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. ...
Dalits, Untouchability, and the Caste System in India
House of Lords Debate November 26th 2014. [Voice of Dalit International (VODI), Email: vodi@vodintl.org.uk , Web: www.vodintl.org.uk] ‘RESPONSE TO CASTE & DALIT POVERTY IN INDIA’ Report of DALITAID–INDIA - 2 DAY CONFERENCE - National Biblical Catechetical and...
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...
HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS DEBATED IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS
On November 22nd 2013 the House of Lords debated the following Motion on Human Rights Violations. The link takes you to the recording of the parliamentary debate and the text of the debate appears below. Video of the debate can be found...
Drama and Music To Make Us Think: Disability Hate Crime, Religious Persecution, Bullying, Relationships, the Holocaust, North Korea, Scapegoating of Minorities…
A theatre company, consisting primarily, but not exclusively, of actors with learning disabilities, recently came to Westminster to perform their play “Living without Fear” – and in one short hour achieved more in raising awareness about...
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/ -...
The Fate of India's Dalits
The Fate of India's Dalits 2.18 pm: March 5th 2010 Second Reading Debate on Bill to create an Anti-Slavery Day. Lord Alton of Liverpool: My Lords, it is with great pleasure that I add my voice to those supporting the terms of my noble and learned friend’s Bill to...
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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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...
Weapons of mass distraction- how attempts have been made to discredit Bob Fu, a leading dissident,and how he and his family have been threatened
Now we know more about Bob Fu’s accuser and his links to Beijing:https://world.wng.org/2020/10/weapons_of_mass_distraction?fbclid=IwAR3xkV_kGrkhsRdWGTVyBpwvehS7FMunkGSDLuJ3f-RJSjrDuXQsb_4Kvg0
Two sides of one coin: Heroes and Heroines- and profiteers and collaborators waiting in the wings
Grandma Wong - heroine of Hong Kong It’s always interesting how terrible crises throw up unlikely heroes and heroines. The story of Grandma Wong (see below) - is a classic example of the fearlessness of which some human beings are capable. She brings to mind the...
Webinar to Mark Freedom of Religion or Belief Day on 27 October, focusing on violence against women and girls in conflict and the abuse of religion or belief to justify violence.
Invitation Violence against Dalit Christians has intensified in recent years. In one incident , two women—one of whom was seven months’ pregnant—were gang-raped in Nadia village, Madhya Pradesh...