Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL2730): Question:To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of recent events in Kaduna State,...
Government answers my questions on the steps being taken to locate missing Yazidi women and children following the genocide of Yazidis by ISIL in 2014?
Government answers my quGovernment answers my questions on the stepsestions on the steps they are taking to locate missing Yazidi women and children following the genocide of Yazidis by ISIL in 2014 Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development...
Disturbing reports sent to me this week by those working for Afghanistan’s Hazara minorities. Is the UN and U.K. Government investigating these reports or ignoring the plight of the Hazara?
Disturbing reports sent to me this week by those working for Afghanistan’s Hazara minorities. Is the UN and U.K. Government investigating these reports or ignoring the plight of the Hazara? Armed Kochis, the nomad Pashtuns, have threatened around 200 households in...
Afghanistan: “I came home from school to find that the Taliban killed my parents”.
A girl looks on among Afghan women lining up to receive relief assistance, Women who refuse to comply to Taliban ideology are persecuted - as are minorities such as Hazaras, Ahmadis, Christians, Sikhs and LGBTQAfghanistan Under the Taliban: "I came home from school to...
U.K. says “Reports that the hair of Uyghur and other minority women detained in “re-education camps” is being used for profit.
U.K. says “Reports that the hair of Uyghur and other minority women detained in prisons and “political re-education camps” is being used for profit is deeply disturbing, and such practices are unacceptable. No business, whether in the UK or abroad, should profit from...
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,...
At 10 Downing Street delivering a letter to the Prime Minister along with a Petition from many NGOs and charities demanding international action to trace and free missing Yazidi women abducted during the Genocide
file:///var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/66/06/C853840C-56DC-4353-AE50-E8F028F132DC/IMG_3005.mov With Mervyn Thomas of CSW and Dr.Ewelina Ochab at 10 Downing Street
There’s an old Uyghur saying “ A man cannot be blamed for not knowing, but he can be blamed for not asking .” Words I quoted tonight at the opening of the World Uyghur Conference’s London Office.
There’s an old Uyghur saying “ A man cannot be blamed for not knowing, but he can be blamed for not asking .” Words I quoted tonight at the opening of the World Uyghur Conference’s London Office. As the CCP try to silence the Independent Uyghur Tribunal we must stand...
House of Lords Report published today points to “inconsistencies, uncertainty and lack of a central strategy” in UK government relations with China”.
House of Lords Report points to “inconsistencies, uncertainty and lack of a central strategy” in UK government relations with China". The Inquiry heard reports of genocide in Xinjiang and says "the Government should incorporate an atrocity prevention lens in its...
Written Questions Tabled in Parliament: Tigray, Iran, China, Hikvision, Taliban, Faulty PPE, plus Balloted Motion on slave labour, child labour and exploited labour in supply chains
Written Questions Tabled in Parliament: Tigray, Iran, China, Hikvision, Taliban, Faulty PPE, plus Balloted Motion on slave labour, child labour and exploited labour in supply chains
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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Despite the suppression of the rights of girls and women in Afghanistan the Government admits it “has not introduced any Global Human Rights sanctions against the Taliban since they took power in 2021.” Parliament needs to assert oversight of the random and opaque process of Magnitsky Sanctions.
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL3308): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool :To ask His Majesty's Government how many Taliban leaders they have...
Hikvision and Surveillance Cameras – “a timeline for the removal of surveillance equipment supplied by companies subject to the National Intelligence Law of China from sensitive sites..is due to be published by 26 April….We encourage all organisations to follow NCSC supply chain security guidance when selecting a technology supplier.”
Baroness Neville-Rolfe, the Cabinet Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL3549): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool :To ask His Majesty's Government what is the total cost to date of the removal of Hikvision cameras from...
A debate has been secured in the House of Lords on April 25th 2024 on the Plight Of Pakistan’s Minorities. The APPG on Pakistan Minorities has been holding an Inquiry into the use of predominantly minority slave labour in brick kilns and as bonded labour. Human Rights Without Frontiers has highlighted “Bonded by Brick: The Story of Modern-Day Slavery in Pakistan” produced by The Centrum Media (TCM), Pakistan’s first digital news platform
In advance of my debate on Pakistan Minorities on April 25th: Bitter Winter (02.04.2024) - The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting operates in Washington, D.C., as a news media organization focusing on issues of international interest that other media outlets are...