https://adfinternational.org/2016/02/17/experts-on-genocide-in-middle-east-now-is-the-time-to-act - February 18th 2016 An electronic petition to Downing Street has been launched to "Declare the actions of Daesh against minorities as genocide" Daesh is...
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December 2015 Latest Parliamentary Questions – Nigeria – Sudan – Genocide in Syria – Saudi Arabia – Yemen -North Korea – Dalits – “War Cry” interview on Refugees -December 22nd Speech on Refugees and asylum seekers
December 2015 "War Cry" Interview on the plight of Refugees. See:...
Pope Francis, in the Central African Republic – diplomat extraordinaire
Question for Short Debate: December 10th 2015 Asked by Baroness Berridge To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they plan to take to tackle the rise in religiously-identified conflicts and violence, in the light...
One Child China – “One Child: the story of China’s Most Radical Experiment” China’s One Child Policy; a law that has claimed 8 million British lives: Amnesty International and its founder, Peter Benenson
ONE CHILD CHINA January 3rd 2016 - Sunday Times colour supplement: Extracts from Mei Fong's book "One Child: the story of China's Most Radical Experiment" (2016) One Child China - Part Aldous Huxley, part King Herod. Later, Longer, Fewer became, in the vocabulary of...
From Parliament: How I Voted On Tax Credits; Children of Asylum Seekers; the Independent Electoral Commission; servicemen and women denied help after contrating asbestos related diseases; name genocide for what it is; recent written parliamentary questions: capital punishment in Iran: North Korea; China; Bangladesh
Why I Voted Against the Changes To Tax Credits: Letter to The Observer newspaper: http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/oct/24/letters-tax-credits-families-suffer On Monday the House of Lords debates the introduction of changes to the tax credit system that will...
Parliamentary reply: 3707 unaccompanied refugee children have gone missing. The UK should not say they are not welcome here. 2015 The Year of the Refugees – “just put yourself in their shoes” – Full House of Lords debate and Government response. And a view from a North Korean refugee.
Why is the UK not providing refuge for unaccompanied children fleeing Syria? They say "Making an exception for children makes little sense" . This is not about "numbers" but about the most vulnerable and the most at risk. Last year some 13,026 children arrived...
2015 Queens Speech Debate – the cruel ideology of Daesh and their orgy of violence in Iraq and Syria
5.40 pm: Thursday May 28th 2015 Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB): My Lords, in welcoming the talented team of Ministers who have responsibility for international affairs and security issues, it is clear from the debate today on the gracious Speech that there are no...
Archive 2 – more indexed archived speeches and articles.
Also see: https://www.davidalton.net/2014/07/31/archive-indexed-miscellaneous-articles-and-columns/ Speech on the BBC’s Role in Society – 2003 A speech on the withdrawal of food and fluids from patients 2003 Coercive Population Control in China – 2001 Speech by Lord...
Archive – indexed miscellaneous articles and columns
Miscellaneous archived columns on the following subjects: Abortion and the right to know Paying a price for courage Politicians and how they vote on ethical issues 30 years of abortion in the UK Abortion and the possible link with breast cancer Joanna Jepson’s fight...
BBC World Service, British Council, The Use of Soft Power, and the Promotion of British Values and Interests Overseas
BBC World Service and British Council http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201415/ldhansrd/text/140710-0001.htm#14071063000823 Motion to Take Note 12.27 pm July 10th 2014 Moved by Lord Alton of Liverpool To move that this House takes note of the role of the BBC...
The Case For A Greater Liverpool Combined Authority
The Case For A Greater Liverpool Combined Authority Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB): My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Storey, not least because in the 1970 general election, what seems like a million years ago now, we were both students and...
Paying A Price For Belief – the Assyrian Christians abducted by ISIS and face execution. Also, recent parliamentary interventions and the paltry sum we set aside to promote freedom of religion and belief
Also see: July 1st 2015 article on the targeting of Christians worldwide: http://www.geopolitical-info.com/en/article/1435726790089290800 8.01 pm: Thursday June 25th, 2015 Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB): My Lords, Syria is the worst humanitarian catastrophe of our...
