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Algeria: Oppression

Commons · Question 31462 · Tabled 13 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 27 Feb 2025

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Asked by Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of reports concerning religious oppression in Kabylie, including the closure of churche

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Answered by Hamish Falconer, 27 Feb 2025

The UK champions Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) for all. It is our firm opinion that no one should live in fear because of what they do or do not believe. The British Embassy in Algiers raises FoRB with the Algerian authorities, doing so most recent...