House of Lords - 11th December 2023Debate initiated by Baroness Anelay of St Johns https://youtu.be/XMtiRfqLP-I Full text to follow shortly
Illegal Migration Bill – Human Rights Joint Committee 22nd March.
Human Rights (Joint Committee) Wednesday 22 March 2023Subject: Legislative Scrutiny: Illegal Migration Bill Witnesses: Jon Featonby, Chief Policy Analyst, Refugee Council; Colin Yeo, Barrister, Garden Court Chambers; Dr Jean-Pierre Gauci, Senior Research Fellow in...
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UNCLOS: fit for purpose in the 21st century? – Questions to Government Minister Lord Goldsmith 8/12/21
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UK Government pushed to tackle the impunity of CCP officials such as Carrie Lam and Chen Quanguo.
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Government responds to reports of forced labour in Malaysian glove factories.
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Minister confirms that UK is “aware of cases where China has pressured third countries to return Uyghurs” and has intervened “with positive results.”
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30 years behind bars. Eritrea tell the story of Bitweded Abraha.
On the 30th anniversary of his detention in Eritrea, Human Rights Concern Eritrea tell the story of Bitweded Abraha: Eritrea’s Honest Hero Who Became a Silenced Victim www.hrc-eritrea.org 5 October 2021 "Wednesday, 6 October, 2021, is the 30th anniversary of the...
Tigray – UK’s New Africa Minister Vicky Ford raises deep concerns over “human rights abuses.”
Vicky Ford MPMinister for AfricaKing Charles StreetLondonSW1A 2AHLord AltonHouse of LordsLondonSW1A 0PW5 October 2021 Dear Lord Alton Thank you for your correspondence of 20 March about the situation in Ethiopia. I am replying as the Minister for Africa. I apologise...
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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New Opium War Targeting Democratic Countries – raised by Secretary Blinken with CCP leadership – and Minister says illicit labs in China have “been linked to more than 100 deaths in the UK during the last year, and we are taking action.”
Lord Sharpe of Epsom, the Home Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL3921): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the production and distribution of illicit...
Yazidis on Sinjar: Government responds to questions asking what assessment they have made of the security situation in Sinjar and what discussions they have had, with the government of Turkey, in relation to Turkish military attacks on Sinjar.
Yazidis on Sinjar: Government responds to questions asking what assessment they have made of the security situation in Sinjar and what discussions they have had, with the government of Turkey, in relation to Turkish military attacks on Sinjar. As occurred with the...
Forty year campaign demanding justice for British servicemen used as guinea pigs in atomic tests in the 50s – with one Commons debate in the 80s taking place in the middle of the night, at 3.50 am. Today just 1500 of the 20,000 servicemen put in harms way are still alive. The Defence Minister, Earl Minto, deserves thanks for his straightforward reply in the Lords yesterday. However long it takes, injustices must be put right.
Throughout the 80s I campaigned for justice for British servicemen used as guinea pigs in atomic tests. On one occasion I initiated a debate in the Commons at 3.50 am in the middle of the night - a debate that the Government didn't want. Today just 1500 of the 20,000...