Egypt: Religious Freedom
Commons · Question 111803 · Tabled 9 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Ruth Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of reports that a Christian researcher in Egypt has been sentenced under blasphemy laws, including
Answer
Answered by Hamish Falconer, 23 Feb 2026
The UK is committed to defending freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) for all, and we continue to regularly raise rights concerns with the Egyptian authorities where appropriate.