The civil rights group behind Hong Kong’s annual candlelight vigil commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square protest is discussing disbanding as Beijing tightens the screws on the territory. Wendy Tang, Beijing Monday August 23 2021, 12.01am, The Times The Hong...
High profile pro-democracy activist and Hongkonger Joshua Wong was arrested today by the Hong Kong Police Force for “participating in an unauthorized assembly” in October 2019 and violating the city’s anti-mask law. The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Hong...
Hong Kong Poll shows growing support for the pro democracy movement; a majority in favour of universal suffrage; nearly two thirds against Beijing's Security Law; and the BBC publish a summary of the key events of the past year. Reuters have published a new...
21 August 2020 Our reference: MC2020/16380 The Lord Alton of Liverpool House of Lords London SW1A 0PW Dear Lord Alton, Thank you for your email of 10 August to the Foreign Secretary about Hong Kong. I...
https://hongkongfp.com/2020/08/18/history-tells-us-that-regimes-die-from-their-own-poison-after-gagging-the-press/ History tells us that regimes die from their own poison after gagging the press by LORD...
Jimmy Lai’s arrest vividly illustrates the way in which the Chinese Communist Party will use its new Security Law to drive a stake into the very heart of Kong Kong’s freedoms and liberties, most notably the freedom of the press and anyone who dares to express...
Lords Grand CommitteeThursday 25 April 2024 Full debate: https://youtu.be/VMSZpOq_oyk Lord Alton of Liverpool:I am grateful to all noble lords participating in today’s short debate about ways in which UK development aid to Pakistan- rising from £41.5 million this...
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...