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answer text: The British Government is committed to defending the rights of Christians and indeed people of all faiths or no faith from discrimination, violence and persecution. We speak out against violence perpetuated against Christians. For example the Senior Minister of State, my right hon. and noble Friend Baroness Warsi, condemned the recent attacks that took place in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, which killed and injured so many innocent people. We also lobby for changes in discriminatory laws and practices that affect religious minorities, including Christians, and support UN resolutions on the elimination of discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief. Freedom of religion or belief is also one of the human rights priorities on which we target our programme funds. Among the variety of projects we have funded is a series of grass roots meetings in Iraq led by Canon Andrew White bringing together people from different faiths to combat sectarian violence, as well as training for government officials on international norms on religion or belief.
answer given date: 2013-10-14+01:00
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