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US puts Pakistan on watch list for 'violation of religious freedom'
 [GEO.TV] The US State Department has placed Pakistain on a Special Watch List for what it claims are "severe violations of religious freedom".In a press statement on Thursday, the State Department said it has also re-designated 10 countries as "countries of particular concern" under the country's International Religious Freedom Act for having engaged in or tolerated egregious violations of religious freedom. "Today, the Department of State announces that the Secretary of State re-designated Burma, China, Eritrea ...is run by the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ), with about the amounts of democracy and justice you'd expect from a party with that name. National elections have been periodically scheduled and cancelled; none have ever been held in the country. The president, Isaias Afewerki, has been in office since independence in 1993 and will probably die there of old age... , Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... , Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan as Countries of Particular Concern on December 22, 2017," said the State Department. "The Secretary also placed Pakistain on a Special Watch List for severe violations of religious freedom," it added. The move against Pakistain comes amid a period of heightened tensions between the two nations, after US president Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... said that Washington had foolishly given Pakistain more than $33 billion in aid over the last 15 years. Posted by: Fred 2018-01-05 |
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