Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 24853
North Korea: Christianity
Tabled: 20 January 2025
Answered: 28 January 2025
Question
Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford
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 trends in the level of persecution of Christians in North Korea.
Answer
Catherine WestThe UK is deeply concerned by reports from North Korean escapees, which tell of serious human rights offences and persecution of those who are caught practising religion. It is unacceptable that citizens face surveillance, imprisonment or even death becau...
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