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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : The current complete list of Countries of Particular Concern for religious freedom consists of China, North Korea, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Eritrea, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan.
49% : At the time Secretary of State Antony Blinken removed Nigeria from the list in November, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), a government organization created by the 1998 act, described itself as "appalled."
44% : Designates do not have to use state power to repress religious minorities directly; the law allows for listing a country if they either "engaged in" or "tolerated systematic, ongoing and egregious violations of religious freedom."
37% : The human rights expert noted that President Joe Biden's administration should reconsider undoing the "puzzling" decision of removing Nigeria from its list of Countries of Particular Concern for religious freedom, which it did in November without any overt signs that the Buhari administration was meaningfully addressing the surge of anti-Christian violence in the country.

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