Tokyo and Seoul Speech to Promote the UN World Orphans Day Initiative - October 27th 2014. Speech transcript: Time for the United Nations to create a World Orphans Day? Presentation slides: Tokyo-Seoul World Orphans Day
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Time for the United Nations to create a World Orphans Day?
Also see Rebecca Tinsley: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rebecca-tinsley/time-to-celebrate-the-bra_b_6081788.html Tokyo and Seoul Speech to Promote the UN World Orphans Day Initiative: October 27th 2014. To access powerpoint accompanying this talk, click here:...
As the Uyghur Tribunal takes evidence today Bitter Winter says “Uyghur children have suffered more than anyone during the ongoing Uyghur Genocide being committed by the Chinese Communist Party.”
As the Uyghur Tribunal takes evidence today Bitter Winter says “Uyghur children have suffered more than anyone during the ongoing Uyghur Genocide being committed by the Chinese Communist Party.” Bitter Winter (06.05.2021) – https://bit.ly/3ijwG7l – Undoubtedly, Uyghur...
The Danube Institute Conference on Invisible Victims and Religious Freedom, April 9th, 2019, The Reform Club, London. And what Jeremy Hunt, the Foreign Secretary, had to say on Easter Sunday about the targeting of Christians
Jeremy Hunt, the Foreign Secretary, wrote well on Easter Day about the persecution of Christians. His words were given sombre and stark perspective by the truly shocking carnage in Sri Lanka – but also by further unreported deaths in Nigeria. In northern Nigeria 17...
The story of the Coming of Christianity to Korea and the story of the thousands who died for their faith – and new CSW Report on North Korea published on “Save North Koreans Day”.
At a ceremony in Rome where he received the St.Thomas More Advocacy Award, for his work on promoting freedom of religion and belief, David Alton particularly referred to the plight of North Korea's persecuted Christians. Here you can read the story of the coming...
Liverpool: A Commonwealth City – what the Commonwealth stands for in the modern world and why the promotion of education should be one of its central concerns.
The Commonwealth Today: At Talk Given at Liverpool John Moores University - February 12th 2015. David Alton (Lord Alton of Liverpool) The main thrust of my remarks this evening will centre on the opportunities which the Commonwealth offers to the City of Liverpool...
Parliamentary Questions and Interventions – Autumn 2014: Pay Day Loans Advertising, EBOLA, Iraqi Refugees – and using Afghanistan’s British tent city for Iraqi refugees – , South Sudan and other issues
To see all of the questions tabled recently click on: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201415/ldhansrd/ldallfiles/peers/lord_hansard_3643_wad.html Pay Day Loan Advertising Aimed At Children Amendment 102 Moved by Lord Alton of Liverpool 102: After Clause 86,...
As the last Christian is expelled from Mosul by ISIS – Times Article on why the world must respond to the cry of Iraq's Christians – and the full text of the House of Lords debate on Article 18 and Freedom of Belief – with news of Meriam Ibrahim's journey to Rome and ISIS subjecting women to female genital mutilation
http://blog.geopolitical-info.com/?p=957Article 18 – An article of faith Lord AltonAugust 12, 2014The United Nations doctrine ‘responsibility to protect’ has been flouted by the failure of international authorities to protect vulnerable minorities from sweeping...
As the last Christian is expelled from Mosul by ISIS – Times Article on why the world must respond to the cry of Iraq’s Christians – and the full text of the House of Lords debate on Article 18 and Freedom of Belief – with news of Meriam Ibrahim’s journey to Rome and ISIS subjecting women to female genital mutilation
http://blog.geopolitical-info.com/?p=957Article 18 – An article of faith Lord AltonAugust 12, 2014The United Nations doctrine ‘responsibility to protect’ has been flouted by the failure of international authorities to protect vulnerable minorities from sweeping...
Maamtrasna Murders and The Execution of An Innocent Man – commemorative event in Galway on Saturday December 15th.
Press Release: Embargo 1.00pm, 20th November 2012 Myles Joyce who was unjustly executed for his alleged part in the ‘Maamtrasna murders’ 130 years ago will be recalled at a commemorative event in Galway next month. He was convicted in connection with...
