Foreign Office Follows Up the Recent Parliamentary Debate on Article 18 of the Universal Declartion of Human Rights – including persecution in Iraq, Iran, Eritrea, Egypt, Burma, China and Indonesia Iraq

Sep 4, 2014 | Uncategorized

See the following posts:

Full House of Lords debate on Article 18:

https://www.davidalton.net/2014/07/24/as-the-last-christian-is-expelled-from-mosul-by-isis-times-article-on-why-the-world-must-respond-to-the-cry-of-iraqs-christians/

and

https://www.davidalton.net/2014/03/08/paying-a-price-for-belief/

September 1st Follow Up to the debate from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office:

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Christian homes in Iraq have been daubed with the Arabic letter N – for Nazarene, enabling Islamic State fighters to identify them. They are told to convert or face execution

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