Violence Towards Christians In Africa And The Middle East

EDM number 10 in 2013-14, proposed by Margaret Ritchie on 08/05/2013.
Categorised under the topics of Africa, Crimes of violence, Middle East, Religion and faith communities and Religious discrimination.

That this House is concerned at violence directed at Christian groups and places of worship in Africa and the Middle East; notes with alarm recent sectarian violence directed at religious groups in places such as Egypt, Pakistan, Mali and Sudan; urges governments in these regions to investigate any incident of religious violence and prosecute people responsible for these attacks; further notes with concern that there is evidence of state security forces being involved in some of these attacks; fully endorses the fundamental principle of the UN Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and Discrimination on Religion or Belief; and calls on the Government to actively promote such multinational efforts and to put pressure on national governments to discharge their responsibilities toward protecting religious groups and eradicating intolerance.

This motion has been signed by a total of 39 MPs.