For years, we have watched the United Nations and the European Union jump into action when certain groups are targeted. We see the press releases, the emergency sessions, and the threats of sanctions.

But when it comes to the systematic, daily slaughter of Christians in Nigeria, that same energy vanishes. It is replaced by a “blind eye” and a cold, academic silence that is costing thousands of lives.

The double standard is deadly because every human life is sacred and Christian lives matter. When a Muslim is killed, the world should be outraged. But that outrage must be consistent. Right now, it isn’t.

In Nigeria’s Middle Belt and North, Christian communities are being wiped off the map. Mothers are being killed in their farms, and children are being hacked to death in their beds. Yet, the UN and EU continue to describe this as “communal clashes” or “consequences of climate change.”

This isn’t just a misdiagnosis; it’s a lie. It is targeted, faith-based persecution, and by refusing to call it what it is, you are giving the killers a free pass.

The UN and EU were founded on the idea that human rights are universal. If we are all truly “under the same umbrella” of humanity, then why is the focus so lopsided? Where is the equal attention? Where are the special rapporteurs for the thousands of Christian orphans?

Why is the plight of a Christian villager in Plateau or Benue State treated as a “local matter” while other conflicts get global intervention?

By staying quiet, you are telling the perpetrators that killing Christians carries no international price tag. You are effectively telling the victims that their faith makes them invisible to the world’s “protectors.”

We don’t need more “expressions of concern.” We need action that matches the scale of the tragedy. Stop hiding behind the “farmer-herder” narrative. Acknowledge that Christians are being hunted for their faith and their land.

Use your diplomatic leverage to force the Nigerian government to arrest and prosecute the killers. Financial aid should be tied to the actual protection of these vulnerable communities.

Give the slaughter of Christians the same floor time in Brussels and New York that you give to any other major humanitarian crisis.
Justice isn’t justice if it’s selective. You cannot claim to stand for human rights while turning your back on one of the greatest organized killings of our time.

It’s time to stop looking away. It’s time to treat the blood of a Christian with the same urgency as any other human being on this planet. The world is watching, and history will remember your silence.