file:///var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/66/06/C853840C-56DC-4353-AE50-E8F028F132DC/IMG_3005.mov With Mervyn Thomas of CSW and Dr.Ewelina Ochab at 10 Downing Street
There’s an old Uyghur saying “ A man cannot be blamed for not knowing, but he can be blamed for not asking .” Words I quoted tonight at the opening of the World Uyghur Conference’s London Office.
There’s an old Uyghur saying “ A man cannot be blamed for not knowing, but he can be blamed for not asking .” Words I quoted tonight at the opening of the World Uyghur Conference’s London Office. As the CCP try to silence the Independent Uyghur Tribunal we must stand...
Minister replies following the desecration of an Ahmadi Mosque in Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of WimbledonMinister of State for South Asia and the CommonwealthPrime Minister’s Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in ConflictKing Charles Street LondonSW1A 2AH Dear David, Thank you for your email of 4 August following the...
Bizarre admission by Africa Minister that he is “not aware of any substantiated evidence that extremist Islamist ideology is a driver of intercommunal attacks.”
Bizarre admission by Africa Minister that he is “not aware of any substantiated evidence that extremist Islamist ideology is a driver of intercommunal attacks.” On what planet are he and his officials living? In a letter, the Africa Minister, James Duddridge MP , says...
Debate on Sub Saharan Africa: “Unless conflict is addressed, development will continue to be blighted.” “We should be less timid in confronting the destructive power of ideology.”
Debate on Sub Saharan Africa: “Unless conflict is addressed, development will continue to be blighted.” “We should be less timid in confronting the destructive power of ideology and naming it for what it is.” https://youtu.be/pJG-lLbrm2c Watch Lord Alton's...
Watch Webinar with journalist Steve Vines who described to Parliamentarians “the white terror” sweeping Hong Kong.
There is a “reign of terror” sweeping across Hong Kong, says veteran journalist and author, Steve Vines Speaking to the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Hong Kong and representatives of the Hong Kong diaspora, Steve Vines, who fled the city last month in fear...
Written Questions Tabled in Parliament: Tigray, Iran, China, Hikvision, Taliban, Faulty PPE, plus Balloted Motion on slave labour, child labour and exploited labour in supply chains
Written Questions Tabled in Parliament: Tigray, Iran, China, Hikvision, Taliban, Faulty PPE, plus Balloted Motion on slave labour, child labour and exploited labour in supply chains
Asia Minister says that the arrest of Fung Wai-Kong, a former senior editorial writer for newspaper Apple Daily, before he boarded a flight to the United Kingdom is “in clear breach of the Sino-British Joint Declaration.”
Asia Minister responds to questions about travel advice to Hong Kong and says that "the UK Government is monitoring closely the implementation of the Immigration (Amendment) Bill." And says that the arrest of Fung Wai-Kong, a former senior editorial writer for...
As threats from Jihadists increase, the Government responds to a question about the scrutiny of UK citizens entering and returning from Afghanistan.
As threats from Jihadists increase, the Government responds to a question about the steps they intend to take to increase the scrutiny of UK citizens entering and returning from Afghanistan via third countries. Baroness Williams of Trafford, the Home Office, has...
Setting up a Committee doesn’t seem like much of a response to genocide – and it shouldn’t take eight months to say it. Which clearly suits Sir Humphrey and the FCDO.
Setting up a Committee doesn't seem like much of a response to genocide - and it shouldn't take eight months to say it. The fundamental problem remains that no UK Court is empowered to determine Genocide and the perpetrators of Genocide veto referrals to the...
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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2024 Hong Kong Symposium: British Hong Kongers are the Advance Guard In the Battle Between Dictatorship and Democracy.
Giving the Closing address at this year's 3-day Hong Kong Symposium David Alton (Lord Alton of Liverpool) thanked Finn Lau, the Chair of the Symposium and the Steering committee for organising such a well attended and successful event. Lord Alton described the British...
Female genital mutilation in The Gambia raised with The Gambia’s Foreign Minister
Lord Benyon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL3714): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool :To ask His Majesty's Government whether they are working with the United Nations and...
UK aid supporting minorities in Pakistan – short debate House of Lords 25th April 2024. Full Text of Speeches and Recording of Debate
Lords Grand CommitteeThursday 25 April 2024 Full debate: https://youtu.be/VMSZpOq_oyk Lord Alton of Liverpool:I am grateful to all noble lords participating in today’s short debate about ways in which UK development aid to Pakistan- rising from £41.5 million this...