Nigeria Religious Freedom Accountability Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsor
- 1
- Latest action
- Oct 21, 2025
What it does
The Nigeria Religious Freedom Accountability Act of 2025 would require the Secretary of State to designate Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern for religious freedom violations and to impose sanctions on Nigerian officials and judicial authorities who promote, enforce, or tolerate blasphemy laws or violence by religiously motivated extremist groups like Boko Haram and ISIS-West Africa. The bill mandates biennial reports identifying specific individuals responsible for such actions, with sanctions applied under Executive Order 13818 targeting their property and interests. It also amends the International Religious Freedom Act to formally designate Boko Haram and ISIS-West Africa as…
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