| Heading: |
Eritrea: Christianity |
| Question ID: |
1823916 |
| UIN: |
68341 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-07-16 |
| Asking Member ID: |
1409 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Mr Gregory Campbell
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Mr Gregory Campbell
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to his Eritrean counterpart on reported discrimination of Evangelical Christians who are serving members of the Eritrean armed forces. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-08-06 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5148 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Mr Hamish Falconer
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| Answering Member handle: |
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Mr Hamish Falconer
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
We consistently raise human rights with the Eritrean government, including religious freedoms. We advocate for the end of discriminatory detentions based on religion or belief, as we have stated at the UN Human Rights Council. We call for all those unjust... |
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| Answering body ID: |
208 |
| Answering body name: |
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |