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<p>The Government of Eritrea permits and regulates the practice of three Christian
religions: Orthodox, Catholic, and Lutheran, as well as Sunni Islam. The majority
of worshippers from these permitted religions are able to practice their religion
freely. I am concerned that those from minority unregistered religions, such as the
Pentecostal Church and the Jehovah's Witnesses, face regular persecution and detention
without trial, as well some practising permitted religions, who face occasional censorship.</p><p>We
regularly raise our concerns about human rights in Eritrea with the Government, as
my predecessor did with the Eritrean President's senior adviser when she saw him in
July 2019. Our Ambassador in Asmara raised arbitrary detentions of members of the
Christian community with the Eritrean Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 20 May 2019 and
with the President's senior adviser on 14 August 2019. At the 41st session of the
Human Rights Council in 2019 the UK reiterated calls for Eritrea to respect freedom
of religion or belief. Eritrea remains a priority country for the FCO under our annual
human rights reporting and we will continue to monitor the situation.</p>
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