India Needs To Rediscover The Spirit And The Ideas Of The Great Dr.Ambedkar Love of India and it’s amazing people mustn’t blind us to the suffering of India’s marginalised indigenous peoples - like too many Dalits and Adivasis who have been grievously exploited. Nor...
Human rights situation in India – the caste system and the hopes of the author of the Indian Constitution.
I took the opportunity today to press the U.K. to do more to work with the Indian Government to lift the Dalits and Tribals out of the Caste system and to fulfil the hopes of Dr.B.R.Ambedkar the Dalit who was author of the Indian Constitution....
The disproportionate effect of Covid 19 on minorities in India and the disadvantageous effects on the marginalised Dalit community raised in Parliament.
Cast out Caste - Make Caste History But Amazing India still faces the challenge of making Caste history and showing the world that a great democracy protects its minorities and cherishes diversity. The disproportionate effect of Covid 19 on minorities in India and the...
Foreign Office expresses concern about human rights activists like 83-year-old Father Stan Swamy – advocate for Adivasi and Dalit rights – harassed and arrested in India. India should be making caste history – not prosecuting those who follow in the footsteps of the great Dr.Ambedkar, the Dalit who was father of India’s constitution.
Fr Stan Swamy SJ, is an 83 year old Indian Jesuit in Ranchi Province of India. He is a well-known activist on behalf of Adivasi (tribal) and Dalit rights. He has been arrested before and repeatedly harassed by the Indian state because of his defence of the poorest...
Yet another site important to one religious faith has been sequestrated by political leaders of another faith. Today, Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi presided over a religious ceremony to kick-start the construction of a Hindu temple on the site of a mosque whose destruction two decades ago sparked deadly riots across India. Meanwhile, the UK Government says it has raised the persecution of Christians with the Government in India’s Haryana State and that “India’s strength, like that of the UK’s, is in its diversity and we trust the Government of India to address the concerns of people of all religions.”
Yet another site important to one religious faith has been sequestrated by political leaders of another faith. Last month saw Hagia Sophia in Istanbul appropriated by Turkey's Islamist President Erdogan. Today, Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi presided over...
As the last Christian is expelled from Mosul by ISIS – Times Article on why the world must respond to the cry of Iraq's Christians – and the full text of the House of Lords debate on Article 18 and Freedom of Belief – with news of Meriam Ibrahim's journey to Rome and ISIS subjecting women to female genital mutilation
http://blog.geopolitical-info.com/?p=957Article 18 – An article of faith Lord AltonAugust 12, 2014The United Nations doctrine ‘responsibility to protect’ has been flouted by the failure of international authorities to protect vulnerable minorities from sweeping...
As the last Christian is expelled from Mosul by ISIS – Times Article on why the world must respond to the cry of Iraq’s Christians – and the full text of the House of Lords debate on Article 18 and Freedom of Belief – with news of Meriam Ibrahim’s journey to Rome and ISIS subjecting women to female genital mutilation
http://blog.geopolitical-info.com/?p=957Article 18 – An article of faith Lord AltonAugust 12, 2014The United Nations doctrine ‘responsibility to protect’ has been flouted by the failure of international authorities to protect vulnerable minorities from sweeping...
Launch at Westminster of Taken Campaign to Combat Human Trafficking – Hazel Thompson's powerful report on the situation in Mumbai. Also read about Kavi – and a special showing of the film in Liverpool.
Launch of Taken Campaign at the House of Lords: 4.45pm Wednesday October 16th, Inter Parliamentary Union Room, Westminster. Remarks by David Alton – Lord Alton of Liverpool. About the Taken Campaign http://takenebook.com/ I’d like to begin by encouraging people...
Launch at Westminster of Taken Campaign to Combat Human Trafficking – Hazel Thompson’s powerful report on the situation in Mumbai. Also read about Kavi – and a special showing of the film in Liverpool.
Launch of Taken Campaign at the House of Lords: 4.45pm Wednesday October 16th, Inter Parliamentary Union Room, Westminster. Remarks by David Alton – Lord Alton of Liverpool. About the Taken Campaign http://takenebook.com/ I’d like to begin by encouraging people...
President Hu Jintao's Chance To End The One Child Policy and Gendercide
The contrast with the American presidential election campaign could not be greater but this week the Chinese Communist Party made its once in a decade transfer of power to a new Politburo of one-party State appointees. President, Hu Jintao is expected to hand over 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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Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL3874): Question n Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to the...
Replies to Parliamentary Questions on whether the UK Government intend to propose legislation to ensure that the UK is not a safe haven for perpetrators of war crimes in Ukraine and whether they are planning to introduce legislation to amend the International Criminal Court Act 2001 to enable UK courts to prosecute non-citizens and non-residents for crimes against humanity, war crimes or genocide in Ukraine.
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL3876): Question By Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to propose legislation...
Replies to Parliamentary Questions on the number of people who are dying of hunger or who are food insecure in Sudan; how quickly the UK decision to increase humanitarian aid for war victims in Sudan will be made available; what it will be used for; and how it will be deployed; and the impact of the war in Sudan on South Sudan, including (1) the numbers of displaced people and refugees, and (2) the impact on its economy caused by the loss of receipts from the export of oil
Lord Benyon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL3877): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of people...