Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB)Share this specific contribution My Lords, I urge the Minister to return to the question asked by my noble and right reverend friend Lord Harries of Pentregarth, specifically about the two bodies which have been established—the National...
Absence of any Dalits or Adivasis on Nepal national Human Rights Commission.
House of Lords, 13th December.I pressed the Government to raise with the Government of Nepal the absence of any Dalits or Adivasis on their national Human Rights Commission or even the Dalit Commission. I asked what percentage of Dalits had been give covid...
Fr. Stan Swamy – champion of Dalits and Adivasis – wrongfully imprisoned in India – has died. May he rest in peace.
https://www.davidalton.net/2020/11/06/foreign-office-expresses-concern-about-human-rights-activists-like-83-year-old-father-stan-swamy-advocate-for-adivasi-and-dalit-rights-harassed-and-arrested-in-india-india-should-be-making-caste/ He was consistently denied...
The disproportionate effect of Covid 19 on minorities in India and the disadvantageous effects on the marginalised Dalit community raised in Parliament.
Cast out Caste - Make Caste History But Amazing India still faces the challenge of making Caste history and showing the world that a great democracy protects its minorities and cherishes diversity. The disproportionate effect of Covid 19 on minorities in India and the...
Foreign Office expresses concern about human rights activists like 83-year-old Father Stan Swamy – advocate for Adivasi and Dalit rights – harassed and arrested in India. India should be making caste history – not prosecuting those who follow in the footsteps of the great Dr.Ambedkar, the Dalit who was father of India’s constitution.
Fr Stan Swamy SJ, is an 83 year old Indian Jesuit in Ranchi Province of India. He is a well-known activist on behalf of Adivasi (tribal) and Dalit rights. He has been arrested before and repeatedly harassed by the Indian state because of his defence of the poorest...
International Scandal As Escaping Christians Continue To Suffer -Ijaz Paras Masih died in Detention Centre. Read report on”The United Nations: Missing In Action.” Also – Celebration in Parliament of the 126th Birthday of Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar and the campaign to Make Caste History.
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...
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...
APPG for Pakistani Minorities Welcomes Historic Passage of Child Marriage Restraint Act 2025
PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE31 May 2025 APPG for Pakistani Minorities Welcomes Historic Passage of Child Marriage Restraint Act 2025 London, UK — The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Pakistani Minorities warmly welcomes the signing of the Islamabad...
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...