The 10 Inconvenient Bishops The Vatican Wants Us To Forget - Why? because they do not accept the right of the Chinese Communist Party to tell them what to believe, think or what to say. 2024-10-21
George Weigel in The Wall Street Journal warns the Vatican against its collaboration with the Chinese Communist Party - which fiercely persecutes religious belief. He reminds the Vatican that the Warsaw Pact secret intelligence services used similar Ostpolitik to deepen their penetration of ecclesial institutions and the Vatican itself. 2024-10-21
How do we balance threats to human rights with our relationship with China? Trading with a forced labour superpower - launch of a new book of essays by Civitas 2024-10-15
Leading Articles in The Times and Telegraph Warning of the Dangers of A Change To The Law On Euthanasia 2024-10-05
No such thing as a "little" euthanasia. As figures from Holland & Canada show - it becomes a runaway train - with the numbers of fatalities rising exponentially. Government must be honest and explain the direction of travel. Its a fiction that "safeguards" will stop it happening here. Not something to "rush through" Parliament 2024-09-27
1 crime is committed against a Dalit every 18 minutes.13 Dalits murdered every week.27 atrocities against Dalits every day. According to India's National Crime Records Bureau , some 45,935 cases of violence are recorded each year. Violence against the Dalit is a tragic, daily occurrence 2024-09-27
Unjust Imprisonment of British Citizen Jimmy Lai - UK Government says: "We are aware of the urgent appeal to the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture with respect to British national Jimmy Lai and are deeply concerned by the allegations of torture and mistreatment it makes...We will continue to call on the Hong Kong authorities to end their politically motivated prosecution and immediately release Jimmy Lai and we will continue to press for consular access." 2024-09-26
SUDAN: OVER 250 WOMEN FROM AFRICA AND THE DIASPORA CALL FOR ACTION ON CONFLICT-RELATED SEXUAL VIOLENCE. 2024-09-25
Government responds to question asking what assessment it has made of the implications of the proposed amendment to Iraq’s Personal Status Law 188, which could lower the legal age for marriage to 9, and the extent to which it aligns with international treaties on the rights of children to which Iraq is a signatory. Minister says he "is analysing the proposed amendments to Iraq's Personal Status Law" 2024-09-25
What's "strategic" or "consistent" about authorising the attendance of the UK’s Air Vice-Marshall at a recent reception at the Chinese Embassy to celebrate the 97th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Liberation Army? Britain's best interests depend on showing solidarity with the persecuted citizens of China - with imprisoned democracy advocates in Hong Kong, Tibetans experiencing crimes against humanity, Uyghurs suffering genocide, Taiwanese and other regional neighbours facing daily threats and intimidation. Nothing much to celebrate in the CCP's record. 2024-09-25
Jimmy Lai's Imprisonment and Threats To His Family and Legal Team: UK condemns "Any attempts to coerce, intimidate or harm those who cooperate with the United Nations are unacceptable. The UK unequivocally condemns each and every act of intimidation or reprisal." 2024-09-25
Government responds to questions about the detention of Uyghur children in boarding schools in Xinjiang, and the alleged cultural genocide perpetrated by the government of China through the forced assimilation of Uyghur and Kazakh children. They say "We stand firm on human rights, including in Xinjiang, where China continues to persecute and arbitrarily detain Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim minorities." 2024-09-24
Hong Kong - It is hard to imagine a more perfect demonstration of the paranoia and overreaction of the Lee administration than throwing an individual in jail for over a year for wearing the wrong clothes. 2024-09-20
CLAAS reports on The Case Of Shagufta Kirana - a Pakistan Mother Sentenced to Death for Forwarding A WhatsApp Message Said To Be Blasphemous. Her husband says: "She was not the author of the post, nor did she understand its content. She forwarded it without reading, unaware of the consequences." 2024-09-20
