{"id":28928,"date":"2018-07-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csw-yeo.1wp.site\/press\/csw-welcomes-special-envoy-appointment-4019\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T18:46:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T17:46:47","slug":"csw-welcomes-special-envoy-appointment-4019","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/press\/csw-welcomes-special-envoy-appointment-4019\/","title":{"rendered":"CSW welcomes Special Envoy appointment"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/12a22b4cd1470cc26f46e69a5e184e4e.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CSW welcomes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/lord-ahmad-appointed-as-pms-special-envoy-to-promote-religious-freedom\">today\u2019s announcement<\/a> that Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon has been appointed the Prime Minister\u2019s Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/lord-ahmad-appointed-as-pms-special-envoy-to-promote-religious-freedom\">press release<\/a> by the Foreign &#038; Commonwealth Office (FCO) states that in this role, Lord Ahmad, who is also Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the UN at the Foreign &#038; Commonwealth Office, \u201cwill promote the UK\u2019s firm stance on religious tolerance abroad, helping to tackle religious discrimination in countries where minority faith groups face persecution.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CSW\u2019s Chief Executive Mervyn Thomas said: <b><i>\u201cI am delighted that Lord Ahmad has been appointed the Prime Minister\u2019s Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief. CSW has been greatly encouraged by Lord Ahmad\u2019s concern and dedication for those around the world, of all creeds or none, who experience injustice because of their religion or belief, and we look forward to continuing to work with him to uphold and promote the right to freedom of religion or belief for all.\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CSW welcomes todays announcement that Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon has been appointed the Prime Ministers Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":43067,"template":"","categories":[],"regions":[159,160],"class_list":["post-28928","press","type-press","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","regions-international-arenas","regions-uk-government"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/28928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/28928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39514,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/28928\/revisions\/39514"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28928"},{"taxonomy":"regions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regions?post=28928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}