In the event of a nuclear war, the living would envy the dead. Warning in Parliament of the risk from rogue States like North Korea Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB) My Lords, Nikita Kruschev said that, in the event of a nuclear war, the living would envy the dead. The...
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As part of its response to human rights violations in North Korea the U.K. says it will review the findings and recommendations in the report by the Korea Future Initiative ‘Persecuting Faith: Documenting religious freedom violations in North Korea.
As part of its response to human rights violations in North Korea the U.K. says it will review the findings and recommendations in the report by the Korea Future Initiative 'Persecuting Faith: Documenting religious freedom violations in North Korea. Lord Ahmad of...
‘Organized Persecution’: Religious Freedom Violations in North Korea’.
https://www.uscirf.gov/publication/organized-persecution-documenting-religious-freedom-violations-north-korea The report, entitled “Organized Persecution. Documenting Religious Freedom Violations in North Korea” reveals the North Korean government’s religious freedom...
U.K. fails to adequately answer why it has not pressed for the full implementation of the recommendation of the 2014 UN Commission of Inquiry to refer evidence of crimes against humanity in North Korea to the UN Security Council for investigation by the International Criminal Court. Even if others vote against a referral the U.K. should demonstrate its belief in the rule of law and force countries which support North Korea and are indifferent to its crimes against humanity to show their hand.
U.K. fails to answer why it has not pressed for the full implementation of the recommendation of the 2014 UN Commission of Inquiry to refer evidence of crimes against humanity in North Korea to the UN Security Council for investigation by the International Criminal...
Following the recent publication of the APPG report on North Korea the U.K. says it “will review the Report’s findings and recommendations and consider how the UK government can continue to address the appalling human rights situation”
Following the recent publication of the APPG report on North Korea the U.K. says it “will review the Report's findings and recommendations and consider how the UK government can continue to address the appalling human rights situation” Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the...
HRNK report on “the bone-breaking, life-crushing, relentless inhumanity of North Korea’s detention system which has persisted for over seven decades.” The gulags of North Korea should be consigned to history.
HRNK REPORT LAUNCH:https://www.hrnk.org/uploads/pdfs/Bermudez_KHS8_FINALFINAL.pdf North Korea’s Long-term Prison-Labor FacilityKyo-hwa-so No. 8. Sŭngho-riBY JOSEPH S. BERMUDEZ, JR. ET AL. July 21, 2021Washington, DCBASED ON SATELLITE IMAGERY ANALYSIS AND FORMER...
South Korean media reports on the launch of the new Westminster report on North Korean human rights violations.
South Korean media reports on the launch of the new Westminster report on North Korean human rights violations. https://www.rfa.org/korean/in_focus/human_rights_defector/nkhrreport-07202021152844.html...
Government responds to questions about famine in North Korea, the effects of COVID-19 on its population, and whether these issues or other factors explain the scale of the evacuation of Russians from North Korea
Government responds to questions about famine in North Korea, the effects of COVID-19 on its population, and whether these issues or other factors explain the scale of the evacuation of Russians from North Korea Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and...
Government challenged from all sides on the failure to ban Chinese Company linked to the surveillance State in Xinjiang and failure to provide national resilience instead of dependency on products from China. Written Questions on APPG Report on North Korea; Lateral Flow Tests, slave labour, and due diligence; Chinese companies banned in the US but not the UK; NSO Group hacking of human rights activists; Investments in Alibaba and others; food security in Cameroon; BGI tests for Down syndrome.
Government challenged from all sides on the failure to ban Chinese Company linked to the surveillance State in Xinjiang and failure to provide national resilience instead of dependency on products from China. Written Questions on APPG Report on North Korea; Lateral...
Today’s Westminster Launch of the All Party Parliamentary Group Report on North Korea into human rights violations in North Korea between 2014 and 2020
https://www.appgnorthkoreainquiry.com/ Today saw the launch of the report of the All Party Parliamentary Group on North Korea into human rights violations in North Korea between 2014 and 2020 (since the publication of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in...
In advance of the launch tomorrow of a new report by the All Party Parliamentary Group on North Korea a letter has been sent today to Dominic Raab about the CCP’s forced repatriation of 50 North Korean escapees on 14th July. These North Koreans will without doubt end up in prison and labour camps where they will very likely die, either by execution or as a result of the dire conditions and mistreatment.
