Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 68009
Somalia: Religious Freedom
Tabled: 15 July 2025
Answered: 6 August 2025
Question
Carla Lockhart
Democratic Unionist Party — Upper Bann
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to raise concerns about the treatment of (a) Christians and (b) other religious minorities in Somalia at the United Nations.
Answer
Mr Hamish FalconerThe UK Government remains deeply concerned about the treatment of Christians and other religious minorities in Somalia, where persecution is severe and often exacerbated by insecurity and extremist violence.The UK has supported human rights mechanisms tha...
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