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Question for Foreign and Commonwealth Office

UIN 907109, tabled on 14 January 2015

Question

Rosie Cooper
Labour
West Lancashire
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the extent of persecution of Christian communities in the Middle East.

Answer

Mr Tobias Ellwood
Conservative
Bournemouth East
Commons

Answered on

20 January 2015

We are deeply concerned by the difficulties facing many Christians and religious minorities in the Middle East and deplore all discrimination and constraints on freedom of religion.

We are committed to supporting the fundamental human right to freedom of religion or belief. We support this right for Christian communities in the Middle East by regularly urging governments at senior levels to uphold the rights of all minorities; building international consensus on freedom of religion or belief; and supporting practical projects on community dialogue with civil society and faith groups.

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