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Link to Webinar on Human trafficking of North Korean women to China and its links to genocide.
Webinar on Human trafficking of North Korean women to China and its links to genocide. On 27 April 2021, the Coalition for Genocide Response joined Lord Alton of Liverpool and the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK) to discuss the issue of human...
May 4th Guest Interview with Alma Brady of LCR – Liverpool Community Radio 106.7fm – on the anniversary of my election to Liverpool City Council in 1972
May 4th was a great day to be interviewed by Alma Brady for Liverpool Community Radio. May 4th was the anniversary of my election, in 1972, as a 21-year-old student, to represent the Low Hill Ward on Liverpool City Council. LCR is based in Holt Road which was in my...
William Roscoe Burial Ground: Liverpool City Council should respond immediately to this statement from the Unitarian Church and others about the disrespect being shown to this sacred space and to Liverpool’s greatest citizen.
https://www.davidalton.net/2010/12/23/the-life-of-william-roscoe-father-of-liverpool-culture/
Atrocity Crimes Against the Uyghurs in Xinjiang – Government Minister says the Global Human Rights sanctions “sent a clear message that the international community will not turn a blind eye.”
Atrocity Crimes Against the Uyghurs in Xinjiang - Government Minister says the Global Human Rights sanctions “sent a clear message that the international community will not turn a blind eye.” House of Commons LondonSW1A 0AADear Lord Alton,Our ref: Your...
Times Report – Liverpool University should listen to Dr.David Jeffrey – one of their own lecturers in politics – on Gladstone’s denunciation of slavery and show less historical illiteracy and a foolish desire to join the cancel culture. Link to audio of my Liverpool John Moores Lecture on the life and achievements of Gladstone
The Times May 4th 2021 - Gladstone described the owning of slaves as “ the foulest crime” and abolition one of the greatest achievements of the period. As Liverpool University foolishly removes Gladstone’s name from a hall of residence it should study more carefully...
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Link to Webinar on Human trafficking of North Korean women to China and its links to genocide.
Webinar on Human trafficking of North Korean women to China and its links to genocide. On 27 April 2021, the Coalition for Genocide Response joined Lord Alton of Liverpool and the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK) to discuss the issue of human...
May 4th Guest Interview with Alma Brady of LCR – Liverpool Community Radio 106.7fm – on the anniversary of my election to Liverpool City Council in 1972
May 4th was a great day to be interviewed by Alma Brady for Liverpool Community Radio. May 4th was the anniversary of my election, in 1972, as a 21-year-old student, to represent the Low Hill Ward on Liverpool City Council. LCR is based in Holt Road which was in my...
William Roscoe Burial Ground: Liverpool City Council should respond immediately to this statement from the Unitarian Church and others about the disrespect being shown to this sacred space and to Liverpool’s greatest citizen.
https://www.davidalton.net/2010/12/23/the-life-of-william-roscoe-father-of-liverpool-culture/
Atrocity Crimes Against the Uyghurs in Xinjiang – Government Minister says the Global Human Rights sanctions “sent a clear message that the international community will not turn a blind eye.”
Atrocity Crimes Against the Uyghurs in Xinjiang - Government Minister says the Global Human Rights sanctions “sent a clear message that the international community will not turn a blind eye.” House of Commons LondonSW1A 0AADear Lord Alton,Our ref: Your...
Times Report – Liverpool University should listen to Dr.David Jeffrey – one of their own lecturers in politics – on Gladstone’s denunciation of slavery and show less historical illiteracy and a foolish desire to join the cancel culture. Link to audio of my Liverpool John Moores Lecture on the life and achievements of Gladstone
The Times May 4th 2021 - Gladstone described the owning of slaves as “ the foulest crime” and abolition one of the greatest achievements of the period. As Liverpool University foolishly removes Gladstone’s name from a hall of residence it should study more carefully...
Parliament
For nearly 30 years I have been warning Parliament and successive Governments about the CCP’s violations of human rights – and the role of UK aid. What’s happening in Xinjiang and Hong Kong is of a piece – and no one can say we did not know.
3. Extracts from Hansard (a) Lord Alton’s speech at Committee Stage – 16th July 2001 I signed Amendments Nos. 23 and 24, together with the noble Baroness, Lady Rawlings, the noble Baroness, Lady Cox, who apologises to the House, as she is on parliamentary business in...
International Relations & Defence Committee – 3 Questions to Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab MP
Tuesday 27th April 2021 - House of Lords International Relations and Defence Committee, questions to the Foreign Secretary - and his answers. I asked the Foreign Secretary what action the UK has taken to increase the number of signatories - in particular the US,...
Reduction in UK Development Aid – debate
Reduction in UK development aid and its impact on achieving the objectives outlined in the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy https://youtu.be/bHnuYJ358TE Lord Alton's opening House of Lords Debate on the Reduction in UK development...
Events
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...
Webinar: The Uyghur Crisis – a deeper look. Thursday March 18th 2021
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...
Parliamentary Briefing in Support of Genocide Amendment to The Trade Bill in advance of the amendment going to the House of Commons.
It was good to see major organisations such as Human Rights Watch, Aegis Trust, and CSW, joining the Coalition for Genocide Response Parliamentary Briefing on the Genocide Amendment to the Trade Bill. When the amendment reaches the House of Commons, in a couple of...
What happened to the promise? December 9th Webinar – Invitation from the Coalition for Genocide Response commemorating the International Day on the Crime of Genocide with reflections on the Armenian Genocide and its contemporary implications.
Lord Alton of Liverpool and the Coalition for Genocide Response would like to invite you to a webinar marking the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime: What Happened To The...
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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...
Shocking testimony of Chinese Uighur Surgeon who says he was forced by the Chinese Communist Party to be complicit in forced organ harvesting. He asks you to send it to your MP as they come to vote on Uighur Genocide amendment.
Dr.Enver Tohti - who was forced to remove organs from Chinese victims of forced organ harvesting.
For an hour this week I spoke to the parents of Azroo Raja, a 13 year old girl in Pakistan- abducted, forcibly converted and married. She has been taken into safety but not yet allowed to be reunited with her family. MPs have raised her case in the House of Commons
Webinar highlighting the plight of women and girls from religious minorities - an estimated 1000 Christian and Hindu girls are abducted, forcibly converted, and married, every year in Pakistan. https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/6svgCVA3BF3RqABtzgAPF?domain=youtube.com...
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.