Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 117286

Iraq: Religious Freedom

Tabled: 3 March 2026

Answered: 18 March 2026

Question

Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has a strategy for monitoring (a) the protection of Iraqi religious minorities, (b) missing Yazidi women and children, (c) survivor recovery and (d) ac

Answer

Mr Hamish Falconer

The UK is firmly committed to protecting ethnic and religious minorities in Iraq, and promoting Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB). Through our diplomatic presence, we regularly monitor and raise these issues with the Government of Iraq and the Kurdista...

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