’Christians Are Being Killed’: Critics Outraged at Biden Admin as Murder and Terror Rage in Nigeria

Religious freedom advocates are “outraged“ and confounded after the Biden administration again declined to add Nigeria to the U.S. Department of State’s Countries of Particular Concern list, a designation targeting nations restricting or complicit in religious freedom violations. Joel Veldkamp, head of international communications at persecution watchdog Christian Solidarity International (CSI), has been among those urging the State Department to reclassify Nigeria as a nation violating residents’ religious liberty – but to no avail. Veldkamp told CBN’s Faithwire the Biden administration’s decision to ignore international outcry over the matter is stunning, particularly in light of the deadly assaults unfolding against Christians in Nigeria daily. “It’s not an exaggeration,“ he said. “Every week, Christians are being killed in this country.“ Veldkamp shared how the release of the current Countries of Particular Concern was dropped on Friday afternoon, noting t