Archived Events

2019

1 April Inquiry on Conflict in Nigeria

2017-18

17 April 2nd Roundtable on Forced Organ-harvesting in China House of Commons, April 17th 2018 13 December Roundtable on Forced Organ-harvesting in China 25 October Launch of new Article 18 report 18 July APPG Inaugural Meeting 11 July Hosted a tea with the Minister of Tolerance for the UAE 30 June Hosted Brazilian MPs for training on FoRB on behalf of IPPFoRB 28 June A members meeting with Lord Ahmad (new FCO Minister of State responsible for International Freedom of Religion or Belief

2016-17

4 April Preventing Violent Extremism and Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB): Reflecting back to move forward with the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the University of Sussex 4 April Countering Violent Extremism in Muslim-Majority Countries: Lessons from Indonesia 8 March Members Meeting 28 Feb Stakeholder event: Meeting the New FoRB Mandate holders (FCO and UN) 28 Feb The Future of Freedom of Religion or Belief at the National and International Level 27 Feb The Persecution of Religious and Ethnic Minorities in Iran, with the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Human Rights  15 November APPG Officers Meeting 8 June Freedom of Religion or Belief – Emerging Trends, Challenges and Agendas for Change 7 June Launch of Asylum Advocacy Group & APPG for International Freedom of Religion or Belief report: Fleeing Persecution: Asylum Claims in the UK on Religious Freedom Grounds 24 May APPG AGM Minutes

2015-16

21 March Religion, Security & Foreign Policy 2 March Freedom of Religion and Economic Prosperity (The All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Bahá’í Faith) 24 February Freedom of Religion or Belief in Pakistan & UK Government Policy: APPG for International Freedom of Religion or Belief Parliamentary Inquiry Report launch event 9 February Steering Group of the International Panel of Parliamentarians for Freedom of Religion or Belief (IPPFoRB). 8 February Supporting the Yazidi Community: a survivor of Daesh captivity speaks in Parliament 17 November Briefing, in conjunction with Open Doors UK, on the State of Religious Extremism in Nigeria 10/11 November Inquiry into the The Plight of Minority Religious or Belief Groups in Pakistan and as Refugees: Addressing Current UK & UNHCR Policy 10 November APPG meeting 2 November Briefing, in conjunction with Christians in Parliament, Christians in the Middle East: A Different Perspective (Report) (Audio) 27 October stakeholder briefing with Sue Breeze, Head of Equality & Non-Discrimination Team, FCO Report of this event 26 October Lord Sacks in conversation with Tim Montgomerie 14 October Democracy and Religion: The State of Minorities in India 8 September APPG Meeting 14 July Consultation meeting on the Central African Republic 24 June Launch of HWRF report In Prison for their religion or belief 17 June Introductory Event 8 June APPG AGM Read the minutes

2014-15

10 March Launch of report on The Persecution of Christians in Iran 16 December  APPG Christians in Parliament and APPG International Freedom of Religion or Belief, Inquiry into the Persecution of Christians in Iran 16 December   Blood, Treasure and Islamic State: War, Extremism and the Looting of Culture 15 December   The situation in the Central African Republic 10 December   Launch of Religion and Belief in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea: A Report of the All Party Parliamentary Group on International Freedom of Religion or Belief 25 November  The Rt Hon Desmond Swayne TD MP, Minister of State for International Development: Update on the crisis in Syria and Iraq 21 October      Innes Bowen on the British Muslim Community 17 July            Current issues in law and religion, Oxford 12 July            Religious Freedom and Persecution, York 8 July              An evening with Douglas Alexander, Shadow Foreign Secretary – joint event with Christians on the Left – read his speech in full 24 June          APPG AGM 23 June          International Panel of Parliamentarians for Freedom of Religion or Belief, Oxford 9 June            Launch of APPG website