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<p>Bishops and officials of the Church of England regularly engage with Ministers
and officials at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on a range of thematic
and geographic concerns regarding freedom of religion or belief, which include the
human rights situation in China, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria. Bishops
in the House of Lords regularly raise concerns about the same through questions to
Government. Details of these can be seen at:</p><p>Nigeria: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchurchinparliament.org%2Ftag%2Fnigeria%2F&data=05%7C01%7Crichard.chapman%40churchofengland.org%7Ce6a0002e28664cb9ecf108dac3fcad6e%7C95e2463b3ab047b49ac1587c77ee84f0%7C0%7C0%7C638037788155639816%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=rDDECckrNM83i%2BCNIOpm%2BMsb4bF7Z6DGRn8AxXchEH0%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">Nigeria – The Church of England in Parliament (churchinparliament.org)</a></p><p>Democratic
Republic of Congo: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchurchinparliament.org%2F%3Fs%3DCongo&data=05%7C01%7Crichard.chapman%40churchofengland.org%7Ce6a0002e28664cb9ecf108dac3fcad6e%7C95e2463b3ab047b49ac1587c77ee84f0%7C0%7C0%7C638037788155639816%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=iyiDcEekae0YmKzh7Te%2Fo1CKabbeJuvVbUyDN9TwWeM%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank"> The Church of England in Parliament (churchinparliament.org)</a></p><p>China:
<a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchurchinparliament.org%2Ftag%2Fchina%2F&data=05%7C01%7Crichard.chapman%40churchofengland.org%7Ce6a0002e28664cb9ecf108dac3fcad6e%7C95e2463b3ab047b49ac1587c77ee84f0%7C0%7C0%7C638037788155639816%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=BR%2Bgl8hyphPWo7GSJnvVeihn6%2Blcgh%2BYffZzqaDJUro%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">China – The Church of England in Parliament (churchinparliament.org)<p><p></a>Most
recently on 17th November the Bishop of St Albans led a debate in the House of Lords
on allegations of human rights abuses in China.</p>
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