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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,...

Minister answers questions on the death sentence by stoning given in Sudan to Maryam Alsyed Tiyrab for adultery; on signs of atrocities in Darfur is including an increase in sexual and gender-based violence in the states of Darfur, and the intentional destruction of medical and educational infrastructure in the region.

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL1762): Question:To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they are making to the government of...

Sudan’s illegal military coup – as corrupt old guard Jihadist genocidaires seize power. Statements from The Troika and Esther Sprague Sudan Unlimited. And Question tabled to U.K. Government Ministers who should freeze aid, cooperation, or training programmes.

Question tabled in Parliament https://www.gov.uk/government/news/sudan-troika-statement-october-2021--2?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&utm_source=fe55d74d-7dfd-40dc-9d34-66dc44475a81&utm_content=daily Sudan: Troika statement, October...

Why we must stand in solidarity with Sudan’s brave protestors

Sudan: “This time it’s different” An article for New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/world/africa/2019/06/sudan-time-it-s-different SUDAN: THIS TIME IT’S DIFFERENT By David Alton You could be forgiven for thinking that the latest violence in the streets of the...

Freedom of Religion or Belief In Commonwealth Countries Raised In Parliament and Discussed with Leading Judge From Pakistan. Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2018 – Debate in The House of Lords. References to Free Speech; Persecution of Minorities; Human Rights Violations; Meeting with Sudan’s Opposition Leader; Killings In Nigeria

Freedom of Religion or Belief In Commonwealth Countries Raised In Parliament and Discussed with Leading Judge From Pakistan It was wonderful to chair a constructive and very positive meeting this morning (April 19th 2018) with Justice (R) Chowhan, Chairman of the...

North Korea Lost in the fog of assassinations and intrigue; Coercive population control; new report on Sudan launched; Mary’s Meals Founder received Westminster Award for Human Life, Human Rights and Human Dignity – plus posts on Europe’s lost 10,000 refugee children; speeches on Sudan and Syria; Kevin (Lord) Shinkwin’s Bill; Question on Trump Muslim ban; Speech on Dalits; Royal School Lecture on refugees…

North Korea 28 February 2017 Question 2.58 pm Asked by Lord Alton of Liverpool To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the sanctions imposed by China against North Korea following the assassination of Kim Jong-nam and the recent ballistic missile test,...

February Question on the International Criminal Court – Speech on Brexit and the UN; Rohingyas and Burma Questions Raised in Parliament – Pakistan/Sudan/North Korea/ Hong Kong/ Egypt/Saudi Arabia/ Murder in Aleppo/ 25 Killed Outside Cairo’s Coptic Cathedral/ #RedWednesday – Genocide. 2016 ‘Religious Freedom in the World’ report’ launched at Westminster

International Criminal Court 08 February 2017 Question 3.22 pm Asked by Lord Alton of Liverpool To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the composition and effectiveness of the International Criminal Court. The Minister of State, Foreign and...

December and January – Questions Raised in Parliament – Pakistan/Burma’s Rohingyas/Sudan/North Korea/ Hong Kong/ Egypt/Saudi Arabia/ Murder in Aleppo/ 25 Killed Outside Cairo’s Coptic Cathedral/ – Petition to protest at UK’s Banning of Bishops. #RedWednesday -House of Commons Debate and House of Lords Questions on Genocide. The ‘Religious Freedom in the World’ 2016 report’ launched at Westminster – Bipartisan approval of new religious Freedom Law in the US – “Silence in the face of evil is itself evil…not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.”

    Burma - Ministerial relies on Rohingya - click here:     PAKISTAN Pakistan Lord Bates, the Department for International Development, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL4306): Question: Lord Alton of...

Parliamentary Replies – July-September and Debate on Freedom of Religion or Belief – September 8 – Full text and link to TV recording – Syria, Iraq, North Korea, Sudan, Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, China, India, Burma – plus Government Minister’s Follow Up Letter and Ministerial reply admitting that none of the more than £1 billion of aid given to Pakistan is used to promote Article 18.

Some Parliamentary Replies: July – September 2016   Iraq and Syria – Genocide Baroness Anelay of St Johns, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL1950): Question: To ask Her Majesty’s Government...

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Government quizzed on whether a percentage of aid to Pakistan will be allocated to improving the living conditions of people from religious minorities, including the provision of fresh running water and electricity, and the creation of primary schools; on education for destitute girls; and on whether religious minorities in Pakistan will be included in the list of marginalized communities prioritised for UK aid.

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL4129): Questions by Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Ahmad of...