China and Hong Kong: David and Goliath Struggle The UK and Commonwealth should guarantee the citizenship, resettlement rights and right of abode of Hong Kong people in Commonwealth countries. “Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an...
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Pentecost Golden Jubilee of Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral; Funeral of Edge Hill’s former Vicar, Alan Godson; Arab Hope Maker Award to Cairo’s Mama Maggie; General Election June 8th 2017 – Election Notebook – recalling earlier contests.Parliamentary Questions raised by David Alton.
Pentecost and a Golden Jubilee The eve of Pentecost was the perfect time to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Liverpool’s Cathedral of Christ the King. The Cathedral choirs began the wonderful evening of celebration...
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Results 21 to 30 of 95 Local Government Finance (No. 2) Bill Lords — May 13, 1982 Baroness, Lady Stedman, and by my honourable friend David Alton, and by the honourable Member, Mr. Roberts, in another place. It has been put down so many times, and so many attempts...
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:...
Chemical Attacks In Syria and Maundy Thursday House of Lords Debate on Syria: A Modern Day Calvary. Why those who have slaughtered Christians, Yazidis and other Minorities in an orgy of Genocide must be held to account and brought to justice. Times newspaper report April 16th 2018 – how Rita Habib was tortured, and raped by four different owners as part of ISIS genocide
Ewelina Ochab on the plight of Yazidis: https://www.forbes.com/sites/ewelinaochab/2019/04/03/let-the-children-be-yazidis/ April 16th Statement in Parliament on Syria Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB) My Lords, in the snake pit of competing interests and proxy wars...
Truth Should Speak To Power – the 50th Anniversary of the Abortion Act. Text of a Speech Delivered Outside Of The British Parliament On The 50th Anniversary Of Legislation That Has Claimed More Than 8 Million Lives. Ireland’s Response. Dr.Alveda King’s Statement. CARE for Life Meeting. Rob Flello On Why Labour Should Rethink.
Also see: https://www.christiantoday.com/article/martin.luther.kings.niece.in.abortion.protest.todays.unborn.babies.are.yesterdays.blacks/117304.htm https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10155763270241054&id=586216053...
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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Andrew Mitchell is right to call upon all those who care about the holocaust, genocide, and justice to take up the cause of the souls of the slaughtered Tutsis who cry out for justice. He says “Britain has turned a deaf ear. We should all be ashamed.” And, What I Learnt at Rwanda’s Murambi Genocide site in 2004 and in Darfur as “never again” happened all over again.
In my 2004 report I described how “56,000 bodies were found there, and we walked from classroom to classroom, viewing 852 remains that have been disinterred. Within a few days of the massacre, a volleyball court had been built on top of one of the mass graves which,...
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...
For the Uyghurs, Genocide is a word which dares not speak its name. For the sake of women like Rahima Mahmut, Gulzira Auelkhan, Sayragul Sauytbay, and Ruqiye Perhat – whose heart-breaking, shocking, stories are recorded here – it’s time that the crime of genocide was given definition in the UK. On January 19th Parliament can use its voice and speak that name – insisting on justice for victims of Genocide and refusing to make tawdry trade deals with those responsible for the crime above all crimes.
For the Uyghurs Genocide is a word which dares not speak its name ================================================= Extract: What word comes into your mind when you hear evidence of a State complicit in the destruction of a people’s identity; complicit in...
Stop Organ Harvesting In China
As the Medicines and Medical Devices Bill Bill comes to be discussed in Parliament, at its Report Stage in the House of Lords these speeches on forced organ harvesting were made by members from all sides of the House. Second Reading: ...
Christmas 2020 – Listen to T.S.Eliot and Hugh Laurie reading “Journey of the Magi”, Read J.R.R.Tolkien’s, Noel, and G.K.Chesterton’s “The House of Christmas” and Liverpool poet, Stewart Henderson’s ,new 2020 Christmas poem, What did you get for Christmas?
Christmas 2020 - Listen to T.S.Eliot and Hugh Laurie reading "Journey of the Magi", Read J.R.R.Tolkien's, Noel, and G.K.Chesterton's "The House of Christmas" and Liverpool poet, Stewart Henderson's ,new 2020 Christmas poem, What did you get for Christmas? The...
The Place In Which We Work
The Houses of Parliament We all see the place where we work very differently. At the end of another very long day, at 8.30 pm tonight, I was alone in the House of Lords cafeteria - where the wonderful (mainly Polish) staff were living out Napoleon‘s maxim that armies...
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...
In Vino Veritas – with a glass of Australian wine show solidarity and drink a toast to Australia’s courageous truth telling.
In vino veritas - Australia tells the truth about Uighur persecution and the Chinese Communist Party bans its wine....
The World Must Not Forget Andy Li And The Hong Kong 12
With Andy Li During The Hong Kong Elections In the U.K. Parliament I have again asked the U.K. Government what information they have on the wellbeing of the 12 young prodemocracy activists from Hong Kong, arrested by China. I asked whether the U.K. has asked China to...
In a letter today to Foreign Office Ministers I asked why the UK has not raised the reports of atrocity crimes in Tigray at the UN Security Council. Who is being held to account? As US condemns killings, forced removals and displacements, sexual assaults, and other extremely serious human rights violations along with the worsening humanitarian crisis, where is the voice of Global Britain? Further Questions Tabled Today and Links To reports.
In a letter today to Foreign Office Ministers I asked why the UK has not raised the reports of atrocity crimes in Tigray at the UN Security Council. Who is being held to account? As US condemns killings, forced removals and displacements, sexual assaults, and other...
Tribute to the memory of Shahbaz Bhatti on the 10th anniversary of the assassination of Pakistan’s Minister for Minorities- recorded at the request of Shahbaz’s brother, Peter.
Tribute to the memory of Shahbaz Bhatti on the 10th anniversary of the assassination of Pakistan’s Minister for Minorities- recorded at the request of Shahbaz’s brother, Peter David Alton’s tribute to Shahbaz Bhatti recorded at the request of Peter Bhatti...
Wall Street Journal- Erasing Hong Kong’s Democrats – China’s agents charge nearly, the entire opposition, including Jimmy Sham, under a sedition law.
With Jimmy Sham during the 2019 Hong Kong elections in which he was a successful candidate. Over weekend he was seized as part of the Chinese Communist Party’s mass arrests of democrats. Erasing Hong Kong’s Democrats China’s agents charge nearly the entire opposition...