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The World Must Not Forget Andy Li And The Hong Kong 12
With Andy Li During The Hong Kong Elections In the U.K. Parliament I have again asked the U.K. Government what information they have on the wellbeing of the 12 young prodemocracy activists from Hong Kong, arrested by China. I asked whether the U.K. has asked China to...
UK Government urged to express its concern about the case of 13 year old Arzoo Raja and similar cases of forced conversions and marriages of teenage girls from the religious minorities in Pakistan.
13 year old Arzoo forced into a marriage with a 44 year old man...
Hong Kong 12 Denied Access To Their Lawyers As UK Government Says “Whether judges of the Supreme Court can continue to serve as judges in Hong Kong will depend on whether such service remains compatible with judicial independence and the rule of law.”
Grandma Wong urges the world to support the Hong Kong 12 - denied access to their lawyers and families. It is a fundamental principle that an accused person has the right to have access to a lawyer. Yet China’s Ministry of Justice has ordered at least five lawyers not...
UK Minister says the UK “Government strongly condemns child, early and forced marriage; as well as forced conversion of women and girls in Pakistan, including from religious minorities” And following the recent webinar on forced marriage further questions have been tabled in Parliament.
In a letter from Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the UK Minister of State and Prime Minister's Special Envoy, he says the UK "Government strongly condemns child, early and forced marriage; as well as forced conversion of women and girls in Pakistan, including from religious...
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The World Must Not Forget Andy Li And The Hong Kong 12
With Andy Li During The Hong Kong Elections In the U.K. Parliament I have again asked the U.K. Government what information they have on the wellbeing of the 12 young prodemocracy activists from Hong Kong, arrested by China. I asked whether the U.K. has asked China to...
UK Government urged to express its concern about the case of 13 year old Arzoo Raja and similar cases of forced conversions and marriages of teenage girls from the religious minorities in Pakistan.
13 year old Arzoo forced into a marriage with a 44 year old man...
Hong Kong 12 Denied Access To Their Lawyers As UK Government Says “Whether judges of the Supreme Court can continue to serve as judges in Hong Kong will depend on whether such service remains compatible with judicial independence and the rule of law.”
Grandma Wong urges the world to support the Hong Kong 12 - denied access to their lawyers and families. It is a fundamental principle that an accused person has the right to have access to a lawyer. Yet China’s Ministry of Justice has ordered at least five lawyers not...
UK Minister says the UK “Government strongly condemns child, early and forced marriage; as well as forced conversion of women and girls in Pakistan, including from religious minorities” And following the recent webinar on forced marriage further questions have been tabled in Parliament.
In a letter from Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the UK Minister of State and Prime Minister's Special Envoy, he says the UK "Government strongly condemns child, early and forced marriage; as well as forced conversion of women and girls in Pakistan, including from religious...
Parliament
Fair access to medicines – “obscene” for a pharmaceutical to charge over $2000 for a Covid 19 treatment which can be produced for $9. Why the Sheehan amendment should be included in the Medicines Bill
Don’t lock out anyone from Covid 19 Vaccines Read the full debate at: https://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2020-10-26/debates/A00A2D14-3F6A-4FD6-8DE6-E23CF750A43B/MedicinesAndMedicalDevicesBill Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB) My Lords, in her prescient, topical and...
Primodos- decades of cover up and suffering-laid bare by the Cumberlege Review. House of Lords urged to change the law and create a Patient Safety Commissioner
Primodos- decades of cover up and suffering-laid bare by the Cumberlege Review. House of Lords urged to change the law and create a Patient Safety CommissionerLord Alton of Liverpool (CB) Primodos- decades of cover up and suffering-laid bare by the Cumberlege Review...
Government quizzed on the costs of citizenship fees for children
Project for the Registration of Children as British Citizens v Home Office 19 October 2020 Question 1.24 pm Asked by Lord Alton of Liverpool To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the costs of their decision to appeal the decision of the...
