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New report from the All Party Parliamentary Group on Hong Kong – Responsible Businesses in Hong Kong and China: examining business practices in Hong Kong and China and the need for comprehensive ESG standards.
New report: Responsible Businesses in Hong Kong and China: Identifying, Assessing and Mitigating the ESG Risks (click here to read) Short summary of the report here. Today, the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Hong Kong and independent advocacy group...
Writing in The Globe and Mail Dennis Kwok says “Hong Kong’s ‘autonomy’ era is all but over, only halfway through….What is important to bear in mind is that what has happened in Hong Kong is only a symptom showing where China is heading. Xinjiang, Tibet, Taiwan, South China Sea, wolf-warrior diplomacy, the years-long detention of the two Michaels, “no limit” friendship with Russia and the trade sanctions on Australia are all part of the same authoritarian mindset.”
OPINION Hong Kong’s ‘autonomy’ era is all but over, only halfway through Dennis Kwok says "Hong Kong’s ‘autonomy’ era is all but over, only halfway through....What is important to bear in mind is that what has happened in Hong Kong is only a symptom showing where...
General Sir Nick Carter, former Chief of Defence Staff, asked whether our armed forces are sufficient.
At a meeting of the International Relations and Defence Committee I asked General Sir Nick Carter, former Chief of Defence Staff, whether our armed forces are sufficient given the level of threat we face in the context of Putin’s War in Ukraine. Wednesday 25 May...
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What did writers like T.S.Eliot, J.R.R.Tolkien, C.S Lewis, Dorothy L Sayers, John Donne, Lord Tennyson, Gerard Manley Hopkins and G.K.Chesterton have to say about Christmas?
What did writers like T.S.Eliot, J.R.R.Tolkien, C.S Lewis, Dorothy L Sayers, John Donne, Lord Tennyson, Gerard Manley Hopkins and G.K.Chesterton have to say about Christmas? Tolkien wrote Noel as a poem for his parish magazine in Abingdon. It had been forgotten for...
Think before buying CCP children’s toys this Christmas. It’s time we boycotted “toys” which can be used to collect children’s data and may have been made by slave labour in a State accused of Genocide.
Elisabeth Braw writing in The Times December 6th 2021 In The Thunderer column Elisabeth Braw warns against buying CCP manufactured toys as Christmas presents. I went into a toy shop recently and looked at some “smart” toys - all were made in China although some were...
Save the Children Report “Stop the war on children a crisis of recruitment” – recruitment and use of children by armed forces and armed groups stands at its highest level for 30 years
Save the Children Report “Stop the war on children a crisis of recruitment” highlights conflict trends affecting children, Stop the War on Children: A crisis of recruitment. The Save the Children report shows that the Covid-19 pandemic and the calls for a global...
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Ministers assure me that “The FCDO is committed to providing grant-in-aid funding for the BBC World Service through to 2025”
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL5688): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the announcement of a two-year...
Parliament debates forced organ harvesting
House of Lords4th February 2022 Today- on the day the Genocide Olympics opened in Beijing - I told Parliament that grievous human rights violations such as forced organ harvesting and Genocide in Xinjiang puts Beijing on a par with Hitler’s Olympics in 1936...
Why the NHS needs to stop buying products made by Uyghur slave labour in the CCP’s Genocide State of Xinjiang
Why the NHS needs to stop buying products made by Uyghur slave labour in the CCP’s Genocide State of Xinjiang - House of Lords Speech January 31st 2022 https://youtu.be/PLo2nzHqD7w Lord Alton of Liverpool(CB) My Lords, it is a great pleasure to support the noble Lord,...
Events
Webinar: The Uyghur Crisis – a deeper look. Thursday March 18th 2021
All Party Parliamentary Group Inquiry into Abduction, Forced Marriage, and Forced Conversion of Girls and Young Women in Pakistan: Call for Evidence. Deadline February 15th 2021
https://youtu.be/26Bu7nmi5JE David Alton (Lord Alton of Liverpool) explains the Background to the Inquiry, its Objectives, and the Timetable The Times January 20th 2021All Party Parliamentary Group Inquiry into Abduction, Forced Marriage, and Forced Conversion of...
Parliamentary Briefing in Support of Genocide Amendment to The Trade Bill in advance of the amendment going to the House of Commons.
It was good to see major organisations such as Human Rights Watch, Aegis Trust, and CSW, joining the Coalition for Genocide Response Parliamentary Briefing on the Genocide Amendment to the Trade Bill. When the amendment reaches the House of Commons, in a couple of...
What happened to the promise? December 9th Webinar – Invitation from the Coalition for Genocide Response commemorating the International Day on the Crime of Genocide with reflections on the Armenian Genocide and its contemporary implications.
Lord Alton of Liverpool and the Coalition for Genocide Response would like to invite you to a webinar marking the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime: What Happened To The...
An event on November 20th on World Children’s Day, organised by Jubilee Campaign, to shine a light on religious persecution in China and the impact on children. Details of how to attend:
Jubilee Campaign To Host Virtual Event- "World Children's Day 2020: China's Ban on Worship" As November 20 marks World Children’s Day 2020 as well as the 31st Anniversary of the entry into force of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, we urge the...
Parliamentary Meeting To Discuss The Evidence That Babies in The Womb Pain Can Feel Pain. Ask your MP to attend and hear the views of two experts who, one pro life and one pro choice, agree that the new evidence should give us all pause for thought.
The evidence that babies can feel pain in the womb, and during many abortions, highlights the humanity of the unborn child and provides another important reason to introduce legislation to protect the unborn child from abortion.To ensure MPs and Peers are aware of the...
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Shocking testimony of Chinese Uighur Surgeon who says he was forced by the Chinese Communist Party to be complicit in forced organ harvesting. He asks you to send it to your MP as they come to vote on Uighur Genocide amendment.
Dr.Enver Tohti - who was forced to remove organs from Chinese victims of forced organ harvesting.
For an hour this week I spoke to the parents of Azroo Raja, a 13 year old girl in Pakistan- abducted, forcibly converted and married. She has been taken into safety but not yet allowed to be reunited with her family. MPs have raised her case in the House of Commons
Webinar highlighting the plight of women and girls from religious minorities - an estimated 1000 Christian and Hindu girls are abducted, forcibly converted, and married, every year in Pakistan. https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/6svgCVA3BF3RqABtzgAPF?domain=youtube.com...
Lord Patten on Hong Kong: “the rule of fear, rather than the rule of law” and says “China is involved at the moment in predatory purchasing wherever it can”. The case of the arrested and detained pro democracy activist Andy Li was raised in parliament.
The All Party Parliamentary Group today held a briefing meeting with Lord (Chris) Patten the last British Governor of Hong Kong: Full recording: Webinar with former Hong Kong Governor, Lord Patten, on “Hong Kong: what the future holds for this formerly autonomous...
About David Alton
He is a former Liberal Party Member of Parliament for a Liverpool constituency and Chief Whip – who has sat as an Independent Crossbench member of the House of Lords since 1997 when he was made a life peer. He is a Visiting Professor at Liverpool Hope University and author of several books.
Alton is known for his human rights work including the co-founding Jubilee Campaign and Jubilee Action, and serves as chair, patron, or trustee, of several charities and voluntary organisations. He is a member of the House of Lords Select Committee on International Relations and Defence.