Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 63605

Religious Freedom: Sanctions

Tabled: 30 June 2025

Answered: 10 July 2025

Question

Carla Lockhart

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of imposing Magnitsky-style sanctions on people responsible for religious persecution in (a) Iran, (b) Eritrea and (c) Pak

Answer

Stephen Doughty

The UK's Global Human Rights sanctions regime can be used to impose sanctions for serious human rights violations or abuses, including; i) an individual's right to life; ii) right not to be subjected to torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or...

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