There’s some good in this world…and it’s worth fighting for
– JRR Tolkien
News
Books
Video
Latest
What did writers like T.S.Eliot, J.R.R.Tolkien, C.S Lewis, Dorothy L Sayers, John Donne, Lord Tennyson, Gerard Manley Hopkins and G.K.Chesterton have to say about Christmas?
What did writers like T.S.Eliot, J.R.R.Tolkien, C.S Lewis, Dorothy L Sayers, John Donne, Lord Tennyson, Gerard Manley Hopkins and G.K.Chesterton have to say about Christmas? Tolkien wrote Noel as a poem for his parish magazine in Abingdon. It had been forgotten for...
TS Eliot said “Last year’s words belong to last year’s language and next year’s language and next year’s words await another voice”. Whose voices will now be raised for those living in the perpetual bitter winter of persecution because of their beliefs? Setting the People Free.
Setting the People Free: Talk Given To the Anglican Benefice of St. Wilfrid, St.John’s and All Hallows, Lancashire. December 2021 Canon McConkey told me that the theme which would link these Advent Talks were the words from the hymn “ Come thou long expected Jesus...
ARTIST AND FALUN GONG PRACTITIONER SENTENCED TO EIGHT YEARS IN CCP PRISON FOR REPORTING ON THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
CSW Report For Immediate Release 20 January 2022 CHINA: ARTIST AND FALUN GONG PRACTITIONER SENTENCED TO EIGHT YEARS IN PRISON FOR REPORTING ON THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC An award-winning artist was sentenced to eight years in prison for reporting on the COVID-19 pandemic...
World Watch Report Published Today reveals grievous Article 18 Violations.No one should be persecuted because they hold religious or atheistic beliefs
World Watch Report Published Today reveals grievous Article 18 Violations.No one should be persecuted because they hold religious or atheistic beliefs https://www.opendoorsusa.org/christian-persecution/world-watch-list/ Lord Alton of Liverpool said: Countless people...
Fury In The House of Lords About The Activities Of CCP Agents in Parliament: “through its sanctions on individual parliamentarians and now the alleged manipulation of our statute book, the Chinese Communist Party has shown itself willingly and brazenly to attack our Parliament”
Fury In The House of Lords About The Activities Of CCP Agents in Parliament: "through its sanctions on individual parliamentarians and now the alleged manipulation of our statute book, the Chinese Communist Party has shown itself willingly and brazenly to attack our...
Featured
Afghanistan: Taliban attempting to steadily erase women and girls from public life – UN experts
Afghanistan: Taliban attempting to steadily erase women and girls from public life – UN experts UN (17.01.2022) - https://bit.ly/3KnpRxh - Taliban leaders in Afghanistan are institutionalizing large scale and systematic gender-based discrimination and violence against...
What did writers like T.S.Eliot, J.R.R.Tolkien, C.S Lewis, Dorothy L Sayers, John Donne, Lord Tennyson, Gerard Manley Hopkins and G.K.Chesterton have to say about Christmas?
What did writers like T.S.Eliot, J.R.R.Tolkien, C.S Lewis, Dorothy L Sayers, John Donne, Lord Tennyson, Gerard Manley Hopkins and G.K.Chesterton have to say about Christmas? Tolkien wrote Noel as a poem for his parish magazine in Abingdon. It had been forgotten for...
Think before buying CCP children’s toys this Christmas. It’s time we boycotted “toys” which can be used to collect children’s data and may have been made by slave labour in a State accused of Genocide.
Elisabeth Braw writing in The Times December 6th 2021 In The Thunderer column Elisabeth Braw warns against buying CCP manufactured toys as Christmas presents. I went into a toy shop recently and looked at some “smart” toys - all were made in China although some were...
Parliament
Minister responds to question on when the Government expect their review of export controls to be completed; & what plans they have to introduce the financial penalties for those in contravention of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, as announced by the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on 12 January
Minister responds to question on when the Government expect their review of export controls to be completed; & what plans they have to introduce the financial penalties for those in contravention of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, as announced by the Secretary of...
Minister responds to question asking what plans they have to introduce kite marking certification to products, indicating their origins, when manufactured by slave labour in Xinjiang, or believed to have been produced as part of a supply chain originating in Xinjiang, and exported to the UK.
