Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 25319

Myanmar: Religious Freedom

Tabled: 21 January 2025

Answered: 27 January 2025

Named Day

Question

Ruth Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of reports that Christians are being forced to convert to Buddhism in the Naga self-administered

Answer

Catherine West

The UK Government is committed to defending freedom of religion for all in Myanmar, including in the Naga self-administered zone. We remain concerned by the Race and Religion Laws in Myanmar, which are used to discriminate against non-Buddhists, including...

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