CFU Press ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseOctober 1, 2021 10:00 p.m. ESTContact: [email protected] Uyghurs Mark 70 Years of PRC Oppression As October 1 marks the founding of the People’s Republic of China, Campaign For Uyghurs (CFU)...
Business as usual? My questions regarding China to witnesses in House of Lords Inquiry – International Relations and Defence Committee
Witnesses to the House of Lords Inquiry were asked direct questions about how trade with China will be affected by reports of Genocide, slave labour and the seizure of assets. 18th May 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBdc1oIKy3U Sir Sherard Cowper Coles,...
Authoritarian threat to our way of life – Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy.
I told Parliament today that the authoritarian threat to our way of life is symbolized by what happened to doctor Li Wenliang and the CCP’s imprisonment of Zhang Zhan – tortured for going to Wuhan to expose the truth. It is symbolized by the jailing of Hong Kong’s...
China – The Right Balance?
During the International Relations and Defence Select Committee Inquiry into China, Trade and Security I asked if we have struck the right balance....My question was answered by Charles Parton OBE, Senior Associate Fellow, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) &...
All-Party Genocide Amendment Passed After Second Debate in the Lords by 359 votes to 188. With a majority of 171it returns to the House of Commons on Tuesday next – having been defeated by a slender Government majority of 11 votes on the first time of consideration during ping pong between the two Houses. Full debate and briefing here:
Trade Bill (Ping Pong Amendment) February 2nd 2021. Video here: https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/7347b7f0-bd38-464a-8ddc-11e2e6bf55e0 All-Party Genocide Amendment Passed After Second Debate in the Lords by 359 votes to 188. With a majority of 171it returns to the...
Today’s Sunday Times- editorial says we can no longer turn a blind eye to belligerent Beijing
January 10th 2021Today’s Sunday Times- editorial says we can no longer turn a blind eye to belligerent Beijing
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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New Opium War Targeting Democratic Countries – raised by Secretary Blinken with CCP leadership – and Minister says illicit labs in China have “been linked to more than 100 deaths in the UK during the last year, and we are taking action.”
Lord Sharpe of Epsom, the Home Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL3921): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the production and distribution of illicit...
Yazidis on Sinjar: Government responds to questions asking what assessment they have made of the security situation in Sinjar and what discussions they have had, with the government of Turkey, in relation to Turkish military attacks on Sinjar.
Yazidis on Sinjar: Government responds to questions asking what assessment they have made of the security situation in Sinjar and what discussions they have had, with the government of Turkey, in relation to Turkish military attacks on Sinjar. As occurred with the...
Forty year campaign demanding justice for British servicemen used as guinea pigs in atomic tests in the 50s – with one Commons debate in the 80s taking place in the middle of the night, at 3.50 am. Today just 1500 of the 20,000 servicemen put in harms way are still alive. The Defence Minister, Earl Minto, deserves thanks for his straightforward reply in the Lords yesterday. However long it takes, injustices must be put right.
Throughout the 80s I campaigned for justice for British servicemen used as guinea pigs in atomic tests. On one occasion I initiated a debate in the Commons at 3.50 am in the middle of the night - a debate that the Government didn't want. Today just 1500 of the 20,000...