Mar. 11 2024
Source Page: Understanding and responding to blasphemy extremismFound: qadri/ ; “ Head Imam Muhammed Asim Hussain condemns Mumtaz Qadri's execution, calls him a martyr,” India
Mentions:
1: Baroness Gohir (XB - Life peer) Financial literacy could also have a positive impact on reducing religious-only marriages, which are - Speech Link
2: Lord Loomba (XB - Life peer) A court in India is currently considering an application by a young woman, aged 25, to allow the medical - Speech Link
Asked by: Preet Kaur Gill (Labour (Co-op) - Birmingham, Edgbaston)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent discussions he has had with his Indian counterpart on the protection of freedom of religion or belief in that country.
Answered by Anne-Marie Trevelyan - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The UK Government is committed to defending Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) for all and promoting respect and tolerance between different religious and non-religious communities. We have a broad and deep partnership with the Government of India and we discuss all elements of our relationship, including human rights and FoRB. FoRB was among issues discussed by Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister for South Asia, with the Government of India during his visit to India in February 2024.
Mentions:
1: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) Accordingly, we continue to work around the clock on the FTA negotiations with India and our GCC partners - Speech Link
2: Lord Farmer (Con - Life peer) Speaking about one’s faith is hazardous in most of India, where Christians can be arrested and subjected - Speech Link
3: Lord Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich (Bshp - Bishops) Such wars often produce transnational extremist, political or religious ideologies. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Roberts of Belgravia (Con - Life peer) Does he agree that, for centuries, freedom of the press has essentially meant freedom from the control - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) Men sitting on these very Benches imposed starvation on India, forced 1.5 million Kenyans into concentration - Speech Link
3: Viscount Waverley (XB - Excepted Hereditary) our Pacific Rim relations.That said, and while it is imperative that we diversify supply chains—with India - Speech Link
4: Lord Leigh of Hurley (Con - Life peer) In this new state, will the rights of gays, women, minorities and those with other religious practices - Speech Link
5: Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton (Con - Life peer) He mentioned Fiona Bruce and the great job she does as the Prime Minister’s envoy on religious freedom - Speech Link
Feb. 29 2024
Source Page: Inspection report on Home Office country of origin information - Thematic report on the coverage of statelessness (February 2023)Found: It is not necessary to determine whether international law imposes any limitations on its freedom of
Feb. 29 2024
Source Page: Inspection report on Home Office country of origin information, Albania and Pakistan (October 2023)Found: The USSD 2022 report on religious freedom 25 uncovered that ‘JW filed a lawsuit against the Albanian
Oral Evidence Feb. 27 2024
Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North AfricaFound: One must not view the religious element ahistorically as a fixed issue.
Oral Evidence Feb. 27 2024
Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North AfricaFound: One must not view the religious element ahistorically as a fixed issue.
Feb. 27 2024
Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 19 February 2024 to 21 February 2024Found: Ethiopia 644 Fiji Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Guinea Guinea Bissau Haiti Honduras India