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Qatar: Religious Freedom

Commons · Question 64409 · Tabled 2 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 10 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Sammy Wilson

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of recent reports of the (a) detention and (b) deportation of members of the Baha'i com

Answer

Answered by Hamish Falconer, 10 Jul 2025

The UK is a strong advocate for freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) for all. No one should live in fear because of what they do or do not believe in. As part of the UN Universal Periodic Review in November 2024, the UK called on Qatar to adopt legislatio...