A JUBILEE REPORT October 2004 SUDAN Darfur: The Genocide Continues Prepared by Lord Alton of Liverpool and Rebecca Tinsley 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Lord Alton and...
Congo Report 2004
A JUBILEE REPORT September 2004 ...
Rwanda Report – 2004
JUBILEE REPORT October 2004 RWANDA The Killing Continues – The Legacy of the Rwandan Genocide 1.0 Purpose 1.1 Between Sept 26th to Oct 1st 2004, a Jubilee Action delegation...
Kony 2012 – House of Lords debate on March 26th about the LRA and Kony.
Kony 2012 ( http://www.youtube.com/user/invisiblechildreninc?feature=watch )is a viral video watched on the internet by more than 100 million people worldwide. Made by an American advocacy group, Invisible Children, it tells the story of the mass murderer and child...
Roscoe Lecture by Dr.Professor David Hilmers – four times American astronaut.
http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/roscoe/97603.htm This link is to the excellent Roscoe Lecture delivered by the former American astronaut, Professor Dr.David Hilmers at St.George’s Hall, Liverpool, on Thursday March 15th 2012.
House of Lords Victory on Mesothelioma – March 14th
5.37 pm Amendment 132AA Moved by Lord Alton of Liverpool 132AA: Before Clause 43, insert the following new Clause— “Exception in respiratory (industrial disease or illness) cases The changes made by sections 43, 45 and 46 of this Act do not apply in relation to...
Access To Justice: Speeches in the House of Lords March 5th 2012 and March 7th 2012
Lord Alton of Liverpool My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Newton of Braintree. The House will know, of course, that he has held high ministerial office, having been a Cabinet Minister and a Secretary of State, but also as a former Leader...
Infanticide, Gender Abortions, Subversion of Conscience: Wake Up Britain – before it's too late…
Three shocking stories indicate a depravity and brutalism which at first glance appears beyond belief. But these wake-up calls are all too real. The first concerns a group of ethicists linked to Oxford University who argue that newborn babies are not “actual...
First Anniversary of the Killing of Shahbaz Bhatti – one of a long line who have courageously given their lives for their beliefs and for their friends…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TEOBIlZs1I&context=C3edb8c0ADOEgsToPDskJ55Bb422uTeEmiNJll-Iiz https://www.davidalton.net/?s=shahbaz+Bhatti&x=8&y=13 This weekend marks the first anniversary of the assassination of Clement Shahbaz Bhatti. Aged 42,...
Mesothelioma Battle Raised In Parliament – see also Daily Mirror Campaign and letter to The Times
http://www.epolitix.com/latestnews/article-detail/newsarticle/government-scapegoating-terminally-ill-asbestos-victims/ http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/letters/article3338610.ece Legal aid Bill blow to asbestos victims: Letter to The Times, March 3rd 2012....
For 18 years David Alton was a Member of the House of Commons and today he is an Independent Crossbench Life Peer in the UK House of Lords.
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Replies to Parliamentary Questions on the number of people who are dying of hunger or who are food insecure in Sudan; how quickly the UK decision to increase humanitarian aid for war victims in Sudan will be made available; what it will be used for; and how it will be deployed; and the impact of the war in Sudan on South Sudan, including (1) the numbers of displaced people and refugees, and (2) the impact on its economy caused by the loss of receipts from the export of oil
Lord Benyon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL3877): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of people...
Meeting in Parliament to highlight the malign effects of Hong Kong’s Article 23 on human rights; to examine its impact on media freedom, in advance of World Press Freedom Day on May 3rd; to express solidarity with Jimmy Lai and 1841 other imprisoned pro democracy advocates; and to consider how Hong Kong’s Security Laws impact on civil society, the diaspora and contribute to transnational repression. Contributions from Benedict Rogers, Steve Vines, Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC, and Carmen Lau. The banning of a Simpsons episode about the Tiananmen Square massacre “Nothing Happened Here” cited as an example of the suppression of truth.
Lord Alton of Liverpool (David Alton) as a Patron of Hong Kong Watch today chaired a meeting in Parliament to highlight the malign effects of Hong Kong's Article 23 on human rights. It examined the impact on media freedom, in advance of World Press Freedom Day on May...
British universities and Chinese money
Today I pressed Ministers to reduce the reliance of British universities on Chinese money. This is compromising national security and also compromising academic freedom – as the case of Professor Michelle Shipworth, which I raised, has demonstrated. 30th April...