Russia, India, Syria and Vietnam should be put on naughty list
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom is recommending that the U.S. State Department add Russia, India, Syria, and Vietnam to the list of nations abridging religious freedoms, as Countries of Particular Concern.
Also, rising to levels of interest requiring “Special Watch,” include Afghanistan, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Egypt, Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Turkey, and Uzbekistan.
The report pointed to Vietnam for carrying out “physical assaults, detention, imprisonment, and forcible confiscation of church properties and assets,” against certain Christian communities.
The Commission made similar recommendations in its 2020 report for India. However, the Biden State Department, thus far, has refused to act and protect the international Christian community.
