Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to the Government of Algeria regarding restrictions on Protestant churches, including barriers to registration and access to religious materials.

The British Embassy in Algiers routinely raises Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) with the Algerian authorities and remains in regular contact with minority religious groups. It is our firm opinion that no one should live in fear because of what they do or do not believe. We will continue to raise these issues, including the obstacles to the legal registration and operation of the Protestant Church of Algeria and its affiliated churches.