A call to stop the killings and looting in Tigray by Eritrean Forces Gradually, as the two-month-old war in Ethiopia unfolded, the evidence of the involvement of Eritrean Forces in the Tigray conflict has mounted. Despite attempts by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s...
CSW and Human Rights Concern Eritrea (HRCE) are gravely concerned by reports that 400 Eritrean refugees who fled the ongoing violence in Ethiopia’s Tigray region are currently being returned to the area under armed guard. Report from CSW: Reports surfaced on 10...
Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the war in the Ethiopian province of Tigray and what action it is taking to coordinate international action to prevent further conflict. To be answered by Baroness Sugg...
Today The Sunday Telegraph reports that “Ethiopia may be on the edge of genocide”. The report describes the decapitation of four children and babies being cut out of pregnant women. Last week I tabled parliamentary questions and wrote to the Foreign Secretary about...
Lives being lost and people displaced in the Horn of Africa Two questions today about the conflict in the Horn of Africa Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the conflict in the Horn of Africa; what estimate they...
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...
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...
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...
Rohingya still waiting for justice BHRN Urges the House of Commons to Support Genocide Amendment to Trade BillJanuary 17, 2021-- London, UK -- The Burma Human Rights Network is urging all MPs in the House of Commons to support the Genocide amendment to the Trade Bill,...