Lord Alton of Liverpool, Co-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on North Korea: As Co-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on North Korea, I welcome today’s announcement by the BBC of a Korean-language World Service. The announcement follows many years...
Egypt's Kristallnacht – Speech in The House of Lords October 2013 and Tribute to Dr.Helmy Guirguis, founder of the UK Copts
Remarks by Lord Alton of Liverpool at a Memorial Service for Dr.Helmy Guirguis - Founder of the UK Copts - at the Royal Society of Medicine, London, 6.30 pm, March 3rd 2015. In 1997, when I was raised to the Peerage as a Baron, and entered the House of Lords, one...
Egypt’s Kristallnacht – Speech in The House of Lords October 2013 and Tribute to Dr.Helmy Guirguis, founder of the UK Copts
Remarks by Lord Alton of Liverpool at a Memorial Service for Dr.Helmy Guirguis - Founder of the UK Copts - at the Royal Society of Medicine, London, 6.30 pm, March 3rd 2015. In 1997, when I was raised to the Peerage as a Baron, and entered the House of Lords, one...
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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The World Must Not Forget Andy Li And The Hong Kong 12
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...
Weapons of mass distraction- how attempts have been made to discredit Bob Fu, a leading dissident,and how he and his family have been threatened
Now we know more about Bob Fu’s accuser and his links to Beijing:https://world.wng.org/2020/10/weapons_of_mass_distraction?fbclid=IwAR3xkV_kGrkhsRdWGTVyBpwvehS7FMunkGSDLuJ3f-RJSjrDuXQsb_4Kvg0
Two sides of one coin: Heroes and Heroines- and profiteers and collaborators waiting in the wings
Grandma Wong - heroine of Hong Kong It’s always interesting how terrible crises throw up unlikely heroes and heroines. The story of Grandma Wong (see below) - is a classic example of the fearlessness of which some human beings are capable. She brings to mind the...
Webinar to Mark Freedom of Religion or Belief Day on 27 October, focusing on violence against women and girls in conflict and the abuse of religion or belief to justify violence.
Invitation Violence against Dalit Christians has intensified in recent years. In one incident , two women—one of whom was seven months’ pregnant—were gang-raped in Nadia village, Madhya Pradesh...