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Webinar to Mark Freedom of Religion or Belief Day on 27 October, focusing on violence against women and girls in conflict and the abuse of religion or belief to justify violence.
Invitation Violence against Dalit Christians has intensified in recent years. In one incident , two women—one of whom was seven months’ pregnant—were gang-raped in Nadia village, Madhya Pradesh...
Presented by: Jim Davies, High Sheriff of Merseyside
Honourable Pro-Chancellor, I have pleasure in presenting Professor the Lord David Alton for the award of an Ambassador Fellowship from Liverpool John Moores University. We propose Lord Alton in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the civic life of the city...
The webinar on Disappearing Women and Girls: Abducted, Forcibly Converted, Forcibly Married and Abused. It’s not girls and women who should be disappearing burg wholly unacceptable laws and practices which need to disappear…
https://youtu.be/kELMgPDb1-Q Link to the Webinar David Alton highlighters three cases from Pakistan- Pakistan girls and women fleeing persecution locked up in a detention centre It’s not girls and women who should be disappearing burg wholly unacceptable laws and...
Invitation to a Webinar on The Disappearing Women and Girls: Abducted, Forcibly Converted, Forcibly Married and Abused
. Lord Alton of Liverpool - co-chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Pakistan Minorities - would like to invite you to a webinar: “The Disappearing Women and Girls: Abducted, Forcibly Converted, Forcibly Married and Abused” 24 September 2020 at 10 AM (BST)...
View the Webinar held on August 22nd – the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief – organised by the Coalition for Genocide Response.
View the Webinar held on August 22nd – the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief - organised by the Coalition for Genocide Response....
The Coalition for Genocide Response extend an invitation to a webinar marking: “The International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief (22 August)”. The Zoom webinar will be held on August 21st 2020 at 4 PM (BST). Details in this Post.
The Coalition for Genocide Response extend an invitation to a webinar marking: “The International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief (22 August)”. The Zoom webinar will be held on August 21st 2020 at 4 PM (BST). Details...
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Lord Patten on Hong Kong: “the rule of fear, rather than the rule of law” and says “China is involved at the moment in predatory purchasing wherever it can”. The case of the arrested and detained pro democracy activist Andy Li was raised in parliament.
The All Party Parliamentary Group today held a briefing meeting with Lord (Chris) Patten the last British Governor of Hong Kong: Full recording: Webinar with former Hong Kong Governor, Lord Patten, on “Hong Kong: what the future holds for this formerly autonomous...
August 22nd – the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief marked by a webinar organised by the Coalition for Genocide Response. In May 2019, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution establishing the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief to be marked on 22 August. In recent years, violence based on religion or belief is an ever-growing problem surpassing the threshold of the legal definition of crimes against humanity, war crimes and even genocide. Speakers will discuss some of the recent most egregious atrocities based on religion or belief and consider the response which is needed.
David Alton explains the background to the webinar Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6QACc8s1zM&feature=youtu.be...
The Coalition for Genocide Response: Webinar and Discussion, 5 PM (BST) August 5th, “Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied – Daesh Fighters Still Enjoying Impunity Six Years On” – Speakers include Pieter Omtzigt, Dutch Parliamentarian, Sareta Ashraph, Barrister, Garden Court Chambers, Abid Shamdeen, Executive Director of Nadia’s Initiative. Details of how to join are here:
The Coalition for Genocide Response: Webinar and Discussion, 5 PM (BST) August 5th, “Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied - Daesh Fighters Still Enjoying Impunity Six Years On” - Speakers include Pieter Omtzigt, Dutch Parliamentarian, Sareta Ashraph, Barrister,...
About David Alton
He is a former Liberal Party and later Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament who has sat as a crossbench member of the House of Lords since 1997 when he was made a life peer.
Alton is known for his human rights work including the co-founding of Jubilee Action, the children’s charity (which changed its name to Chance for Childhood in 2014), and serves as chair, patron or trustee of several charities and voluntary organisations.