International Scandal As Escaping Christians Continue To Suffer Thailand’s Government and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Bangkok have been accused of “negligence” after a Pakistani Christian asylum seeker died in a detention centre last month. ...
Roscoe Lectures – Forthcoming Lectures June 2014
The 120th Roscoe Lecture will take place in Liverpool on Monday June 9th. It will be delivered by the Mexican Ambassador. As part of series of encounters with Ambassadors accredited to the Court of St.James we will be staging some “Meet the Ambassadors” Roscoe...
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...
Why Britain Needs The Sharp Compassion of the Healer’s Art Maranatha Lecture October 3rd 2012. Manchester.
https://www.davidalton.net/media/ Click on this link for the power pont presentation which accompanies this lecture and which is in the Media section of the web site. Click on the linkbelow for a link to the video recording of the lecture:...
Yanbian University of Science and Technology Lecture, September 2012. Turning Dreams Into Realities.
“Turning Visions Into Reality – Dream, Plan, Achieve.” Yanbian University of Science and Technology, Jilin, September 2012. Delivered on the 20th anniversary of the foundation of the university at Yanji in North East China. https://www.davidalton.net/media/ -...
Letter To the British Government About Rwanda’s Role in Eastern Congo
Lord Howell of Guildford, Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Dear David, Following our exchange during last Thursday’s oral question I referred to Rwanda’s support for rebel groups operating in eastern DRC. I am writing to elaborate on the...
Letter To the British Government About Rwanda's Role in Eastern Congo
Lord Howell of Guildford, Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Dear David, Following our exchange during last Thursday’s oral question I referred to Rwanda’s support for rebel groups operating in eastern DRC. I am writing to elaborate on the...
Congo – Question and Column – Killing in the Kivus Continues – with Rwandan Complicity – and Bosco Ntaganda, like Jospeh Kony, continues to escape with impunity and to recruit children while the world looks on
Democratic Republic of Congo Question: July 19th 2012 11.06 am Asked by Lord Chidgey To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of reports that mutineers in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo have received assistance from foreign...
Democratic Republic of Congo: Atrocities
Lord Alton of Liverpool asked Her Majesty's Government: What assessment they have made of atrocities in the Congo in the last two years; whether the level and nature of these atrocities constitute genocide or crimes against humanity; and what initiatives they have...
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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Stop Organ Harvesting In China
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?
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 Place In Which We Work
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.
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 – with a glass of Australian wine show solidarity and drink a toast to Australia’s courageous truth telling.
In vino veritas - Australia tells the truth about Uighur persecution and the Chinese Communist Party bans its wine....
The World Must Not Forget Andy Li And The Hong Kong 12
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...
January 18th: Africa Minister say UK Government is” gravely concerned over allegations of atrocities and violations” in Tigray but it’s “the UK’s longstanding position that determining whether a situation amounts to genocide is an issue for competent national and international courts, not governments”. So why doesn’t the Government support the Genocide amendment and give the High Court the duty to assess the evidence?
January 18th: Africa Minister say UK Government is" gravely concerned over allegations of atrocities and violations" in Tigray but it's "the UK’s longstanding position that determining whether a situation amounts to genocide is an issue for competent national and...
Two young sisters have been savagely murdered in Pakistan for refusing to renounce their religious faith. This report from Pakistan’s Centre for Legal Aid, Assistance and Settlement makes for disturbing reading and challenges Pakistan to reassert Muhmad Ali Jinnah’s commitment to freedom of religion or belief. The murderers of these women must be brought to justice.
Two young women, sisters, have been savagely murdered in Pakistan for refusing to renounce their religious faith. This report from Pakistan's Centre for Legal Aid, Assistance and Settlement makes for disturbing reading and challenges Pakistan to reassert Muhmad Ali...
The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute recommends the House of Commons to vote for the Genocide Amendment to the Trade Bill. Details of briefing here:
IBAHRI has sent a briefing note to UK parliamentarians on the Genocide Amendment to the Trade BillClick here to download the briefing note.tinyurl.com/y2g5nh9s Ahead of the Tuesday 19 January 2021 vote on the Genocide Amendment to the Trade Bill, the International Bar...