UK Says: “We will continue to stand up for the people of Hong Kong as befits our historic commitment to them, to call out the violation of their rights and freedoms. We will also continue to engage and coordinate our actions with our international partners to hold China to their international obligations freely assumed under international law.”

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL14309): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the...

G7 Foreign Ministers Announce That They Stand With Hong Kong. CCP’s Amazing Achievement in Uniting Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and the High Representative of the European Union

G7 Foreign Ministers Announce That They Stand With Hong Kong. CCP’s Amazing Achievement in Uniting Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and the High Representative of the European Union

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/hong-kong-g7-statement-on-hong-kong-electoral-changes Press release Hong Kong: G7 statement on Hong Kong electoral changes G7 Foreign Ministers have issued the following statement on China's decision to erode democratic elements of...

Government challenged to say what single action the UK has taken to hold the Chinese Communist Party to account for breaching the internationally binding Sino-British joint declaration and pressed to say what assessment is being made of the CCP’s involvement in the UK’s critical national infrastructure – such as the China General Nuclear Power Group, which is blacklisted in the US for stealing nuclear secrets, but which owns one-third of Hinkley Point in the United Kingdom. And Letter to The Times explaining the difference between being pro China and Chinese people but hostile to the CCP’s brutality and ideology

Government challenged to say what single action the UK has taken to hold the Chinese Communist Party to account for breaching the internationally binding Sino-British joint declaration and pressed to say what assessment is being made of the CCP’s involvement in the UK’s critical national infrastructure – such as the China General Nuclear Power Group, which is blacklisted in the US for stealing nuclear secrets, but which owns one-third of Hinkley Point in the United Kingdom. And Letter to The Times explaining the difference between being pro China and Chinese people but hostile to the CCP’s brutality and ideology

11th March 2021 Letter to The Times March 11th 2021 explaining the difference between being pro China and the Chinese people but hostile to the CCP's brutality and ideology Government challenged to say what single action the UK has taken to hold the Chinese Communist...

Today is Chinese New Year, marking the beginning of the Year of the Metal Ox. It has begun badly with China’s decision to ban BBC World and by threatening its correspondents in Hong Kong following their courageous reports about the infamies against the Uighurs of Xinjiang. The UK responds to the European Parliament resolution condemning the crackdown on the democratic opposition in Hong Kong and calls those events “a grievous attack on Hong Kong’s rights and freedoms”. And Secretary of State Blinken says the USA should “take in some of those fleeing Hong Kong, fleeing the repression, for standing up for their democratic rights.”

Today is Chinese New Year, marking the beginning of the Year of the Metal Ox. It has begun badly with China’s decision to ban BBC World and by threatening its correspondents in Hong Kong following their courageous reports about the infamies against the Uighurs of Xinjiang. The UK responds to the European Parliament resolution condemning the crackdown on the democratic opposition in Hong Kong and calls those events “a grievous attack on Hong Kong’s rights and freedoms”. And Secretary of State Blinken says the USA should “take in some of those fleeing Hong Kong, fleeing the repression, for standing up for their democratic rights.”

Today is Chinese New Year, marking the beginning of the Year of the Metal Ox. It has begun badly with China's decision to ban BBC World and by threatening its correspondents in Hong Kong following their courageous reports about the infamies against the Uighurs of...

Norwegian politicians nominate Hong Kong Free Press for Nobel Peace Prize and members of the British Parliament have nominated Alexandra Wong (Grandma Wong) for the Nobel Prize – saying that she is representative of the heroic spirit of the people of Hong Kong and their love of democracy, human rights, and the the rule of law.

Norwegian politicians nominate Hong Kong Free Press for Nobel Peace Prize and members of the British Parliament have nominated Alexandra Wong (Grandma Wong) for the Nobel Prize – saying that she is representative of the heroic spirit of the people of Hong Kong and their love of democracy, human rights, and the the rule of law.

A medal of Alfred Nobel is pictured prior to the beginning of a press conference to announce the winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Medicine on October 2, 2017 at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. - The 2017 Nobel prize season kicks off with the announcement of...

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Replies to Parliamentary Questions on whether the UK Government intend to propose legislation to ensure that the UK is not a safe haven for perpetrators of war crimes in Ukraine and whether they are planning to introduce legislation to amend the International Criminal Court Act 2001 to enable UK courts to prosecute non-citizens and non-residents for crimes against humanity, war crimes or genocide in Ukraine.

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL3876): Question By Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to propose legislation...

Replies to Parliamentary Questions on the number of people who are dying of hunger or who are food insecure in Sudan; how quickly the UK decision to increase humanitarian aid for war victims in Sudan will be made available; what it will be used for; and how it will be deployed; and the impact of the war in Sudan on South Sudan, including (1) the numbers of displaced people and refugees, and (2) the impact on its economy caused by the loss of receipts from the export of oil

Lord Benyon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL3877): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of people...