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Religious Freedom

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Question for Foreign and Commonwealth Office

UIN 219490, tabled on 11 February 2019

Question

Marion Fellows
Scottish National Party
Motherwell and Wishaw
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to protect religious minorities and religious expression around the world.

Answer

Mark Field
Conservative
Cities of London and Westminster
Commons

Answered on

14 February 2019

​The Government is deeply concerned about the severity of violations of Freedom of Religion or Belief in many parts of the world. It is a universal human right for all people to be able to practise their faith or belief without fear or discrimination. Freedom of Religion or Belief is an important part of the work done by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. We regularly raise issues at ministerial and senior official levels where we have concerns, including the right of Freedom of Religion or Belief at the Human Rights Council.

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