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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 … Continued

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; … Continued

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, … Continued

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 … Continued

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 … Continued

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. … Continued

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 … Continued

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 … Continued

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 … Continued

Open Doors 2019 World Watch List 23 January 2019 Lord Harries of Pentregarth To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking in response to Open Doors’ 2019 World Watch List of the 50 countries where Christians face the … Continued