Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL5688): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the announcement of a two-year...
UK says China’s decision to ban BBC World News – following its reports of atrocity crimes against Uighur women in mainland China – is ” an unacceptable curtailing of media freedom” and have raised it directly with the Chinese authorities.
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL13781): Question by lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to...
Successful Conclusion of Campaign To Provide BBC World Service Transmissions to The Korean Peninsula. Also reports on human rights violations in North Korea
Lord Alton of Liverpool, Co-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on North Korea: As Co-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on North Korea, I welcome today’s announcement by the BBC of a Korean-language World Service. The announcement follows many years...
BBC World Service Korea
A group of young Koreans have started a campaign to persuade the BBC World Service to broadcast to the Korean peninsula. They have a Facebook page to which anyone wishing to support their campaign can link: http://www.facebook.com/BBCforKorea This link takes you to a...
North Korea Debated in Parliament – Peers Spotlight Security Huamn rights and Humanitarian Concerns
To view the debate on North Korea click here: http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Main/Player.aspx?meetingId=12298 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uh05ubF56Q• https://www.davidalton.net/2013/01/11/the-prison-camps-of-north-korea/•...
The Independent – why the BBC should broadcast to the Korean Peninsula
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/opinion/stephen-glover/ian-burrell-the-worlds-most-isolated-people-could-do-with-london-calling-8120859.html
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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Government responds to question about the potential of an international tribunal for delivering reparations to victims of the war in Ukraine
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL3874): Question n Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to the...
Replies to Parliamentary Questions on whether the UK Government intend to propose legislation to ensure that the UK is not a safe haven for perpetrators of war crimes in Ukraine and whether they are planning to introduce legislation to amend the International Criminal Court Act 2001 to enable UK courts to prosecute non-citizens and non-residents for crimes against humanity, war crimes or genocide in Ukraine.
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL3876): Question By Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to propose legislation...
Replies to Parliamentary Questions on the number of people who are dying of hunger or who are food insecure in Sudan; how quickly the UK decision to increase humanitarian aid for war victims in Sudan will be made available; what it will be used for; and how it will be deployed; and the impact of the war in Sudan on South Sudan, including (1) the numbers of displaced people and refugees, and (2) the impact on its economy caused by the loss of receipts from the export of oil
Lord Benyon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL3877): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of people...