Thailand and Vietnam: Religious Freedom
(asked on 3rd March 2025) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the arrest in Thailand of Montagnard Protestants while attending a funeral and of the dangers they will face if repatriated to Vietnam.
Answered by
Baroness Chapman of Darlington
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The UK Embassy in Bangkok is following the arrests of Montagnard Protestants in Thailand. This includes liaising with the relevant authorities to understand potential next steps, taking into account the 2024 report by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation facing Montagnard Protestants in Vietnam. We continue to urge all governments to uphold their international human rights obligations, including the non-refoulement principle.