UK Parliament Side Event Free to Believe or Not: End Criminalization of Apostasy and Blasphemy Date: 5 July 2022 Opening Remarks by Lord David Alton, Chair of event. Today’s event, Free to Believe or Not: End Criminalization of Apostasy and Blasphemy, is brought to...
London Ministerial on Freedom of Religion or Belief – Free to Believe or Not: End Criminalization of Apostasy and Blasphemy
UK Parliament Side Event Free to Believe or Not: End Criminalization of Apostasy and Blasphemy Date: 5 July 2022 Opening Remarks by Lord David Alton, Chair of event. Today’s event, Free to Believe or Not: End Criminalization of Apostasy and Blasphemy, is brought to...
The Right to Education and Pakistan Minorities – side event at the U.K. Ministerial on Religious Freedom – July 6th 2022
Right to Education and Pakistani Minorities Meeting on 5 July 2022 12:30-13:30 Role of the UK Aid - Lord Alton Speech by Lord Alton Background 1. Education is a fundamental right of every child, and it should be provided without any discrimination or bias....
Day One of the International Ministerial Conference on Freedom of Religion or Belief
Day One of the International Ministerial Conference on Freedom of Religion or Belief is starting now. Please click the link below to access live-streams of today's sessions, starting at 10:00 BST. CLICK HERE TO ENTER THE EVENT This conference will bring together...
Independent assessment of FCDO implementation of the Truro Review of the plight of persecuted Christians around the world: FCDO’s response to the findings published today. Clearly still a very long way to go. The Foreign Secretary should agree to a further independent assessment in another 3 years to ensure that all of the Truro Review’s recommendations are fully implemented- as promised in the Government’s General Election Manifesto
Independent assessment of FCDO support for persecuted Christians around the world: FCDO's response to the findings Lord Ahmad responded today to an independent assessment of how the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office implemented recommendations to support...
Revealed: how Putin’s ships are turning off trackers in order to steal Ukraine’s grain – Telegraph report
https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/X3dNCXL8EiX4wG9NhVdemz?domain=telegraph.co.uk - - The Telegraph-Roland Oliphant: “The vanishing ship is one of nearly a dozen Russian and Syrian flagged vessels at the centre of what Western governments believe is large-scale...
Essay for GIS Reports: A high-stakes game of snakes and ladders: Russia’s war on Ukraine is a last stand for the international rules-based order. The West will need to rally fierce and unwavering support for the defender and global freedoms to prevail.🇺🇦
🇺🇦 Putin’s War - the high stakes in a lethal game of snakes and ladders. https://www.gisreportsonline.com/r/russia-war-ukraine-global/ LORD ALTON OF LIVERPOOL Russia’s war on Ukraine is a last stand for the international rules-based order. The West will need to rally...
Tigray – BBC Assignment Podcast examines Ethiopia’s disinformation war, featuring the courageous Lucy Kassa as she tries to unpick fact from fiction in Ethiopia’s information war.
This BBC podcast that has just been published: BBC Sound - Assignment, 30 June 2022: Ethiopia’s disinformation war When President Abiy Ahmed came to power in Ethiopia, he was seen as a reformer who was heralding a new era of hope. In 2019, he was even...
Today marks 25 years since the handover of Hong Kong from the UK to China, and two years since the imposition of the National Security Law. Foreign Secretary statement on the 25th anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong
Today marks 25 years since the handover of Hong Kong. China agreed under the legally-binding Sino-British Joint Declaration to uphold Hong Kong’s high degree of autonomy and rights and freedoms. However, we have seen a steady erosion of political and civil rights...
Speaking at the Washington Summit Lord Alton said that “ religious persecution is a hallmark of the CCP. Think of Tibet’s Buddhists; Xinjiang’s Uyghur Muslims; Chinese Christians, and Falun Gong practitioners. Think of the arrest of the venerable Cardinal Joseph Zen.That the CCP regime is a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council is a sick joke. Every minute of every day the CCP breaks Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which guarantees freedom of religion or belief for every citizen, everywhere.”
Two Stories - One System At the conclusion of the Washington Summit on religious freedom Lord Alton heard two stories which illustrate repressive nature of the Chinese Communist Party system. Dr.Bob Fu, President of China Aid and Ovalbek Turdakun - pictured with his...
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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London Ministerial on Freedom of Religion or Belief – Free to Believe or Not: End Criminalization of Apostasy and Blasphemy
UK Parliament Side Event Free to Believe or Not: End Criminalization of Apostasy and Blasphemy Date: 5 July 2022 Opening Remarks by Lord David Alton, Chair of event. Today’s event, Free to Believe or Not: End Criminalization of Apostasy and Blasphemy, is brought to...
London Ministerial on Freedom of Religion or Belief – Free to Believe or Not: End Criminalization of Apostasy and Blasphemy
UK Parliament Side Event Free to Believe or Not: End Criminalization of Apostasy and Blasphemy Date: 5 July 2022 Opening Remarks by Lord David Alton, Chair of event. Today’s event, Free to Believe or Not: End Criminalization of Apostasy and Blasphemy, is brought to...
The Right to Education and Pakistan Minorities – side event at the U.K. Ministerial on Religious Freedom – July 6th 2022
Right to Education and Pakistani Minorities Meeting on 5 July 2022 12:30-13:30 Role of the UK Aid - Lord Alton Speech by Lord Alton Background 1. Education is a fundamental right of every child, and it should be provided without any discrimination or bias....