Written questions

Myanmar: Religious Freedom

Commons · Question 25319 · Tabled 21 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 27 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by 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

Answered by Catherine West, 27 Jan 2025

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...