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Coptic Solidarity Conference Washington DC June 2018 Religious Persecution Coptic Solidarity 2018 At a conference on religious freedom, in Washington DC, organised at Capitol Hill by Coptic Solidarity, David Alton (Lord Alton of Liverpool) called for an...
As The Economist Highlights Uighur Persecution The US State Department Takes Effective Action To Combat Slave Labour in Xinjiang And In Supply Chains
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2020/10/17/the-persecution-of-the-uyghurs-is-a-crime-against-humanity Xinjiang and the world The persecution of the Uyghurs is a crime against humanity It is also the gravest example of a worldwide attack on human rights - The...
Over Christmas, Islamic State Beheaded 11 Nigerian Christians. Shocking news reports with in depth analysis from the BBC on the ideology that is intent on creating a genocide in Nigeria. Read a parliamentary debate held 18 months ago. The warnings of systematic persecution and horrific executions, abductions, and an unfolding genocide have been wantonly ignored. These terrible executions in Nigeria will be a first test of how the UK’s Foreign Office and Aid programmes will be deployed to provide substance to Boris Johnson’s very welcome commitment to end such barbarism.
Over Christmas, Islamic State Beheaded 11 Nigerian Christians. https://thenationonlineng.net/killing-of-11-christians-elders-forum-furious-with-buhari/ The BBC and other news outlets have provided shocking news reports...
Human Dignity and Religious Freedom – Speech at Brigham Young University, Salt Lake City, Utah
Extracts from a Lecture: Human Dignity and Religious Freedom: Preventing and Responding to Religious Persecution Brigham Young University, Utah. October 2019. David Alton The Punta del Este Declaration,...
Lord Alton meets survivors of the Holocaust and genocide at Parliamentary Event. Read September 13th House debates on Genocide and Anti-Semitism. Also, Why We Must Do More To Protect Vulnerable Populations from Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity – Article published in The Times by Lord Alton and Ján Figeľ (EU Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion and Belief outside of the EU).
Lord Alton meets survivors of the Holocaust and genocide ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day 2019 On Wednesday September 12th Lord Alton heard the testimony of Helen Aronson who survived the Holocaust as a teenager - at the launch event in Parliament for Holocaust...
Escalating Systematic Violence In Nigeria: – Fulani Militias and Boko Haram Threaten The Future Of one of Africa’s Great Countries – Nigerian House of Representatives Designates Genocide in Plateau State. “The very survival of our nation is at stake”; November 2018 Debate on Cameroon as thousands flee t Nigeria as refugees.
House of Lords Debate Wednesday November 14th 2018 8.42 pm Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB) My Lords, we are all most appreciative of the noble Lord, Lord Boateng, for giving the House the opportunity to debate the plight of the English-speaking...
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Why I Oppose HS2 Speech in the House of Lords and How the money could be better spent on improving the north’s local railways and East-West Cross Pennine rail links Click here to read full post ...
Archive 2 – more indexed archived speeches and articles.
Also see: https://www.davidalton.net/2014/07/31/archive-indexed-miscellaneous-articles-and-columns/ Speech on the BBC’s Role in Society – 2003 A speech on the withdrawal of food and fluids from patients 2003 Coercive Population Control in China – 2001 Speech by Lord...
Archive – indexed miscellaneous articles and columns
Miscellaneous archived columns on the following subjects: Abortion and the right to know Paying a price for courage Politicians and how they vote on ethical issues 30 years of abortion in the UK Abortion and the possible link with breast cancer Joanna Jepson’s fight...
Paying A Price For Belief – the Assyrian Christians abducted by ISIS and face execution. Also, recent parliamentary interventions and the paltry sum we set aside to promote freedom of religion and belief
Also see: July 1st 2015 article on the targeting of Christians worldwide: http://www.geopolitical-info.com/en/article/1435726790089290800 8.01 pm: Thursday June 25th, 2015 Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB): My Lords, Syria is the worst humanitarian catastrophe of our...
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...