Government says the security situation in parts of Ethiopia “remains acute” and responds to questions about the renewal of the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia. There can be no peace without justice – not least for the terrible atrocities committed in Tigray. 

Government says the security situation in parts of Ethiopia “remains acute” and responds to questions about the renewal of the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia. There can be no peace without justice – not least for the terrible atrocities committed in Tigray. 

Question by Lord ALTON of Liverpool: To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the mandate of the International Commission of Experts on Ethiopia is extended. (HL10123) Tabled on: 13 September 2023 Answer:Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon: In...

UN officials are declared ‘persona non grata’ in Ethiopia.

UN officials are declared ‘persona non grata’ in Ethiopia.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres, says he is "shocked" that seven UN officials, including senior UN humanitarian officials, have been declared as persona non grata in Ethiopia. A famous predecessor, Dag Hammarskjöld, famously said that the United Nations "was not...

In two letters received today from James Duddridge MP, the Africa Minister, he addressed concerns about the targeting of Tigrayans throughout Ethiopia and repeated the UK’s insistence that independent human rights investigations should be permitted.

In two letters received today from James Duddridge MP, the Africa Minister, he addressed concerns about the targeting of Tigrayans throughout Ethiopia and repeated the UK’s insistence that independent human rights investigations should be permitted.

In two letters received today from James Duddridge MP, the Africa Minister, he addressed concerns about the targeting of Tigrayans throughout Ethiopia: Thank you for forwarding the recent report by Human Rights Watch. We remain deeplyconcerned by the arbitrary arrest,...

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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...

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...