WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Chris Smith issued the following news:
The House Foreign Affairs Committee this week approved legislation (HRes 82) authored by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) that calls on the Biden Administration to designate Nigeria as one of the world's severe religious freedom violators, teeing it up for a vote on the House Floor.
Smith's resolution rejects the Biden Administration's decision to omit Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) in its 2021, 2022 and 2023 International Religious Freedom Reports despite widespread religious persecution including mass murder and kidnapping plaguing the country. The Trump Administration had designated Nigeria as a CPC in 2020.
The historic International Religious Freedom Act (IRF...