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 PartyUpper 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 Falconer
The 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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