Letter from the Lord (David) Alton and Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP, co chairs of the All Party Parliamentary Group on North Korea, to Lord (David) Cameron, the Foreign Secretary, about the CCP's forced repatriation of North Korean refugees in breach of both the 1951 Refugee Convention and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 2024-04-18
£1 Trillion - Raised In Parliament Today. The Cost of Reparations In Ukraine and Bringing To Justice Those Responsible. 2024-04-17
Stop Perpetrators Getting Away With Genocide - Public Letter sent to the UK Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary on the Genocide Determination Bill 2023-24. The letter was published this morning, 17 April 2024, 06:00 am UK time. 2024-04-17
Statement by the All-Part Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Pakistani Minorities, on April 16th - the anniversary of Iqbal Masih’s murder 2024-04-16
Questions on the warning by Médecins Sans Frontières of a critical vaccine shortage in Darfur; prediction by UNICEF’s that 700,000 Sudanese children will suffer severe malnutrition; UNICEF's report that the 2023–24 El Niño phenomenon has led to the closure of schools in South Sudan; and the effect of the prolonged heatwave and drought on eastern and southern Africa. 2024-04-15
Despite the suppression of the rights of girls and women in Afghanistan the Government admits it "has not introduced any Global Human Rights sanctions against the Taliban since they took power in 2021." Parliament needs to assert oversight of the random and opaque process of Magnitsky Sanctions. 2024-04-15
Hikvision and Surveillance Cameras - "a timeline for the removal of surveillance equipment supplied by companies subject to the National Intelligence Law of China from sensitive sites..is due to be published by 26 April....We encourage all organisations to follow NCSC supply chain security guidance when selecting a technology supplier." 2024-04-09
A debate has been secured in the House of Lords on April 25th 2024 on the Plight Of Pakistan's Minorities. The APPG on Pakistan Minorities has been holding an Inquiry into the use of predominantly minority slave labour in brick kilns and as bonded labour. Human Rights Without Frontiers has highlighted “Bonded by Brick: The Story of Modern-Day Slavery in Pakistan" produced by The Centrum Media (TCM), Pakistan’s first digital news platform 2024-04-09
Statement by Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on the Democratic Republic of Congo at 55th Session of the Human Rights Council - and, separately, a warning of the danger of a new war between Congo and Rwanda 2024-04-09
Government says it "has never ruled out sanctions designations on any individual or entity. Any document which says otherwise is inaccurate and does not correctly reflect government policy at the time or currently." 2024-04-09
UK Gov. responds to my question about the Hong Kong Watch report, "Tuition Fees for BNO Visa Holders: The Case for Home Fee Status", and the impact of the cost of international fees on the ability of young British National (Overseas) (BNO) visa holders to attend university; and whether they will follow the Scottish Government in introducing home fees status for BNO visa holders after three years of residency in the UK. But says nothing which wasn't already known. 2024-04-08
Parliamentary Replies on female genital mutilation (FGM) in the Gambia and what capacity assistance the UK is providing to Burundi in support of efforts to ensure justice and accountability for past atrocities, including support for the National Truth and Reconciliation Commission and efforts to strengthen the rule of law. 2024-04-04
Government asked how many Iranian leaders they have sanctioned using Magnitsky-style sanctions since the death of Masha Amini in 2022; and how many sanctions they have imposed on those responsible for the suppression of the rights of women and girls in Iran. 2024-04-04
Response from the UK Government about the Continued Violence Facing Yazidis in Sinjar - and the quest for justice for Yazidis who have experienced Genocide. 2024-04-04
Government responds to the report by the Coalition on Secure Technology, Chinese cellular (IoT) modules: Countering the threat, published in March, and its conclusions that Chinese-made cellular internet of things modules should be banned from UK critical national infrastructure 2024-04-04
