Equipping UK politicians

Mervyn Thomas with Tobias Ellwood MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

This year we’ve been working extra hard to put the UK parliaments spotlight on religious freedom. These powerful decision-makers are in a position to directly address the issue of religious freedom – which impacts so much that we see in the news, including the refugee crisis.

In September we held an event in parliament to launch our brand new toolkit for MPs and peers – a guide to the issues of religious freedom, explaining the situation around the world and what exactly they, as parliamentarians, can do to help. Here, our Chief Executive Mervyn Thomas is talking to Fiona Bruce MP and Danny Kinahan MP.

Benedict Rogers (below), our East Asia Team Leader, was one of the experts on hand to answer MPs’ questions on religious freedom. The room was packed with over 30 MPs and peers! It was a fantastic opportunity that we then built on with two more parliamentary events – one on India, ahead of Prime Minister Modi’s visit to the UK, and a deeply emotional event on Eritrea. Hopefully 2016 will see more parliamentary events – watch this space!