Early day motion · EDM 426 · 11 Oct 2022

2022 report of the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief

Tabled by Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party) 9 signatures

The motion

That this House notes the 2022 report of the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief; and further notes the Annex to this report which details reports of increasing insecurity facing members of the Baha’i religion in Iran, Yemen and Qatar; observes that Members of this House are receiving increasing expressions of concern by their Baha’i constituents on the growing repression of members of this peaceful faith; and urges the UK government to make specific mention of the plight of Baha’is in written and oral statements wherever possible across the human rights machinery of the United Nations and other international organisations.

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