Stephen Kinnock MP says that one year after the passing of the National Security Law, the U.K. Government needs to up its game:...
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Excellent NEW BRIEFING from Hong Kong Watch: As the crackdown continues, UK government must improve lifeline for Hong Kongers and BNOs – while Stephen Kinnock MP says that the U.K. Government needs to up its game
Stephen Kinnock MP says that one year after the passing of the National Security Law, the U.K. Government needs to up its game:...
Excellent NEW BRIEFING from Hong Kong Watch: As the crackdown continues, UK government must improve lifeline for Hong Kongers and BNOs – while Stephen Kinnock MP says that the U.K. Government needs to up its game
Stephen Kinnock MP says that one year after the passing of the National Security Law, the U.K. Government needs to up its game:...
Two former Archbishops of Canterbury and an all party group of Parliamentarians urge the UK to uphold international law and to protect Armenians in today’s Sunday Telegraph
Two former Archbishops of Canterbury and an all party group of Parliamentarians urge the UK to uphold international law and to protect Armenians in today’s Sunday Telegraph Sunday Telegraph May 30th 2021
For nearly 30 years I have been warning Parliament and successive Governments about the CCP’s violations of human rights – and the role of UK aid. What’s happening in Xinjiang and Hong Kong is of a piece – and no one can say we did not know.
3. Extracts from Hansard (a) Lord Alton’s speech at Committee Stage – 16th July 2001 I signed Amendments Nos. 23 and 24, together with the noble Baroness, Lady Rawlings, the noble Baroness, Lady Cox, who apologises to the House, as she is on parliamentary business in...
February 15th 2021 – Remembering the brutal execution of the 21 Coptic saints who were brutally beheaded on February 15th, 2015.
Coptic Commemorative Meeting: February 15th2021 It is an honour to join you for this day of reflection as we commemorate again the martyrdom of the 21 saints who were brutally beheaded by Islamic State on February 15th, 2015. When you asked me to talk today about the...
All-Party Genocide Amendment Passed After Second Debate in the Lords by 359 votes to 188. With a majority of 171it returns to the House of Commons on Tuesday next – having been defeated by a slender Government majority of 11 votes on the first time of consideration during ping pong between the two Houses. Full debate and briefing here:
Trade Bill (Ping Pong Amendment) February 2nd 2021. Video here: https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/7347b7f0-bd38-464a-8ddc-11e2e6bf55e0 All-Party Genocide Amendment Passed After Second Debate in the Lords by 359 votes to 188. With a majority of 171it returns to the...
The Chief Rabbi reminds us of Elie Wiesel’s words “Whoever listens to a witness becomes a witness” and in movingly describing the agony of Uighur persecution he challenges us not to be silent witnesses
The destruction of a whole people as the world remains silent Ephraim Mirvis says: As chief rabbi, I can no longer remain silent about the plight of the Uighurs Opinion The Guardian newspaper Ephraim Mirvis An unfathomable mass atrocity is being perpetrated in China....
Questions and Answers: International Human Rights Day: Questions on Nigeria, Turkey, Yazidis, Hong Kong, HSBC, Ethiopia, Tigray, Pakistan, and an answer on Magnitsky Sanctions against those destroying human rights and democracy in Hong Kong
Questions and Answers: International Human Rights Day: Nigeria, Turkey, Yazidis, Hong Kong, HSBC, Ethiopia, Tigray, Pakistan Question text Lord Alton of Liverpool To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the re-designation of Nigeria as a...
Historic House of Lords Vote on All-Party Amendment on Genocide Determination passes by a Majority of 126. Now Members of the Commons have the chance to say no to trade deals with States credibly accused of Genocide.
Historic House of Lords Vote on All-Party Amendment on Genocide Determination passes by a Majority of 126. Now Members of the Commons have the chance to say no to trade deals with States credibly accused of Genocide. To read the full debate on the Human Rights and...
Courage in Nagorno Karabakh – Report and Recommendations by Baroness Cox – the only UK Parliamentarian to have been an eye witness and to have seen the situation first hand.
Grief and Courage in Nagorno Karabakh Smoke rises from an exploded shell behind the Lady Cox Rehabilitation Centre SPECIAL VISIT REPORT Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust (HART) November 2020 Baroness Cox - the only Parliamentarian to visit Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia...
War in Ethiopia’s Tigray Province – Government challenged today to co-ordinate an international response to a potential genocide during exchanges in the House of Lords
War in Ethiopia's Tigray Province - Government challenged today to co-ordinate an international response to a potential genocide during exchanges in the House of Lords Private Notice Question Asked by...
