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...
It's A Girl – Premiered at the British Parliament – exposing the scandal of gendercide
Visit "It's A Girl" website to see extracts of the film: http://www.itsagirlmovie.com/ What You Can Do - www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=21344 SPEECH BY LORD ALTON ON “IT’S A GIRL” PRESENTATION HOUSE OF LORDS 30TH...
It’s A Girl – Premiered at the British Parliament – exposing the scandal of gendercide
Visit "It's A Girl" website to see extracts of the film: http://www.itsagirlmovie.com/ What You Can Do - www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=21344 SPEECH BY LORD ALTON ON “IT’S A GIRL” PRESENTATION HOUSE OF LORDS 30TH...
The Fate of India's Dalits
The Fate of India's Dalits 2.18 pm: March 5th 2010 Second Reading Debate on Bill to create an Anti-Slavery Day. Lord Alton of Liverpool: My Lords, it is with great pleasure that I add my voice to those supporting the terms of my noble and learned friend’s Bill to...
Looking at India at the Epiphany
Universe Column Epiphany is a time when we traditionally look east and a time when we celebrate the gifts that was laid at the infant Jesus' feet. Perhaps on this Epiphany you can spare a thought for the suffering Christians who live in the near-east and Far-east and...
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.
Social Media
Site Search
Recent Posts
Meeting in Parliament to highlight the malign effects of Hong Kong’s Article 23 on human rights; to examine its impact on media freedom, in advance of World Press Freedom Day on May 3rd; to express solidarity with Jimmy Lai and 1841 other imprisoned pro democracy advocates; and to consider how Hong Kong’s Security Laws impact on civil society, the diaspora and contribute to transnational repression. Contributions from Benedict Rogers, Steve Vines, Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC, and Carmen Lau. The banning of a Simpsons episode about the Tiananmen Square massacre “Nothing Happened Here” cited as an example of the suppression of truth.
Lord Alton of Liverpool (David Alton) as a Patron of Hong Kong Watch today chaired a meeting in Parliament to highlight the malign effects of Hong Kong's Article 23 on human rights. It examined the impact on media freedom, in advance of World Press Freedom Day on May...
British universities and Chinese money
Today I pressed Ministers to reduce the reliance of British universities on Chinese money. This is compromising national security and also compromising academic freedom – as the case of Professor Michelle Shipworth, which I raised, has demonstrated. 30th April...
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...