Lord Singh of Wimbledon gave the Thought for the Day on this morning’s Radio 4 Today programme. Listen here “A report commissioned by the Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has found that the persecution of Christians in many parts of the world amounts to what some see as near genocide. Millions of Christians have been uprooted…
Snapshot of Activity • 123 APPG Members -- (new members Mike Kane MP, Afzal Khan MP, Matt Rodda MP and the Bishop of Winchester welcomed). • 23 Written Parliamentary Questions tabled on various FORB issues including encouraging HMG to take practical steps to support FORB, such as improving data collection. • 15 Oral Questions in…
On Boxing Day 2018 The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, HM Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, announced that he had asked The Bishop of Truro to set up an Independent Review into the global persecution of Christians; to map the extent and nature of the phenomenon; to assess the quality of the…
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released its 20th Annual Report documenting country conditions in, and analyzing and recommending U. S. policy initiatives toward, the world’s worst violators of religious freedom. USCIRF, as an independent, bi-partisan commission, advises the President, Congress and the Secretary of State on international religious freedom issues. In…
Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales and Church of England Submission to Independent Review of FCO support for persecuted Christians 1. The Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales and the Church of England’s Mission and Public Affairs Council welcomes the decision by the Foreign Secretary to launch an independent Review of the Foreign…
House of Commons Tuesday 23 April 2019 Mr Speaker Colleagues, in respectful memory of the 321 people slaughtered in the appalling Easter Sunday terrorist attack in Sri Lanka, including eight British citizens, and of the approximately 500 people wounded in those attacks, I propose that we now hold a one-minute silence. The House observed a…
Westminster Hall debate – 26 March 2019 Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP) I beg to move that this House has considered forced live organ extraction. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Moon, and to open this debate. I thank all right hon. and hon. Members who have found time to attend this…
Home Office cites Bible to deny asylum Kaya Burgess, Religious Affairs Correspondent | Richard Ford, Home Correspondent The Times March 22 2019 The Home Office refused asylum to an Iranian who converted from Islam to Christianity because, it said, Christianity was not a peaceful religion. Immigration officials wrote to the man, who had converted to…
Policy paper Independent review of FCO support for persecuted Christians, commissioned by the Foreign Secretary: terms of reference Published 8 February 2019 Aim The Review will map levels of persecution of and other discrimination against Christians in key countries around the world. It will provide an objective assessment of the impact and levels of FCO…
Freedom of religion SIR – As persons with experience of international human rights protection over the past two decades, we welcome the commitment of greater diplomatic efforts in the human rights field – in this instance religious persecution. Political responses to such violations fall well short of the scale of the global problem; and the…