Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 105072

Eritrea: Christianity

Tabled: 12 January 2026
Answered: 20 January 2026

Question

Carla Lockhart

Democratic Unionist PartyUpper Bann

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the level of persecution of Christians in Eritrea.

Answer

Chris Elmore
The Government consistently raises 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...

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