18th January 2023. House of Lords. Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB) My Lords, I add to the condolences and sympathy that others, including the Minister, have expressed to the family of Alireza Akbari and thank the Minister for the tone that he has struck in delivering...
International Relations and Defence Committee Wednesday 26 October 2022 – Questions from Lord Alton
Defence concepts and capabilities: from aspiration to reality Witnesses: Dr Rob Johnson, Director of SONAC, Ministry of Defence; John Ridge, Director of Defence Innovation, Ministry of Defence; Dr Nicholas Joad, Director of Defence Science and Technology, Ministry of...
1988 Massacres of political prisoners in Iran: U.K. “urges Iran to allow the Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Iran access to the country…”
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL2469): Question:To ask Her Majesty's Government what further steps they plan to take at the UN General Assembly Third...
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
U.K. Government asked, given the alleged role of Ebrahim Raisi in Iran’s extrajudicial executions in the 1980s and in subsequent executions and impunity and his statement that “amputation of arms and limbs is a divine punishment and divine punishments are a source of great pride for us” how does the Government view the prospect of his election as Iran’s President in the forthcoming elections.
Oral Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool in Parliament today: .Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB) My Lords, can the Minister study this morning’s statement by openDemocracy, which includes an appeal by a survivor of the 1988 mass executions of Iran’s political prisoners,...
International Women’s Day Conference- the suffering women of Iran – address to Virtual Parliamentary Conference organised by the British Committee for Iran Freedom
https://youtu.be/dr8sspZ4wzQ International Women’s Day Conference- the suffering women of Iran - address to Virtual Parliamentary Conference organised by the British Committee for Iran Freedom https://youtu.be/dr8sspZ4wzQ
Government responds to extrajudicial mass executions of political dissidents in 1988 in Iran; to the imprisonment of Kameel Ahmady; the execution of Ruhollah Zam
Iran: Questions by Lord Alton of Liverpool Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL11382): Question:To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have...
Iranian teenager who posted distorted pictures of herself is jailed for 10 years – Guardian report.
Sahar Tabar (centre) and digitally distorted on Instagram. Photograph: IRIB TV/AFP/GettyPatrick WintourFri 11 Dec 2020 18.33 GMT Iranian teenager who posted distorted pictures of herself is jailed for 10 years Instagram star Sahar Tabar says she is still hoping for a...
The case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the execution of Iranian dissidents and the regime’s attempts to intimidate the BBC Persian Service raised in Parliament today
The case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the execution of Iranian dissidents and the regime’s attempts to intimidate the BBC Persian Service raised in Parliament today Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB) My Lords, the shocking treatment of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe throws into...
UK Efforts to Defend Human Rights Must Not End with China, but Must Include Iran
UK Efforts to Defend Human Rights Must Not End with China, but Must Include Iran by David Alton China’s Foreign Ministry recently threatened a “forceful counter-attack” against measures the United Kingdom has taken to address worsening Chinese violations of the rights...
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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