Cross Party Alliance Demands An End To Trade Deals With States Complicit in Genocide
https://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2020-10-13/debates/EE70A907-14EC-4EFE-8833-CE1F2FE82580/TradeBillLord Alton of Liverpool 68: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause— “Agreements with states accused of committing genocide Regulations made under...
A rally was held today in Hong Kong in support of two systems one country and democratic rights such as free speech. This is my video message to the rally – and, on becoming a Patron of Hong Kong Watch, a video message from Chris (Lord) Patten. Also a report of Martin Lee’s call for the Chinese Communist Party to be taken to the International Criminal Court. A Motion has been tabled in the House of Commons which MPs are being urged to sign
A rally was held today in Hong Kong in support of two systems one country and democratic rights such as free speech. This is my video message to the rally - and, on becoming a Patron of Hong Kong Watch, a video message from Chris (Lord) Patten. Also a report of Martin...
It’s not often that you can choose to save a life or to end one. But when you cast your General Election vote you have the opportunity and duty to do just that. If a candidate wants to deny a vulnerable person the right to life, isn’t it time to deny them your vote?
It’s not often that you can choose to save a life or to end one. But when you cast your vote in the General Election you have the opportunity and duty to do just that. If a candidate wants to deny a vulnerable person the right life, isn’t it time to deny them your...
Speech to students at the University of Oxford. Deny your vote to those who deny others the right to life. Why both lives matter.
Thursday, November 28th 2019 Why Voters Should Insist That Denying The Right To Life Should Deny A Candidate The Right To Your Vote https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/YkkMC2xK5CvJ711Cn753_?domain=righttolife.org.uk Speaking tonight (November 28th 2019) at Oxford...
For 3 Hours, the House of Lords Debated Hong Kong. British Politicians United Across All Parties In Demanding That “one country, two systems” is honoured. Both living former Governors of Hong Kong Spoke. Peers highlighted egregious violations of human rights in China and called for reform, tolerance, dialogue and free speech and for the international community to stand with the people of Hong Kong in their hour of need.
October 24th outside of Parliament after the parliamentary debate with some of those who filled the galleries to watch the debate - including Alan Leong, one of the leaders of Hong Kong's Civic Party. Hong Kong Watch posted these extracts on ...
Surprise Celebration of 40 years in Parliament – 40 years since the Liverpool Edge Hill By Election: Freedom is not “free” it comes at a great price.
Surprise Celebration of 40 years in Parliament - 40 years since the Liverpool Edge Hill By ElectionFreedom is not "free" it comes at a great price. Yesterday, I was genuinely moved, and taken completely unawares, by a surprise celebration of my 40 years in Parliament,...
Escalating Systematic Violence In Nigeria: – Fulani Militias and Boko Haram Threaten The Future Of one of Africa’s Great Countries – Nigerian House of Representatives Designates Genocide in Plateau State. “The very survival of our nation is at stake”; November 2018 Debate on Cameroon as thousands flee t Nigeria as refugees.
House of Lords Debate Wednesday November 14th 2018 8.42 pm Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB) My Lords, we are all most appreciative of the noble Lord, Lord Boateng, for giving the House the opportunity to debate the plight of the English-speaking...
The Government’s Latest Replies On Bringing To Justice Those Responsible for Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity ; Report of Seminar in Parliament on The Question of Genocide Determination; And Recent Parliamentary Interventions on Syria and Iraq
1.The Government’s Latest Replies On Bringing To Justice Those Responsible for Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity ; 2 Seminar in Parliament on The Question of Genocide Determination; 3. Recent Parliamentary Interventions Also see Ewelina Ochab:...
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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Stop Perpetrators Getting Away With Genocide – Public Letter sent to the UK Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary on the Genocide Determination Bill 2023-24. The letter was published this morning, 17 April 2024, 06:00 am UK time.
Stop Perpetrators Getting Away With Genocide - Public Letter sent to the UK Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary on the Genocide Determination Bill 2023-24. The letter was published this morning, 17 April 2024, 06:00 am UK time. 'First of its kind': Prominent lawyers...
Statement by the All-Part Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Pakistani Minorities, on April 16th – the anniversary of Iqbal Masih’s murder
Statement by the All-Part Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Pakistani Minorities, on the anniversary of Iqbal Masih’s murder See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW15xzLt2VI [London, 16 April 2024] Today, the APPG for Pakistani Minorities, a cross-party parliamentary...
Questions on the warning by Médecins Sans Frontières of a critical vaccine shortage in Darfur; prediction by UNICEF’s that 700,000 Sudanese children will suffer severe malnutrition; UNICEF’s report that the 2023–24 El Niño phenomenon has led to the closure of schools in South Sudan; and the effect of the prolonged heatwave and drought on eastern and southern Africa.
Lord Benyon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL3650): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool :To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the warning by...