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Human Rights, Religious Persecution · 2 February, 2021

The ‘genocide amendment’ could help bring an end to the forced labour of Uyghur Muslims in China

Today, the House of Lords will discuss the addition of the ‘genocide amendment’ to the Trade Bill. This amendment would give the UK high courts powers to decide if a potential trading partner is committing genocide, forcing the Government to refer to this decision before making any free-trade …

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Blog, Religious Persecution · 31 October, 2018

Asia Bibi is free but religious minorities continue to suffer violence, discrimination and abuse in Pakistan

After 8 years held under sentence of death the Pakistan Supreme Court has acquitted Asia Bibi of the charge of blasphemy.  Many members of our Churches have campaigned for her release and against the oppressive blasphemy law in Pakistan.  False accusations of blasphemy have particularly harsh …

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