kwenkululeko yonqulo yamazwe ngamazwe ngendlela ecwangcisiweyo, eqhubekayo, neyoyikekayo. Abasemagunyeni basekuhlaleni bavalele kwaye batshutshisa abantu abaninzi baseNigeria ngezityholo zokunyelisa kule minyaka yakutsha nje ngelixa belandela amatyala amancinci kuphela ngakubantu abaphembelela ubundlobongela kwabo bavakalisa iimbono zonqulo ezichaseneyo. Amagosa karhulumente asaqhubeka nokusilela ukubonelela ngobulungisa kumaxhoba okuhlaselwa kwabanquli namaqela onqulo. I-USCIRF iphinde idwelise olu lwaphulo-mthetho kwezinye iingxelo zaseNigeria, kubandakanywa ne Ukukhutshwa kohlaziyo kwiKano State, isiqendu se Ukukhanya kwe-USCIRF podcast, kwaye ngexesha a ukuva ibibanjwe ngoJuni ka-2021.
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IKomishoni yase-US yeNkululeko yoNkolo yaMazwe ngaMazwe (USCIRF) liziko likarhulumente elizimeleyo, elinamacala amabini elisekwe yiNkongolo yase-US ukuze libeke iliso, lihlalutye, kwaye linike ingxelo ngenkululeko yonqulo kumazwe aphesheya. I-USCIRF yenza izindululo zomgaqo-nkqubo wangaphandle kuMongameli, uNobhala weLizwe kunye neCongress enenjongo yokuthintela intshutshiso yonqulo kunye nokukhuthaza inkululeko yenkolo okanye inkolelo.
