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Government Response to my question asking what formal assessment they have made of the remarks of President William Ruto of an impending genocide in Sudan and of the UK’s obligations under the 1948 Convention on the Crime of Genocide.

Lord Alton of Liverpool - To ask His Majesty's Government what formal assessmentthey have made of the remarks of President William Ruto of an impending genocide inSudan and of the UK’s obligations under the 1948 Convention on the Crime of Genocide.[HL8860]Lord Ahmad...

Sudan: questions on whether they have made a joint analysis of conflict and stability assessment with international partners of the situation in Sudan; attacks on churches; the provision of aid to displaced people; and the continuation of conflict.

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL8127): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool :To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made a joint...

Government says it is in high level contact with other Governments about the continuing conflict in Sudan and says it has provided an initial £5 million of life-saving aid to help meet the urgent needs of tens of thousands of refugees and returnees in South Sudan and Chad who have fled the violence in Sudan.

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL7930): Question by Lord ALTON of Liverpool :To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord...

Genocide Watch has declared a Genocide Emergency for Sudan. The alert states that due to continuing massacres against non-Arab civilians, Genocide Watch considers Sudan to be at Stage 8: Persecution and Stage 9: Extermination (of the 10 Stages of Genocide).

Genocide Watch has declared a Genocide Emergency for Sudan. The alert states that due to continuing massacres against non-Arab civilians, Genocide Watch considers Sudan to be at Stage 8: Persecution and Stage 9: Extermination (of the 10 Stages of Genocide).

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https://twitter.com/davidaltonhl/status/1659337476442292229?s=46&t=bdJwQ39bSducVkIUM4iJbQ Genocide Watch has declared a Genocide Emergency for Sudan. The alert states that due to continuing massacres against non-Arab civilians, Genocide Watch...

Sudan – Minister provides details of help for refugees.

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL7613): Question:To ask His Majesty's Government what aid they are providing to fleeing Sudanese refugees...

In responding to the Recommendations of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Sudan and South Sudan in its Report “Genocide: All Over Again in Darfur?” Government says that when conditions in Sudan allow “the UK will lead international efforts to rebuild the Sudanese economy and mitigate the humanitarian impact across the country”

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL7462): Question by Lord ALTON of Liverpool To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of...

Second Reading of Illegal Migration Bill – With 100 million displaced people in the world, (700,000 more in the last month in Sudan) I want to see my country leading the international campaign to tackle root causes. Not scapegoating vulnerable people. As a nation, we are better, much better than that.

Second Reading of Illegal Migration Bill – With 100 million displaced people in the world, (700,000 more in the last month in Sudan) I want to see my country leading the international campaign to tackle root causes. Not scapegoating vulnerable people. As a nation, we are better, much better than that.

House of Lords 10th May 2023 https://youtu.be/JhsZz-0qzIw Speech to the House of Lords: The Joint Committee on Human Rights, on which I serve, is required and mandated by Parliament to scrutinise every Government Bill for its compatibility with human rights.  But...

Remarks at today’s launch of the APPG Report on Sudan

https://www.davidalton.net/2023/04/25/genocide-all-over-again-in-darfurinquiry-into-violence-in-darfur-since-2020-by-the-all-party-parliamentary-group-on-sudan-and-south-sudan/ There is poignant African proverb of the Kikuyu people that “When the elephants fight,...

Questions about the number of people being displaced in Darfur annually, the total number of asylum claims from Darfur, the current grant rate of asylum claims for (a) Sudanese, and (b) Darfuri claimants, and how long it takes on average to process such claims. Home Office needs far more detailed and robust data so it can understand why people end up in small boats and why we must tackle root causes of displacement.

Lord Murray of Blidworth, the Home Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL5971): Question by Lord ALTON of Liverpool :To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of (1) the number of people being displaced...

Government asked about the continuing displacements and motives behind the waves of violence in Darfur and what consideration they have given to applying Magnitsky-style sanctions to those responsible for the military coup in Sudan.

Lord Sharpe of Epsom, the Home Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL5970): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask His Majesty's Government what communication there has been between the Home Office and the Country...

Sudan Tribune reports that Nearly 300,000 people were displaced by conflict in 2022. Until we tackle the causes of displacement- which have left 80 million displaced worldwide- there will be little progress in ending the small boats tragedies

https://sudantribune.com/article268467/ Sudan: Nearly 300,000 people displaced by conflict in 2022 December 20, 2022 (KHARTOUM) – Almost 300,000 people were displaced by conflict in Sudan, about 900 killed and 1,100 injured since beginning of 2022, the United Nations...

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Meeting in Parliament to highlight the malign effects of Hong Kong’s Article 23 on human rights; to examine its impact on media freedom, in advance of World Press Freedom Day on May 3rd; to express solidarity with Jimmy Lai and 1841 other imprisoned pro democracy advocates; and to consider how Hong Kong’s Security Laws impact on civil society, the diaspora and contribute to transnational repression. Contributions from Benedict Rogers, Steve Vines, Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC, and Carmen Lau. The banning of a Simpsons episode about the Tiananmen Square massacre “Nothing Happened Here” cited as an example of the suppression of truth.

Lord Alton of Liverpool (David Alton) as a Patron of Hong Kong Watch today chaired a meeting in Parliament to highlight the malign effects of Hong Kong's Article 23 on human rights. It examined the impact on media freedom, in advance of World Press Freedom Day on May...

British universities and Chinese money

British universities and Chinese money

Today I pressed Ministers to reduce the reliance of British universities on Chinese money. This is compromising national security and also compromising academic freedom – as the case of Professor Michelle Shipworth, which I raised, has demonstrated. 30th April...