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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-03-11more like thismore than 2024-03-11
answering body
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office more like this
answering dept id 208 more like this
answering dept short name Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office more like this
hansard heading Uganda: Christianity more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department is taking to help support persecuted Christians in Uganda. more like this
tabling member constituency Romford more like this
tabling member printed
Andrew Rosindell remove filter
uin 17816 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer remove filter
answer text <p>We have no evidence of state persecution of Christians based on religious belief in Uganda. However, Uganda faces a terrorist threat, including from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), or Islamic State DRC, which does target Christians, and has carried out attacks against civilians in Uganda in recent years, notably an attack on a school in Mpondwe on 16 June 2023, killing more than 40 people. I condemned this abhorrent attack in the strongest possible terms at the time. The British High Commission remains in close contact with Ugandan security services, who continue to conduct operations against the ADF.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield more like this
answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell remove filter
question first answered
less than 2024-03-21T16:48:08.917Zmore like thismore than 2024-03-21T16:48:08.917Z
answering member
1211
label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell more like this
tabling member
1447
label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell more like this