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Indonesia: Religious Freedom

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Question for Foreign and Commonwealth Office

UIN 35048, tabled on 21 April 2016

Question

Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party
Strangford
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the President of Indonesia on the protection of religious minorities in that country.

Answer

Mr Hugo Swire
Conservative
East Devon
Commons

Answered on

26 April 2016

We take freedom of religion or belief seriously. Our Ambassador in Jakarta has raised these issues with the Minister of Religious Affairs, Indonesian civil society, and religious leaders. He urged them to ensure the rights of all individuals to practise their religion or belief freely were fully respected and protected.

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