Open Doors美国首席执行官11月12日赴国会作证：呼吁保护尼日利亚中部地带基督徒社区
总部在美国的基督教援助机构 Open Doors US 11月9日宣布，其首席执行官 Ryan Brown 将于11月12日在美国众议院外交事务委员会非洲小组委员会作证，呼吁持续关注尼日利亚中部地带基督徒社区面临的暴力与流离失所，并采取切实步骤加强保护。听证会将审视尼日利亚对持续不安全局势的应对。
Brown 在预备证词中将描述村庄遇袭、绑架、农田被毁与反复流离失所对基督徒社区的影响。他表示，Open Doors 不认为尼日利亚每一起暴力都纯粹出于宗教动机，但任何严肃评估都必须承认，宗教身份是许多受害者与社区易受伤害的一个重要因素。证词同时指出，尼日利亚的安全危机由多重因素交织而成，富拉尼人中的武装成员是中部地带暴力的主要来源之一，这与富拉尼人群体本身有别；证词也肯定尼日利亚近期改善保护、支持流离失所家庭安全返乡的努力，并呼吁持续监测其成效。
据非洲宗教自由观察站（Observatory for Religious Freedom in Africa）数据，2019年10月至2025年9月，尼日利亚中北部地区有约10,928名基督徒平民与1,919名穆斯林平民被杀，同期有4,700多名基督徒与3,650名穆斯林被绑架。
Brown 将向各国政府、国际伙伴与人道组织提出三项建议：加强安全与预警系统，改善社区与安全部队之间的沟通并强化问责；在人道响应中推广宗教素养，防止歧视、确保援助公正抵达弱势人群；让本地信仰领袖与组织参与救援的规划、协调与评估。他在书面证词中表示，国际社会无法解决尼日利亚的挑战，但可以与弱势社区站在一起，支持有效而公正的人道响应。
Open Doors 在70多个国家支持受迫害基督徒，以每年发布的《全球守望名单》为人所知。该机构「Arise Africa」请愿活动目标是今年12月向联合国递交全球100万个签名。
（来源：Open Doors US）
Open Doors US CEO to Testify Before Congress Nov. 12 on Violence Against Christians in Nigeria
Open Doors US, a U.S.-based ministry supporting persecuted Christians, announced on November 9 that its CEO Ryan Brown will testify on November 12 before the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee's Africa Subcommittee, urging sustained international attention and practical steps to protect Christian communities facing violence and displacement in Nigeria's Middle Belt. The hearing will examine Nigeria's response to ongoing insecurity.
In his prepared testimony, Brown will describe how attacks on villages, abductions, destruction of farmland and repeated displacement have affected Christian communities. He said Open Doors does not argue that every act of violence in Nigeria is exclusively motivated by religion, but that any serious assessment must acknowledge religious identity as an important vulnerability factor for many victims and communities. The testimony notes that Nigeria's security crisis stems from multiple overlapping factors, identifies militant members of the Fulani people as a major source of violence in the Middle Belt, distinct from the broader Fulani population, and acknowledges recent Nigerian efforts to improve protection and support the safe return of displaced families, while calling for sustained monitoring.
According to data from the Observatory for Religious Freedom in Africa, approximately 10,928 Christian civilians and 1,919 Muslim civilians were killed in Nigeria's North Central region between October 2019 and September 2025, and more than 4,700 Christians and 3,650 Muslims were abducted during the same period.
Brown will urge governments, international partners and humanitarian organizations to take three steps: strengthen security and early-warning systems by improving communication between communities and security forces and increasing accountability; promote religious literacy in humanitarian response to prevent discrimination; and include local faith leaders and organizations in planning, coordinating and evaluating relief efforts. In his written testimony he said the international community cannot solve Nigeria's challenges but can stand with vulnerable communities and support effective, impartial humanitarian responses.
Open Doors supports persecuted Christians in more than 70 countries and is best known for its annual World Watch List. Its Arise Africa petition aims to gather one million signatures worldwide to present to the United Nations this December.
(Source: Open Doors US)
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