UK Government cites listing of North Korea as the country where “Christians face the most extreme persecution and has done so for the past 17 years,” welcomes Korea Future Initiative, and says it can use its new Global Human Rights sanctions regime against those responsible for persecution on grounds of religion or belief.

UK Government cites listing of North Korea as the country where “Christians face the most extreme persecution and has done so for the past 17 years,” welcomes Korea Future Initiative, and says it can use its new Global Human Rights sanctions regime against those responsible for persecution on grounds of religion or belief.

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...

Today Is Red Wednesday: Stand Up for people persecuted for daring to be different – persecuted for their beliefs or religion by regimes and ideologies that refused to accept Article 18 of the Universal declaration of Human Rights. The Foreign Office, Lambeth Palace and Westminster Cathedral among those to light up red.

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...

Lord David Alton

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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Lord Alton – Borders Bill – 26th June 2025.

Lord Alton made a speech on the Borders Bill urging Government to tackle the root causes of mass migration and displacement and to hit the smuggling gangs while upholding our obligation to protect the vulnerable. https://youtu.be/HLVBKjHRRpo Lord Alton of...

My analysis today for @GIS_Reports of the geopolitical role of the papacy-why Pope Leo needs to reassess the Vatican’s embrace of the CCP-which commits genocide, persecutes religion, imprisons political dissenters, uses slave labour, tramples on human rights – and why, Hong Kong’s Venerable Cardinal, Joseph Zen, warned the Conclave’s voting Cardinals to avoid the whiff of red smoke.

My analysis today for @GIS_Reports of the geopolitical role of the papacy-why Pope Leo needs to reassess the Vatican's embrace of the CCP-which commits genocide, persecutes religion, imprisons political dissenters, uses slave labour, tramples on human rights - and why...