Syria's Suffering Continues Unabated While Minorities are Targeted – Christians forced to special pay taxes to militant Islamist group: "Today in Raqqa and tomorrow in Rome" – 75 year-old-Jesuit murdered in Homs
Syria's Suffering Continues Unabated while Minorities are Targeted ACN News: Friday, 11th April 2014 – UK/INTERNATIONAL With pictures of Lord Alton of Liverpool at the Aid to the Church in Need Lenten vigil service for the Suffering Church in Syria, at the Immaculate...
Syria’s Suffering Continues Unabated While Minorities are Targeted – Christians forced to special pay taxes to militant Islamist group: “Today in Raqqa and tomorrow in Rome” – 75 year-old-Jesuit murdered in Homs
Syria's Suffering Continues Unabated while Minorities are Targeted ACN News: Friday, 11th April 2014 – UK/INTERNATIONAL With pictures of Lord Alton of Liverpool at the Aid to the Church in Need Lenten vigil service for the Suffering Church in Syria, at the Immaculate...
HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS DEBATED IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS
On November 22nd 2013 the House of Lords debated the following Motion on Human Rights Violations. The link takes you to the recording of the parliamentary debate and the text of the debate appears below. Video of the debate can be found...
Mind The Gap – Keynote Speech to CSAN Conference on Poverty – June 2013 – and Narrowgate Emergency Night Shelter Salford Closed Following changes to the Housing Benefit rules
Interview on the Increasing Poverty Gap In Britain: www.premier.org.uk/hearttoheart See also Archbishop Vincent Nichols: <a href="http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=22745"> CSAN Conference, London Keynote Speech, 12 June 2013 David Alton: ...
Chen Guagncheng's Visit To the UK – Chen is presented with the Westminster Award for Human Rights, Human Life and Human Dignity. Archbishop Desmond Tutu Issues Joint Statement with Chen.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng issued a joint statement calling for international leaders to confront China on their human rights violations...
Chen Guagncheng’s Visit To the UK – Chen is presented with the Westminster Award for Human Rights, Human Life and Human Dignity. Archbishop Desmond Tutu Issues Joint Statement with Chen.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng issued a joint statement calling for international leaders to confront China on their human rights violations...
MOTEC come to Westmisnter to Launch their NUWLIFE project for tackling malnurishment among children in Ghana's Upper Western Region of Jirapa
Link to Launch... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTdAuw-4KyU Link to Support for MOTEC and its work in Ghana... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbw8noQ4rUI David Alton - Patron of Motec MOTEC celebrated May Day with a reception at Westminster to Launch their NUWLIFE...
MOTEC come to Westmisnter to Launch their NUWLIFE project for tackling malnurishment among children in Ghana’s Upper Western Region of Jirapa
Link to Launch... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTdAuw-4KyU Link to Support for MOTEC and its work in Ghana... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbw8noQ4rUI David Alton - Patron of Motec MOTEC celebrated May Day with a reception at Westminster to Launch their NUWLIFE...
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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Questions about the number of children in Sudan who are (1) affected by malnutrition, and (2) no longer in education, due to the war; and about the percentage of UK aid to Sudan that (1) reaches recipients via emergency response rooms, and (2) supports emergency response rooms.
Lord Collins of Highbury, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL5805): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the...
Government responds to question asking what steps they are taking to ensure sustained medical and psychosocial support for survivors of conflict-related sexual violence in Africa, particularly through the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative; and how they are working with international partners to strengthen long-term policy provisions for survivors in conflict-affected regions
Lord Collins of Highbury, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL5873): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure...
Africa Minister response to Questions about Tigray; about the risk of conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea; monitoring the implementation of the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement; about illegal gold mining and human trafficking in Tigray; and the continued presence of Eritrean troops in Tigray
Lord Collins of Highbury, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL5872): Questions by Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the...