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998465

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date	30/10/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Indonesia: Religious Freedom
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief on his recent trip to Indonesia raised the situation of the non-religious in that country, as that country does not recognise the right to be a humanist, atheist or agnostic.
tabling member printed	Lord Garel-Jones
uin	HL11124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>Yes. During my visit to Jakarta I talked about the rights of people of faith and those of no faith during a meeting of representatives of different religious communities, as well as raising the issue of Freedom of Religion or Belief in my meeting with the Minister of Religious Affairs.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 06/11/2018 16:12:28 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	840 label Biography information for Lord Garel-Jones

988443

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date	15/10/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Gulalai Ismail
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assistance they will give to Gulalai Ismail, the Pakistani humanist and human rights activist who was arrested in Islamabad on 12 October before being released on bail with her passport confiscated.
tabling member printed	Lord Garel-Jones
uin	HL10642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>We are concerned by restrictions on freedom of expression in Pakistan, including the detention of human rights activists, in Pakistan. We are also concerned about constraints on the operating space for civil society and NGOs in Pakistan. The freedom to hold and express views without censorship, intimidation or unnecessary restriction is a cornerstone of democracy. The arrest and release under bail of Gulalai Ismail is a further worrying development against the backdrop of restrictions on fundamental rights in Pakistan.</p><p>We regularly raise at a senior level our concerns about the human rights situation with the Government of Pakistan, including on the freedom of expression. I discussed human rights in Pakistan with the Minister for Human Rights, Dr Shireen Mazari, in September 2018.</p><p>The British High Commission in Islamabad will continue to support civil society and NGOs in lobbying the Government of Pakistan to honour in practice its international commitments, including on freedom of expression.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 29/10/2018 13:45:12 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	840 label Biography information for Lord Garel-Jones