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China: Uighur Internment Camps 23 September 2020 The Lord Bishop of St Albans To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the condition of Uighur internment camps in Xinjiang in China. The Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth … Continued

Baroness Cox To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief, Nigeria: Unfolding Genocide?, published on 15 June. The Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth … Continued

Baroness Cox, alongside 19 co-signatories, has written to Commonwealth Secretary-General Rt Hon Patricia Scotland QC to highlight urgent concerns about escalating violence in Nigeria, where attacks led by Boko Haram, Fulani herders and other Islamist militia continue in northern and … Continued

Rehman Chishti MP announced today “I’ve written to the PM resigning as PM’s Special Envoy on FoRB. I can’t support Internal Market Bill in its current form, which unilaterally break UK’s legal commitments. As an MP for 10 yrs & … Continued

Ideologically motivated sexual grooming In an event for the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief organised by The Coalition for Genocide Response (view the event in full) Dr Mariz Tadros, Director of … Continued

The International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based is intended to provide a springboard towards an action plan that addresses the growing issue of violence based on religion or belief. The establishment of such a day is … Continued

The All Party Parliamentary Group for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community has launched a new report entitled: ‘Suffocation of the Faithful: Persecution of Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan and the rise of International extremism’ It is the first of its kind to … Continued

The Human Rights and Democracy report provides an overview of activity in 2019 by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and its diplomatic network to defend human rights and promote democracy around the world. It also sets out the analysis on … Continued

The UK All Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief welcomes the UK Government’s introduction of a global human rights sanctions regime. According to the Foreign Secretary, who announced the plans on July 7 2020, this regime … Continued

An online event was held to mark the first anniversary of the publication of the Bishop of Truro’s Independent Review for the Foreign Secretary of FCO Support for Persecuted Christians. The full report The event was hosted by Lord Alton, … Continued