Coptic Orthodox Church UK
Media and Communications Office
Coptic Orthodox Church UK
Media and Communications Office
G7 Prayer
Breakfast to address ‘State sponsored persecution:
The G7 role in upholding Religious Freedom’
(To register your virtual attendance please visit: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/g7-prayer-breakfast-tickets-157525716659)
7 June
2021
For immediate release
Nury Turkel, the U.S. Commissioner on International Religious Freedom, named on Fortune's List of the World's 50 Greatest Leaders, will address the G7 Prayer Breakfast in Cornwall on Sunday 13th June 2021, hosted jointly by the Bishop of Truro, the Rt Revd Philip Mounstephen, and His Eminence Archbishop Angaelos, Coptic Orthodox Archbishop of London, and Director of Refcemi (The Coptic Orthodox Office for Advocacy and Public Policy).
The Uyghur-American lawyer and human rights advocate will deliver the keynote address at a breakfast gathering entitled, “State sponsored persecution: The G7 role in upholding religious freedom”, followed by a panel discussion featuring numerous distinguished guests working in the field of Freedom of Religion or Belief.
In 2019,
Bishop Philip chaired the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s independent review
of the persecution of Christians across the globe. “Having the G7 meet here in
Cornwall provides us with the perfect opportunity to put the spotlight on this
key global issue,” says Bishop Philip. “I’m delighted to welcome Nury Turkel
here to lead us in our thinking – and to point the way forward to further
action.”
Speaking
of the relevance of this event, Archbishop Angaelos said, “Having an event that
focuses on freedom of religion or belief in the context of the G7 meeting in
Cornwall allows us the opportunity to look at the human cost of inequality and
persecution around the world. During this time I know that policy makers will
be encouraged to look at what they can do to stand for and with those most
deprived of their God-given rights, and of the human dignity we all share.”
The meeting, hosted in Penzance, due to Covid restrictions, will be limited to an in-person presence of 30 participants, but open to those who register for online webinar attendance.
To
register your virtual attendance please visit: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/g7-prayer-breakfast-tickets-157525716659
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Editors
Notes
The Bishop of Truro’s Independent Review can be accessed here https://christianpersecutionreview.org.uk
To find
out more about Refcemi, visit www.Refcemi.org