As this cartoon from The Times wittily suggests the people who most want democracy to fail are leaders who would never submit themselves to an open election against a strong opposition party. The counting of votes in my parliamentary constituency took place in...
Government responds to the five steps which the UK could take to address the Rohingya Crisis and to reports of UK companies being directly linked to the Burmese military
David Alton taking evidence in a Burmese village where the homes and mosques of Muslim villagers had been fire bombed one night earlier Lord Alton of Liverpool - To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to implement the proposals contained in the...
Burma’s Generals Have Been Drinking In The Last Chance Saloon For Too Long. Now They will be subject to Magnitsky Sanctions For What They Have Done To the Rohingya, Kachin, Karen, and other Minorities.
Burma's Generals Have Been Drinking In The Last Chance Saloon For Too Long. Now They will be subject to Magnitsky Sanctions For What They Have Done To the Rohingya, Kachin, Karen, and other Minorities. Report in the Myanmar Times:...
Modern Day Slavery and Human Trafficking – update on the latest amendments and debates on the Modern Day Slavery Bill
Modern Day Slavery and Human Trafficking - update on the latest amendments and debates on the Modern Day Slavery Bill Scroll down for earlier stages and background to this legislation: Report Stage amendment on Supply Chain Transparency: Lord Alton of...
Zdenka Fantlova’s The Tin Ring and Vasily Grossman’s The Road – remembering the realities of the Holocaust.
Before attending a performance of the powerful drama, The Tin Ring, brilliantly brought to life by Jane Arnfield in the intimacy of Mr.Speaker's House at Westminster, I hadn't known that Zdenka Fantlova would be in the audience. It would be impossible not to be...
Zdenka Fantlova's The Tin Ring and Vasily Grossman's The Road – remembering the realities of the Holocaust.
Before attending a performance of the powerful drama, The Tin Ring, brilliantly brought to life by Jane Arnfield in the intimacy of Mr.Speaker's House at Westminster, I hadn't known that Zdenka Fantlova would be in the audience. It would be impossible not to be...
Burma – Plight of Rohingyas and Kachin – Religious Freedom and Coercive Population Control Policy in Burma
Religious Freedom in Burma: June 19th 2013 Foreign Office Minister Baroness Warsi has responded to three Written Questions tabled by Crossbench Peer and Vice-Chair of the APPG on International Religious Freedom, Lord Alton, on the subject of Rohingya Muslims. In the...
North Korea Freedom Week – New book was launched at House of Lords on May 21st and published on May 24th
Listen to Vanish The Night by Ooberfuse (featuring the voice of Shin Dong Hyok who was born in Camp 14 and witnessed the execution of his mother and brothers): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be7WTX_z_E8&feature=share See also:...
Burma – Plight of Rohingyas and Kachin Raised In Parliamentary Debate June 5th 2013
http://conservativehome.blogs.com/platform/2013/06/burma-engagement-must-not-be-uncritical-unthinking-or-unconditional.html#more http://politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2013/05/30/comment-modern-day-apartheid-exists-in-burma and...
Burma – Aung San Suu Kyi's Visit To Westminster – and the continuing challenges facing the country
Immediately after Aung San Suu Kyi’s historic address to both Houses of Parliament in Westminster Hall on 21 June, a small ceremony took place in Speaker’s House. Clad in full academic regalia, several of us from Liverpool John Moores University, including our former...
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.
Social Media
Site Search
Recent Posts
Letter from Professor Gregory H. Stanton Founding President, Genocide Watch, Chair, The Alliance Against Genocide, rebutting the FCDO’s failed policy in dealing with the crime of Genocide.
Letter from Professor Gregory H. Stanton Founding President, Genocide Watch, Chair, The Alliance Against Genocide, rebutting the FCDO's failed policy in dealing with the crime of Genocide. Dear Lord Alton, Thank you for forwarding the reply from Lord Collins...
Some Recent Posts.
Some Recent Posts (18) Lord (David) Alton (@DavidAltonHL) / X Podcast on Work as Chair of the Joint Committee on Human Rights https://twitter.com/DavidAltonHL/status/1918222019864236428 North Korea https://twitter.com/DavidAltonHL/status/1927061673468186884...
Forced Labour in UK Supply Chains – Human Rights Joint Committee 7th May 2025
Human Rights (Joint Committee)Wednesday 7 May 2025 Subject: Forced Labour in UK Supply Chains Witnesses: Sarah Jones, Minister for Industry, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Department for Business and Trade;Daniel Cox, Deputy Director, Department for...