The most recent round of “knocks on the door”, by 1000 arresting officers, graphically demonstrates the death of “two systems one country” and the total imposition of “one system” on Hong Kong – a system whose attributes provide little room for comfort, let alone for...
Hong Kong: National Security Law Debated on Thursday 7 January 2021 Private Notice Question1.02pm Asked by Lord Alton of Liverpool To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their response to the arrest of more than 50 people, including pro-democracy politicians...
The U.K. Government must urgently respond to the wave of arrests in Hong Kong of Campaigners and politicians held under the national security law. As Hong Kong becomes a Police State the U.K. must speak up for democracy against dictatorship. Dozens of Hong Kong...
Jimmy Lai - courageous champion of free speech and democracy. Daily Telegraph January 1st 2021
The Independent: Hong Kong and its citizens need hope, not fear in 2021 – the UK can help make that happen https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/voices/hong-kong-china-protests-press-freedom-uk-b1780347.html
December 30th 2020Daily Telegraph Reports That Hong Kong Church Leaders Fear Increasing CCP Curbs On Religious Freedom in Line With Increased Persecution On The Mainland
Fearlessly speaking up for democracy in Hong Kong -Grandma Wong's courage is an example to us all The Financial Times: Protest granny ‘prepared to die’ for Hong Kong’s freedoms Protest granny ‘prepared to die’ for Hong Kong’s freedoms Alexandra Wong, known for...
Justice requires open and transparent proceedings. Show trials and kangaroo courts deny access to lawyers and families and are a mockery of justice. The rule of law is not the same as rule by law. The Chinese Communist Party have announced that the trial of ten of the...
Government challenged over the freezing of church bank accounts in Hong Kong by HSBC Hong Kong Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL11264): Question:To...
Tonight Benedict Rogers of Hong Kong Watch has published a Christmas Open Letter to Xi Jinping, and an Open Letter to everyone throughout China, Hong Kong, East Turkestan, Tibet, Southern Mongolia and beyond – to every prisoner, activist, religious believer,...
For the Uyghurs Genocide is a word which dares not speak its name ================================================= Extract: What word comes into your mind when you hear evidence of a State complicit in the destruction of a people’s identity; complicit in...
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...
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL11716): Lord Alton of Liverpool Question:To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report...
Hazaras Suffer Terrible Persecution in Baluchistan Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL11854): Question:To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment...
https://youtu.be/26Bu7nmi5JE David Alton (Lord Alton of Liverpool) explains the Background to the Inquiry, its Objectives, and the Timetable The Times January 20th 2021All Party Parliamentary Group Inquiry into Abduction, Forced Marriage, and Forced Conversion of...