Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden) (Lab) I beg to move, That this House notes with concern the rising tide of persecution of Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan, Algeria and other countries around the world; further notes the effect that hate preachers have on radicalising people internationally and in the UK, through the media, social media and…
Baroness Berridge writes for PoliticsHome ahead of her Oral Question today in the House of Lords [Read the full debate] on ensuring the Commonwealth Communiqué’s commitment to eradicate forced marriage is realised and assessing its inter-relationship with forced conversion. Early and Forced Marriages (EFM) are a major scourge across the Commonwealth. They are a…
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Eritrea held a closed session yesterday to examine ongoing religious persecution in Eritrea, in a meeting entitled: Religious persecution in Eritrea: A crime against humanity. The meeting was chaired by Lord Alton of Liverpool, who is a member of the APPGs for Eritrea and International Freedom of Religion or Belief….