U.K. Government responds to the decision of Hong Kong Police to turn citizens into North Korean Style informants and spies on their neighbours and says the rights and freedoms of the people of Hong Kong must be “respected in full.”

U.K. Government responds to the decision of Hong Kong Police to turn citizens into North Korean Style informants and spies on their neighbours and says the rights and freedoms of the people of Hong Kong must be “respected in full.”

Pro democracy activists are not criminals. Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL9754): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool To ask Her Majesty's Government...

Chinese Communist Party accused of stalking a Cambridge student. Why students abroad fear the Hong Kong security law and the BBC reports on why the Chinese Communist Party has become a threat to academic freedom in UK universities.

Chinese Communist Party accused of stalking a Cambridge student. Why students abroad fear the Hong Kong security law and the BBC reports on why the Chinese Communist Party has become a threat to academic freedom in UK universities.

Why students abroad fear the Hong Kong Security Law - and BBC report on why the Chinese Communist Party has become a threat to academic freedom in UK universities. The national security law that China has imposed on Hong Kong is already curtailing speech in the...

Hong Kong 12 Denied Access To Their Lawyers As UK Government Says “Whether judges of the Supreme Court can continue to serve as judges in Hong Kong will depend on whether such service remains compatible with judicial independence and the rule of law.”

Grandma Wong urges the world to support the Hong Kong 12 - denied access to their lawyers and families. It is a fundamental principle that an accused person has the right to have access to a lawyer. Yet China’s Ministry of Justice has ordered at least five lawyers not...

Home Office estimates that Hong Kongers coming to UK could generate £6bn in tax revenues. Lord Skidelsky suggests that a vibrant new city harnessing Hong Kong skills and drive could be created in the North and Education Ministers are asked to ensure that educational opportunities are put in place.

The Daily Telegraph has reported that Hong Kongers coming to the UK could generate £6bn in tax revenues. The Telegraph report suggests that eligible Hong Kong residents looking to escape Chinese state repression can sidestep tests that other migrants will face from...

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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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Question in Parliament on the escalating violence and targeted attacks by armed groups against Christian and Muslim minorities in Nigeria and what steps they are taking to address the religious persecution of these minorities, particularly in the northern and central regions of Nigeria.

Lord Collins of Highbury, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL5392): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool :To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of...

Justice and Accountability In Syria: Now and Then.

Justice and Accountability In Syria: Now and Then. In two interventions in the House of Lords, Lord Alton said that the future of Syria will depend on justice and accountability - both for those who last week committed heinous killings against ethnic and religious...