19 July, 2021 The Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP Secretary of State Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office King Charles Street London SW1A 2AH Dear Foreign Secretary, We are writing to bring to your attention the forcible repatriation of 50...
Government pressed to say what assessment they have made of the account of a forced abortion on a woman suspected of being Christian in North Korea and says “The UK is deeply concerned by reports, including from Korea Future Initiative, which tell of serious human rights offences and persecution of those who are caught practising religion.”
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL1334): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the report by the Korea Future...
UK says it has “deep concerns about the lack of freedom of religion or belief in North Korea and has used the Global Human Rights sanctions regime against entities involved in the regime’s concentration camps. Minister says he “is deeply concerned by reports from North Korean escapees, which tell of serious human rights offences and persecution of those who are caught practising religion.”
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL1284): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool :To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the...
North Korea is planning to repatriate 10,000 workers dispatched to earn foreign currency in China but were stranded by the coronavirus pandemic, but will replace them with more labourers most of whose pay is taken by the regime
North Korea is planning to repatriate 10,000 workers dispatched to earn foreign currency in China but were stranded by the coronavirus pandemic, but will replace them with more labourers most of whose pay is taken by the regime Radio Free Asia (23.06.2021) -...
RFA reports that North Korean officials are living in fear after a series of executions of their colleagues on the orders of leader Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister, Kim Yo Jong,
Radio Free Asia (18.05.2021) – https://bit.ly/3uVnZmA – Government officials in North Korea are living in fear after a series of executions of their colleagues on the orders of leader Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister, Kim Yo Jong, two officials told RFA.Since her...
North Korea forces a man’s family to watch as they publicly execute him for selling CDs and USBs. A UN Inquiry found NK guilty of crimes against humanity but have failed to take any follow up judicial action – no wonder NK’s leaders think they can get away with gross barbarism of a high order
https://www.dailynk.com/english/wonsan-man-executed-illegally-selling-cds-usbs-south-korean-movies-dramas-music-videos/ DailyNK reports website this morning, that : “on Apr. 25, approximately forty days after his arrest, Lee was publicly executed in front of a crowd...
Link to Webinar on Human trafficking of North Korean women to China and its links to genocide.
Webinar on Human trafficking of North Korean women to China and its links to genocide. On 27 April 2021, the Coalition for Genocide Response joined Lord Alton of Liverpool and the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK) to discuss the issue of human...
RFA – British Member of Parliament, “Human trafficking in female North Korean defectors is a serious violation of human rights”
Source: https://www.rfa.org/korean/in_focus/human_rights_defector/nkhr-04272021152039.html British Member of Parliament, “Human trafficking in female North Korean defectors is a serious violation of human rights” Washington-Kim So Young [email protected] 2021-04-27...
North Korea Webinar: The Trafficking of North Korean Women To China And The Consequences Of China Returning Refugees to North Korea
North Korea Webinar: April 27th 2021. The Trafficking of North Korean Women To China. Remarks by David Alton - Lord Alton of Liverpool, Co-Chair of the All Party parliamentary Group on north Korea. During Witness sessions which I have chaired at Westminster on behalf...
UK sets out its policy priorities in North Korea and says “, we stand up for the victims of human rights violations by the regime”
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL13724): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask Her Majesty's Government what are their priorities in relation to...
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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Forty year campaign demanding justice for British servicemen used as guinea pigs in atomic tests in the 50s – with one Commons debate in the 80s taking place in the middle of the night, at 3.50 am. Today just 1500 of the 20,000 servicemen put in harms way are still alive. The Defence Minister, Earl Minto, deserves thanks for his straightforward reply in the Lords yesterday. However long it takes, injustices must be put right.
Throughout the 80s I campaigned for justice for British servicemen used as guinea pigs in atomic tests. On one occasion I initiated a debate in the Commons at 3.50 am in the middle of the night - a debate that the Government didn't want. Today just 1500 of the 20,000...
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https://sudantribune.com/article285069 April 29, 2024 (NEW YORK) – The United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, issued a stark warning Monday about the dire situation in El Fasher, Sudan. Speaking to reporters following a UN Security...
Government responds to question about the potential of an international tribunal for delivering reparations to victims of the war in Ukraine
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL3874): Question n Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to the...