Charity delighted by PM’s call to protect religious freedom

The Prime Minister said on Friday, the UK will do “everything possible” to champion religious freedoms.

In a statement which highlighted the plight of persecuted Christians he promised to implement recommendations recently made by the Bishop of Truro on protecting people from persecution.

Mr Johnson committed to using the UK’s “global reach” to help people facing the same issues elsewhere in the world.

In his statement he said: “We will do everything possible to champion these freedoms and protect civilians in armed conflict, including religious, ethnic or other minorities.”

Release International were one of the organisations that contributed to the research for a Foreign Office report which was conducted by Bishop Philip Mounstephen.

Speaking to Premier about the significance of Mr Johnson’s commitment, Release spokesman Andrew Boyd said: “Religious freedom is the most fundamental freedom you could possibly have and goes right to the heart of government policy.

“If you don’t have freedom of religion, you don’t have freedom of belief. If you don’t have freedom of belief, you don’t have freedom to think ,you don’t have freedom to speak, you don’t have freedom to associate with other people.”

“This is the best news we can hope to hear.”

The report highlighted that 80 percent of religious persecution across the world is experienced by Christians.

Boyd went on to say: “The…