| Heading: |
Eritrea: Christianity |
| Question ID: |
1809591 |
| UIN: |
HL8098 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-04 |
| Asking Member ID: |
1388 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Dodds of Duncairn
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| Asking Member handle: |
nigeldoddsdup
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@nigeldoddsdup
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the treatment of Christians in Eritrea, particular with regard to prolonged detention without trial; and what steps they are taking with international partners to seek the release of prison |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-17 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4222 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Lord Collins of Highbury
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| Answering Member handle: |
Lord_Collins
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@Lord_Collins
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| Answer text: |
We consistently raise human rights with the Eritrean government, including religious freedoms. We advocate for the end of detentions based on religion or belief, as we have stated at the UN Human Rights Council. We call for all those unjustly incarcerated... |
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| Answering body ID: |
208 |
| Answering body name: |
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |