Nigeria - Christians demonstrating peaceful against the bloodshed in Nigeria - after the murder of two Priests and their Parishioners during the celebration of Mass, in 2018 For Immediate Release 24 December 2020 NIGERIA: CHURCH LEADERS ABDUCTED AMID RENEWED VIOLENCE...
Religious believers in North Korea are incarcerated in prison camps. The UN Commission of Inquiry said the regime should be tried for crimes against humanity. Nothing has been done. UK Government cites listing of North Korea as the country where "Christians face the...
Welcoming Remarks at the commencement of the House of Lords Symposium Marking the First Anniversary of The Publication of the Truro Review of the Global Persecution of Christians https://youtu.be/hzJJeBtiGaQ Concluding Remarks https://youtu.be/DtKYrV7ZYQk The links to...
Today is Red Wednesday – when we think about the millions around the world who are persecuted because of their religion or belief. Today, spare a thought for the Uighur Muslims incarcerated in China, for...
At a conference on religious freedom, in Washington DC, organised at Capitol Hill by Coptic Solidarity, David Alton (Lord Alton of Liverpool) called for an international worldwide day to highlight the right to freedom of religion or belief. Religious Persecution...
For the Uyghurs Genocide is a word which dares not speak its name ================================================= Extract: What word comes into your mind when you hear evidence of a State complicit in the destruction of a people’s identity; complicit in...
As the Medicines and Medical Devices Bill Bill comes to be discussed in Parliament, at its Report Stage in the House of Lords these speeches on forced organ harvesting were made by members from all sides of the House. Second Reading: ...
Christmas 2020 - Listen to T.S.Eliot and Hugh Laurie reading "Journey of the Magi", Read J.R.R.Tolkien's, Noel, and G.K.Chesterton's "The House of Christmas" and Liverpool poet, Stewart Henderson's ,new 2020 Christmas poem, What did you get for Christmas? The...
The Houses of Parliament We all see the place where we work very differently. At the end of another very long day, at 8.30 pm tonight, I was alone in the House of Lords cafeteria - where the wonderful (mainly Polish) staff were living out Napoleon‘s maxim that armies...
Historic House of Lords Vote on All-Party Amendment on Genocide Determination passes by a Majority of 126. Now Members of the Commons have the chance to say no to trade deals with States credibly accused of Genocide. To read the full debate on the Human Rights and...
In vino veritas - Australia tells the truth about Uighur persecution and the Chinese Communist Party bans its wine....
With Andy Li During The Hong Kong Elections In the U.K. Parliament I have again asked the U.K. Government what information they have on the wellbeing of the 12 young prodemocracy activists from Hong Kong, arrested by China. I asked whether the U.K. has asked China to...
https://www.davidalton.net/2021/01/21/all-party-parliamentary-group-inquiry-into-abduction-forced-marriage-and-forced-conversion-of-girls-and-young-women-in-pakistan-call-for-evidence-deadline-february-15th-2021/ All Party Parliamentary Group Inquiry into Abduction,...
Effectively a death sentence” - Tibetan monk dies following police beating in custody Friday, 22 January 2021 Free Tibet media release, for immediate use...
JAN 22, 2021, 2:48 PM Last Tuesday was a good day for progress on tackling the genocide of the Uyghurs - and the genocide amendment will return to the House of Lords on February 2nd. Article by Benedict Rogers for the Jewish News Last Tuesday was a good day for...