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Eritrea: Christianity

Commons · Question 68341 · Tabled 16 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 6 Aug 2025

Question

Asked by Gregory Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to his Eritrean counterpart on reported discrimination of Evangelical Christians who are serving members of the Eritrean armed forces.

Answer

Answered by Hamish Falconer, 6 Aug 2025

We consistently raise human rights with the Eritrean government, including religious freedoms. We advocate for the end of discriminatory detentions based on religion or belief, as we have stated at the UN Human Rights Council. We call for all those unjust...