Link to BBC's Political Lives: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21358323 and visit to Lilian Baylis Academy in South London to talk about bringing about political change and how young citizens can make a difference:
Burma’s Minorities and the Citizenship of the Rohingya Muslims
Burma Question: February 28th 2013 11.08 am Asked By Baroness Cox To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the current situation in Burma, with reference to the Kachin, Shan and Rohingya ethnic national peoples. The Senior Minister of State,...
Burma's Minorities and the Citizenship of the Rohingya Muslims
Burma Question: February 28th 2013 11.08 am Asked By Baroness Cox To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the current situation in Burma, with reference to the Kachin, Shan and Rohingya ethnic national peoples. The Senior Minister of State,...
Darfur – 10 Years On – and Genocide in South Kordofan and Blue Nile. Debate in the British Parliament.
In the week during which the world has been commemorating ten years of conflict in Darfur and reports continue to emerge of atrocities in Blue Nile and South Kordofan, the House of Lords debated these issues and several Peers signed a letter (along with almost 100...
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 Questions about the targeting of Hazara community members by ISIS; whether the FCDO meet – Hazara representatives to discuss the continuing violence and persecution facing their community in Afghanistan; how they act on their admission that “minority groups such as the Hazara people face discrimination and attacks”; and why they wont publish their latest Joint Analysis of Conflict and Stability assessment on Afghanistan
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL4200): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool :To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of...
Question about development funding for Pakistan to help create a national trust fund to support the education of children from the families of bonded labour and whether the UK will assist the government of Pakistan in seizing assets of owners of brick kilns illegally using bonded labour and repurposing those assets for the education and welfare of families trapped in bonded labour.
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL4261): Question by Lord Alton of LIverpool:To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Ahmad of...
Tiananmen Massacre Commemorated At Westminster — 35 years after Tank Man stood in defiance of the CCP’s Tanks and 35 years after the fall of the Communist’s European Berlin Wall. “There is no force that can put an end to the human quest for freedom” -Liu Xiaobo
The Tiananmen Square Massacre Has Been Commemorated At Westminster -- 35 years after Tank Man stood in defiance of the CCP's Tanks and 35 years after the fall of the Communist's European Berlin Wall. "There is no force that can put an end to the human quest for...