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Iraq: Religious Freedom

Commons · Question 117286 · Tabled 3 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 18 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has a strategy for monitoring (a) the protection of Iraqi religious minorities, (b) missing Yazidi women and children, (c) survivor recovery and (d) ac

Answer

Answered by Hamish Falconer, 18 Mar 2026

The UK is firmly committed to protecting ethnic and religious minorities in Iraq, and promoting Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB). Through our diplomatic presence, we regularly monitor and raise these issues with the Government of Iraq and the Kurdista...