On 17 May 2021, the Coalition for Genocide Response joined Lord Alton of Liverpool and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Eritrea and organised an important webinar about the use of rape and sexual violence in Tigray. “Our problem is with your womb. Your womb gives...
The Eritrean regime has removed the legitimate Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Church and illegally replaced him with a regime loyalist.
Patriarch Abune Antonios is still alive and has been deposed by the Eritrean regime after 15 years of house arrest. Modelling themselves on both the CCP and former Soviet Union’s systematic attempts to control religious belief, the Eritrean regime has removed the...
International Relations & Defence Committee – 3 Questions to Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab MP
Tuesday 27th April 2021 - House of Lords International Relations and Defence Committee, questions to the Foreign Secretary - and his answers. I asked the Foreign Secretary what action the UK has taken to increase the number of signatories - in particular the US,...
A Briefing on Tigray from Professor Jan Nyssen of Ghent University which should not be ignored
Tigray- mourning the dead Dear friends, This newsletter focuses on sexual violence in the Tigray war and the upcoming famine (section 1), as well as never-ending massacres (2). We also point to local initiatives organising humanitarian assistance to Tigray (3)....
Spotlight on the Tigray Region of Ethiopia: The Need for an Urgent Response: Invitation to a Webinar on March 16th.
Lord Alton of Liverpool and the Coalition for Genocide Response invite you to a webinar: Spotlight on the Tigray Region of Ethiopia: The Need for an Urgent Response 16 March 2021, 4:00 - 5:00 PM GMT Zoom In recent months reports have emerged highlighting the...
Following news of the Axum Massacre AFP Reveal Details of Dengolat Massacre in Tigray – where 164 civilians were murdered in cold blood by Eritrean troops.
Following news of the Axum Massacre AFP Reveal Details of Dengolat Massacre in Tigray - where 164 civilians were murdered in cold blood by Eritrean troops. AFP Report It was well before noon, yet Beyenesh Tekleyohannes's house had already been buzzing for hours: more...
Government Questioned Today about massacre at Axum in Tigray, and allegations of crimes against humanity. In written replies it says it is unable to “verify reports that this includes the transfer of military equipment and money by the Government of Ethiopia to the Government of Eritrea”; “condemns the destruction of the Hitsats and Shimbella refugee camps in Tigray” and forced return of refugees would contravene the 1951 Refugee Convention; and says ” We are keeping the provision of aid to Ethiopia under constant review.”
Government Questioned Today about massacre at Axum in Tigray, and allegations of crimes against humanity. In written replies it says it is unable to "verify reports that this includes the transfer of military equipment and money by the Government of Ethiopia to the...
November warning “Tigray on the edge of Genocide” ignored.Amnesty and Human Rights Watch Report on Atrocity Crimes in Tigray. On Tuesday Parliamentarians will challenge Ministers to say when the U.K. will be taking action at the UN Security Council following blocks by China and Russia after attempts by Ireland to raise it.
Following urgent letters to Foreign Office Ministers on Thursday and Friday last week - and several written Parliament Questions whichI tabled - on Tuesday I have secured the Topical Oral Question in the House to ask the Government how they are responding to reports...
Human Rights Watch say Eritrean Forces Have Massacred Tigray Civilians “Attention and action by UN member states is needed now to ensure those responsible for these grave abuses are held accountable. So far, reports of these chilling abuses have been met by shameful silence.”
Read the HRW Report at: https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/03/05/ethiopia-eritrean-forces-massacre-tigray-civilians# Extracts from the Human Rights Watch Report Eritrean armed forces massacred scores of civilians, including children as young as 13, in the historic town of...
Persistent, credible reports of grave violations in Tigray underscore urgent need for human rights access – Michelle Bachelet
https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=26838&LangID=E Ethiopia: Persistent, credible reports of grave violations in Tigray underscore urgent need for human rights access – Bachelet GENEVA (4 March 2021) – UN High Commissioner for Human...
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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Letter from the Lord (David) Alton and Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP, co chairs of the All Party Parliamentary Group on North Korea, to Lord (David) Cameron, the Foreign Secretary, about the CCP’s forced repatriation of North Korean refugees in breach of both the 1951 Refugee Convention and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
£1 Trillion – Raised In Parliament Today. The Cost of Reparations In Ukraine and Bringing To Justice Those Responsible.
https://youtu.be/xlEfrgwELvc Alongside the fatalities, injuries and chronic suffering and misery which Putin’s war has brought to Ukraine, the economic cost of rebuilding and remedying war damage is now estimated to be close to £1 trillion. Yesterday David...
Stop Perpetrators Getting Away With Genocide – Public Letter sent to the UK Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary on the Genocide Determination Bill 2023-24. The letter was published this morning, 17 April 2024, 06:00 am UK time.
Stop Perpetrators Getting Away With Genocide - Public Letter sent to the UK Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary on the Genocide Determination Bill 2023-24. The letter was published this morning, 17 April 2024, 06:00 am UK time. 'First of its kind': Prominent lawyers...