Oral Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool in Parliament today: .Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB) My Lords, can the Minister study this morning’s statement by openDemocracy, which includes an appeal by a survivor of the 1988 mass executions of Iran’s political prisoners,...
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...
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...
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...
On Sunday, February 23, 2025, the Iranian regime's Supreme Court rejected the retrial request for death sentences issued against Behrouz Ehsani and Mehdi Hassani, placing them at imminent risk of execution. A group of UN Special Rapporteurs issued an urgent statement...
News headlines focus on despair and pain Individual good deeds remind us of hope’s ability to produce real change We must keep hope alive and fight for better lives for the suffering https://www.gisreportsonline.com/r/does-hope-spring-eternal-christmas-note Does hope...
5.45pm Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB) My Lords, I rise on the final note of the contribution of the noble Earl, Lord Russell, on those amendments to speak to my Amendment 91, which he just mentioned. It is in my name and that of my noble friend Lady Finlay of...
As Co-President of the British Committee for Iran Freedom, I welcome you to this important meeting in the UK Parliament. Thank you for joining us to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and to stand with the courageous women and...
Karen Human Rights Group Highlight The Lethal Danger of Landmines in Southeast Burma, where the use of landmines by the Junta and other armed actors has proliferated (scroll down). First, a recollection of my reports from illegal visits into the Karen State during the...
Czech Ambassador Robert Rehák & Petra Kaplanová have kindly made available a video recording of the opening speeches at the recent Prague IRFBA Ministerial Conference “Freedom of Religion under Authoritarian Regimes”. Watch & Listen to my address here:...
https://twitter.com/davidaltonhl/status/1676986091608457220?s=46&t=bdJwQ39bSducVkIUM4iJbQ This debate is sourced from the uncorrected (rolling) version of Hansard and is subject to correction. Question for Short Debate 4.00pm Asked by Baroness Hayter of Kentish...
Why the Northern Ireland Troubles and Reconciliation Bill Should Not Proceed And Should First Be Sent To The Northern Ireland Assembly - Once It Is Reconstituted - For Consideration - Second Reading Debate 9.06pm November 24th 2022 Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB)...
Opinion: How China weaponizes psychiatry against dissent WASHINGTON POST Editorial Board August 19, 2022 A decade ago, China passed laws dealing with mental illness, seeking to bury the arbitrary...
🇺🇦 Putin’s War - the high stakes in a lethal game of snakes and ladders. https://www.gisreportsonline.com/r/russia-war-ukraine-global/ LORD ALTON OF LIVERPOOL Russia’s war on Ukraine is a last stand for the international rules-based order. The West will need to rally...
Frank and his wife Sandra. Frank Doran MBE It was with great sadness that the death was announced today – June 23rd - of Frank Doran MBE. A former Lord Mayor of Liverpool, Frank was first elected in 1973 and had served as a Liverpool City Councillor and Merseyside...
Flags and Flowers in the Ukraine. Writing in today’s Telegraph,Charles Moore recalls how, as an 11-year-old, he heard the news that Russian tanks had moved into Prague, the capital of Czechoslovakia, crushing the Prague Spring of Alexander Dubcek. ...
Global Unity Can Defeat Any Evil, be it in South Africa or Iran By David Alton - Politics January 13th 2022 https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/CchCCxnKDC7grxBC8k7P6?domain=politics.co.uk/ Archbishop Desmond Tutu was laid to rest on Jan 1. He was truly instrumental in...
House of Lords 6th January 2022Lord Alton of Liverpool to move that this House takes note of (1) the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ estimate that 82.4 million people are displaced worldwide, 42 per cent of whom are children, and 32 per cent of whom are...
Setting the People Free: Talk Given To the Anglican Benefice of St. Wilfrid, St.John’s and All Hallows, Lancashire. December 2021 Canon McConkey told me that the theme which would link these Advent Talks were the words from the hymn “ Come thou long expected Jesus...
This article "Conditions in the peace prize laureate's country"- detailing the appalling suffering in Tigray - has been published in the Norway's Aftenposten "Children die of starvation. The doctors who are trying to save them are fainting from food shortages"...
Lord Alton made a speech on the Borders Bill urging Government to tackle the root causes of mass migration and displacement and to hit the smuggling gangs while upholding our obligation to protect the vulnerable. https://youtu.be/HLVBKjHRRpo Lord Alton of...
PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE31 May 2025 APPG for Pakistani Minorities Welcomes Historic Passage of Child Marriage Restraint Act 2025 London, UK — The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Pakistani Minorities warmly welcomes the signing of the Islamabad...
My analysis today for @GIS_Reports of the geopolitical role of the papacy-why Pope Leo needs to reassess the Vatican's embrace of the CCP-which commits genocide, persecutes religion, imprisons political dissenters, uses slave labour, tramples on human rights - and why...