Total number of EDMs
Early day motions (EDMs) are motions submitted for debate in the House of Commons. They have no specific time allocated however many attract a great deal of public interest and media coverage.
EDMs are used to put on record the views of individual MPs or to draw attention to specific events.
All EDMs related to freedom of religion or belief are listed below. Each title is a link to the appropriate page on the parliament.uk website, where you can view the full wording and the list of those who have proposed and supported the EDM. MPs can support an EDM in the current session of Parliament.
1. Turkish military action in Northern Iraq: EDM 30
2. Arrests in Hong Kong: EDM 36
3. Eritrea’s involvement in conflict in Ethiopia: EDM 57
4. Detention of Tamil refugees in the British Indian Ocean Territory EDM 88
5. Baha’i community in Qatar: EDM 94
6. Christian woman stoned in Sokoto, northern Nigeria: EDM 95
7. Human rights abuses against the Talai and Kipsigis people of Kenya: EDM 117
EARLY DAY MOTIONS 2021-22 SESSION
EARLY DAY MOTIONS 2019-21 SESSION
1780 Aid to the Church in Need’s Religious Freedom in the World Report 2021 Brendan O’Hara
1776 Killing of Coptic Christian Nabil Habashy Salama by Daesh in Egypt’s northern Sinai Jim Shannon
1753 Blasphemy charges against Christian nurses Mariyum Lal and Newsh Arooj in Pakistan Jim Shannon
1727 Pressures on Baha’is in Mazandaran Alistair Carmichael
1723 Conflict in Tigray, Ethiopia Helen Hayes
1684 Kidnapping and forced conversions in Pakistan Jim Shannon
1681 Atrocities against the Uyghurs in Xinjiang Alistair Carmichael
1668 Protection of religious minorities in Bangladesh Bob Blackman
1575 International Women’s Day and freedom of religion or belief (No. 2) Dr Lisa Cameron
1561 Commemoration of 10th anniversary of Shahbaz Bhatti’s assassination Jim Shannon
1539 Murder of 800 worshippers in Ethiopia at St Mary of Zion Church Jim Shannon
1503 Religious freedoms in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq Robert Halfon
1487 Baha’i land in Iran Lloyd Russell-Moyle
1432 The Rohingya Community Jim Shannon
1179 Red Wednesday and the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls Fiona Bruce
1164 Global Islamophobia Apsana Begum
1066 Thirteen year old Christian girl abducted, converted and married to a 43 year old man Jim Shannon
969 Pakistan Protection of Religious Minorities Bill Jim Shannon
921 Maira Shahbaz and child abduction, forced conversion and marriage in Pakistan
821 Human rights in Iran Bob Blackman
765 UK aid, covid-19 and the additional vulnerability of religious minorities Jim Shannon
617 Baha’i community in Iran Virendra Sharma
613 All Party Parliamentary Group report on situation in Nigeria Jim Shannon
573 PAKISTAN National Commission for Minority Rights (No. 2) Jim Shannon
572 Freedom of religion or belief and the covid-19 pandemic Jim Shannon
527 PAKISTAN National Commission for Minority Rights Jim Shannon
523 Continued detention of Bahai in Yemen Ian Blackford
298 TellMAMA report on the Christchurch terror attack Kirsten Oswald
273 International Women’s Day and freedom of religion or belief Jim Shannon
209 Freedom of religious belief in Iran Mary Glindon
82 Death sentence for Junaid Hafeez in Pakistan Jim Shannon
34 Murder of 11 Christian hostages in Nigeria Jim Shannon
EARLY DAY MOTIONS 2019 SESSION
55 PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS
44 ATTACK IN HALLE, GERMANY
12 ANTI-SEMITIC ATTACK IN HALLE, GERMANY
EARLY DAY MOTIONS 2017-19 SESSION
2748 PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS
2487 SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DETENTION OF RAIF BADAWI AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN SAUDI ARABIA
