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May 25th, 2021 Yesterday, members of the All-Party Parliamentary Humanist Group (APPHG) heard moving testimonies from three victims of non-religious persecution in Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nigeria, as well as from the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion and Belief on the extent of the problem more generally and the UK Government on what it is doing to tackle it. Each speaker highlighted a worrying rise in state sponsored persecution and mob violence against the non-religious. Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister for Human Rights at the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office, began the meeting by providing a thorough outline of the UK Government’s work in support of freedom of religion or belief. He discussed his work with his Pakistani and Nigerian counterparts to challenge cases where the country’s blasphemy laws have been used to persecute individuals from minority groups, including humanists. He restated the UK Government’s commitment to promoting fr ....
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