Lord Alton chaired the first hearing of the Hazara Inquiry and heard from four experts raising their concerns about the situation of Hazaras in Afghanistan including the slow motion genocide. For anyone wishing to contribute to the inquiry, or for more information...
AFGHANISTANTaliban turn away girls from secondary schools. More than a million Afghan high school girls were promised a return to classes this week, for the first time since the Taliban take over in August. Most were turned away at the door - others sent home just...
Afghanistan: Taliban attempting to steadily erase women and girls from public life – UN experts UN (17.01.2022) - https://bit.ly/3KnpRxh - Taliban leaders in Afghanistan are institutionalizing large scale and systematic gender-based discrimination and violence against...
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...
I asked Ben Wallace MP, the Defence Secretary questions today about Afghanistan and the threat posed by China. The Joint Committee on National Security Strategy concluded that “recent events in Afghanistan suggest the NSC and cross government machinery that supports...
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL2772): Question:To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the searches conducted by the...
Disturbing reports sent to me this week by those working for Afghanistan’s Hazara minorities. Is the UN and U.K. Government investigating these reports or ignoring the plight of the Hazara? Armed Kochis, the nomad Pashtuns, have threatened around 200 households in...
A girl looks on among Afghan women lining up to receive relief assistance, Women who refuse to comply to Taliban ideology are persecuted - as are minorities such as Hazaras, Ahmadis, Christians, Sikhs and LGBTQAfghanistan Under the Taliban: "I came home from school to...
https://vimeo.com/604811023 https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/O3zuC2xK5Cwop25SQU4Wr?domain=foundation.us15.list-manage.com Arise Trustee David Alton appeals for protection for the Hazaras - a Shia minority trapped in Afghanistan and targeted by the Taliban because of...
As threats from Jihadists increase, the Government responds to a question about the steps they intend to take to increase the scrutiny of UK citizens entering and returning from Afghanistan via third countries. Baroness Williams of Trafford, the Home Office, has...
The Right Honourable Rishi Sunak MPPrime Minister10 Downing StreetLondonSW1A 2AAApril 24, 2024 Dear Prime Minister,I am writing to you on the occasion of the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. On April24th, Armenians worldwide commemorate this day, which has...
https://www.gisreportsonline.com/r/crossroads-isolationism-leadership At the crossroads: Will the free world choose isolationism or global leadership? LORD DAVID ALTON OF LIVERPOOL READING TIME: 16 MIN History teaches us that isolationism leads to disaster. Will the...