2453 UN INTERNATIONAL DAY COMMEMORATING THE VICTIMS OF ACTS OF VIOLENCE BASED ON RELIGION OR BELIEF
2310 EASTER SUNDAY ATTACKS IN SRI LANKA
2308 SRI LANKA EASTER SUNDAY BOMBINGS
2303 TACKLING ISLAMOPHOBIA AND RELIGIOUS HATE CRIMES
2197 MASS KILLING IN NEW ZEALAND
2138 FORCED LIVE ORGAN EXTRACTION FROM PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE IN CHINA
1956 ATTACKS ON CHRISTIANS IN EGYPT 2
1827 UNCONDITIONAL ASYLUM FOR ASIA BIBI
1823 THREATS TO ASIA BIBI AND THE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES
1804 ATTACKS ON CHRISTIANS IN EGYPT
1786 PITTSBURGH SUPPORT AND SOLIDARITY
1705 HARASSMENT OF PAKISTANI REFUGEES IN THAILAND
1499 TARGETED MURDER OF AFGHAN SIKHS
1478 ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL DAY COMMEMORATING THE VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION
1408 KILLING OF CHRISTIAN MINORITIES IN MYANMAR’S KACHIN PROVINCE
1399 FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR BELIEF
1246 LEAH SHARIBU’S KIDNAPPING BY BOKO HARAM
1219 REFERRAL OF BURMA TO THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
1190 TERRORIST ATTACK ON A CHURCH IN QUETTA, PAKISTAN
1141 COMMONWEALTH HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEETING 2018 – FREEDOM OF WORSHIP
752 ATTACK ON CHRISTIANS IN THE METHODIST CHURCH, PAKISTAN
677 FALUN GONG AND HARVESTING ORGANS
255 FLIGHT OF ROHINGYA REFUGEES FROM BURMA
184 CONDEMNING THE ATTACK ON AMARNATH PILGRIMS IN KASHMIR
EARLY DAY MOTIONS, 2016-17 SESSION
1144 ATTACKS ON COPTIC CHRISTIANS
937 ATTACK ON JOSEPH COLONY, LAHORE, PAKISTAN
884 UN INQUIRY INTO ROHINGYA CRISIS IN BURMA
839 GENOCIDE BY DAESH AGAINST THE YAZIDI PEOPLE
806 POLICE RAID OF THE OFFICES OF THE AHMADIYYA MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN RABWAH, PAKISTAN
799 PROTECTION OF CHRISTIANS IN EYGPT
796 BAHA’I BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN IRAN
679. DEATH OF SHEHZAD MASIH AND SHAMA BIBI
444. ISLAMIC STATE/DAESH GENOCIDE
351. PLIGHT OF MINORITIES IN BANGLADESH
346. RECOGNITION OF GENOCIDE BY DAESH
290. VIOLENCE AGAINST AHMADI MUSLIMS IN ASIA
EARLY DAY MOTIONS, 2015-16 SESSION
1363. TERRORIST ATTACKS IN LAHORE
1192. UN CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION AND PUNISHMENT OF GENOCIDE
1102. REMEMBRANCE OF THE 21 EGYPTIAN COPTIC CHRISTIANS BEHEADED BY ISIS/DAESH
1008. GENOCIDE IN SYRIA AND IRAQ
1004. RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION OF AHMADI MUSLIMS IN INDONESIA
998. TREATMENT OF YAZIDI AND CHRISTIAN MINORITIES
730. OPEN DOORS 2016 WORLD WATCH LIST
512. RESTRICTIONS ON CHRISTIANS IN VIETNAM
511. RELEASE OF PASTOR ABEDINI IN IRAN
510. FREEDOM OF RELIGION IN BURMA
370. PEACE IN THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
281. TREATMENT OF YAZIDI WOMEN AND MINORITIES BY ISIL
114. A CHRISTIAN COLONY IN LAHORE
113. CASE OF RAIF BADAWI IN SAUDI ARABIA
76. BURNING ALIVE OF A 15 YEAR OLD CHRISTIAN BOY IN LAHORE
58. ACCESS FOR HUMANITARIAN AGENCIES TO RAKHINE STATE IN BURMA
34. CHRISTIANS IN EASTERN UKRAINE
EARLY DAY MOTIONS, 2014-15 SESSION
888. PERSECUTION OF THE ROHINGYA COMMUNITY IN BURMA
878. CHURCH BOMBING IN LAHORE, PAKISTAN
797. PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS IN NORTHERN NIGERIA
720. PUBLIC FLOGGING OF RAIF BADAWI IN SAUDI ARABIA
617. PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS
529. SHEHZAD MASIH AND SHAMA BIBI
453. IRAN AND THE PERSECUTION OF RELIGIOUS MINORITIES
333. BAHA’I CEMETERY IN SHIRAZ
308. TREATMENT OF IRAQI MINORITIES BY THE ISLAMIC STATE
190. RELEASE OF CHINESE RIGHTS LAWYER GAO ZHISHENG
71. FREEDOM OF RELIGION IN SUDAN
41. RELEASE HASSAN HUSSAIN MOHAMMED