Lord Callanan, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL4784): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce kite...
Today’s House of Lords debate on the new international development strategy
During today’s House of Lords debate I stressed the importance of formulating a new strategy on international development which does far more to combat the causes of conflict which can wipe out the gains made out by our aid programmes. I gave specific examples from...
Events
The 150th Anniversary of the Anderton Boat Lift.
View Post An afternoon spent with the Canal and River Trust in Cheshire to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Anderton Boat Lift - one of the seven wonders of Britain’s waterways. Opened in 1875 it became the world’s first successful boat lift - a feat of...
Parliamentary Meeting: UN Special Rapporteur on Eritrea – Tuesday June 15th – 4pm-5pm
Parliamentary Meeting: UN Special Rapporteur on Eritrea - Tuesday June 15th – 4pm-5pm Tomorrow the APPG on Eritrea will hear the UN Special Rapporteur, Mohamed Abdelsalam Babiker, discuss human rights concerns in Eritrea. Mr Babiker will discuss abuses, Eritrea’s role...
Forthcoming Webinar -The Other Pandemic: Rape and Sexual Violence in Conflict – June 21.
Tigray - Women are terrorised and raped along with their children Lord Alton of Liverpool and the Coalition for Genocide Response invite you to a webinar on The Other Pandemic: Rape and Sexual Violence in Conflict 5:00-6:00 PM BST on 21 June 2021 Zoom The use of rape...
Standing up for religious freedom. Webinar on Faith and Freedom – What it looks like and why we should fight for it . Religious freedom is often described as an “orphaned right”. This liberty, central to a free society, is under-recognised and frequently trampled on.
Standing up for religious freedom. Webinar on Faith and Freedom - What it looks like and why we should fight for it . Religious freedom is often described as an “orphaned right”. This liberty, central to a free society, is under-recognised and frequently trampled on....
Coalition for Genocide Response Webinar marks the International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims on March 24th.
Lord Alton of Liverpool and the Coalition for Genocide Response invite you to a webinar marking The International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims 24 March 2021, 5:00 PM - 6:15 PM ...
Spotlight on the Tigray Region of Ethiopia: The Need for an Urgent Response: Invitation to a Webinar on March 16th.
Lord Alton of Liverpool and the Coalition for Genocide Response invite you to a webinar: Spotlight on the Tigray Region of Ethiopia: The Need for an Urgent Response 16 March 2021, 4:00 - 5:00 PM GMT Zoom In recent months reports have emerged highlighting the...
Video
Government urged again to provide justice and redress for victims of the drug Primodos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhFxOXeU0i0&ab_channel=WorthWatching In the House of Lords I today I said that the Inquiry led by Baroness (Julia) Cumberlege had shone a light on the consequences of the drug Primodos. But in the past 18 months the...
Here I tell the story of Leah Sharibu’s abduction and the plight of many others like her. Don’t forget her this week – on what should have been a landmark birthday celebrated with her family
Leah Sharibu Here I tell the story of Leah Sharibu’s abduction and the plight of many others like her. Don’t forget her this week on what should have been a landmark birthday https://youtu.be/Xrm7A1e6YEU Rebecca Sharibu- Leah’s mother Leah Sharibu is a Christian...
All Party Parliamentary Group Inquiry into Abduction, Forced Marriage, and Forced Conversion of Girls and Young Women in Pakistan: Call for Evidence. Deadline February 15th 2021
https://youtu.be/26Bu7nmi5JE David Alton (Lord Alton of Liverpool) explains the Background to the Inquiry, its Objectives, and the Timetable The Times January 20th 2021All Party Parliamentary Group Inquiry into Abduction, Forced Marriage, and Forced Conversion of...
About David Alton
He is a former Liberal Party Member of Parliament for a Liverpool constituency and Chief Whip – who has sat as an Independent Crossbench member of the House of Lords since 1997 when he was made a life peer. He is a Visiting Professor at Liverpool Hope University and author of several books.
Alton is known for his human rights work including the co-founding Jubilee Campaign and Jubilee Action, and serves as chair, patron, or trustee, of several charities and voluntary organisations. He is a member of the House of Lords Select Committee on International Relations and Defence.