https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/08/turkish-airstrikes-claim-yazidi-lives-iraqs-sinjar Turkey air attacks on Sinjar - in Iraq - leads to more Yazidis deaths. UK Minister says "We believe Turkey has a legitimate right to defend itself against the PKK?" How is...
Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of WimbledonMinister of State for South Asia and the CommonwealthPrime Minister’s Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in ConflictKing Charles StreetLondonSW1A 2AHTel: 0207 008 5000House of LordsLondonSW1A 0AAwww.gov.uk/fcdoOur ref:5...
The Lord Alton of LiverpoolHouse of Lords LondonSW1A 0PW 2 September 2021 Dear Lord AltonThank you for your correspondence of 23 July, about situation at the Mekelle University in Tigray Ethiopia. I am replying as the Minister for Africa.The Foreign Secretary raised...
HONG KONG JUSTICE Sir, Further to your report (“Top judge ‘being used’ to aid China’s agenda in Hong Kong”, News, Aug 28), it is all too clear, more than one year since the Beijing-imposed national security law, that Hong Kong’s judiciary has been...
Baroness Williams of Trafford, the Home Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL2328): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they intend to take in response to the correspondence...
Writing In First Things, George Weigel Succinctly Explains Why The Vatican's Silence Over Hong Kong Is So Shocking. Remaining silent about Hong Kong, the Uyghur Genocide, threats to Taiwan, widespread persecution, and violation of human rights by the CCP, evokes...
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL2325): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool :To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to implement...
SUDAN: 67 CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS CALL ON THE SOVERIGNTY COUNCIL TO TRANSFER ICC INDICTIEES TO THE HAGUE Sovereign Council and Council of Ministers, Republic of the SudanHis Excellency Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok, Republic of the Sudan Nasredeen...
Three thoughtful essays on Afghanistan by Husain Haqqani Pakistan’s former ambassador to the United States. He says Pakistan’s support for the Taliban “takes it further away from becoming “a normal country,” perpetuating dysfunction at home and locking it into a...
Burma’s Cardinal, Charles Bo excoriates leaders of illegal military coup who fail in their responsibilities to the country’s people.He says they have “sown death and despair” leading to “a long night of silent tears.” Burma’s Cardinal, Charles Bo excoriates leaders of...
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL4060): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions the Foreign Secretary has...
Defence Personnel Data Breach https://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2024-05-08/debates/27C3FAE1-7087-4D8C-A2D4-C5F31F23FD59/DefencePersonnelDataBreach Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for repeating the Secretary of State’s Statement....
A new Opium War, on British streets: Government responds to illicit Chinese pharmaceutical and chemical companies producing and smuggling illegal drugs into the UK and the use of the internet to promote sales of opioids hundreds of times stronger than heroin, which...