Government responds to reports of “widespread use of murder, rape and other sexual violence, and the displacement of nearly 725,000 persons to Bangladesh” and says that in Burma there is “a hardening structural violence against the Rohingya, driven by state-led...
Displaced People Worldwide Debate – House of Lords
House of Lords 6th January 2022Lord Alton of Liverpool to move that this House takes note of (1) the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ estimate that 82.4 million people are displaced worldwide, 42 per cent of whom are children, and 32 per cent of whom are...
Government asked what assessment they have made of the likely impact of their cuts to financial support for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL390): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the...
House of Lords Library Briefing On Next Thursday’s Debate on Bringing The Perpetrators of Genocide To Justice. Background posts on Uyghurs in Xinjiang, Rohingya in Burma, Tigray, Nigeria, Yezidis, and Armenians.
House of Lords Library Briefing On Next Thursday's Debate on Bringing The Perpetrators of Genocide To Justice. Background posts on Uyghurs in Xinjiang, Rohingya in Burma, Tigray, Nigeria, Yezidis, and Armenians. image by Kuzzat Altay on Unsplash...
International Relations & Defence Committee – 3 Questions to Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab MP
Tuesday 27th April 2021 - House of Lords International Relations and Defence Committee, questions to the Foreign Secretary - and his answers. I asked the Foreign Secretary what action the UK has taken to increase the number of signatories - in particular the US,...
More than 100 Parliamentarians have united to send a letter to Dominic Raab, the Foreign Secretary, urging the UK to show leadership and to uphold human rights by joining the International Court of Justice case against Myanmar on genocide against the Rohingya people.
More than 100 Parliamentarians have united to send a letter to Dominic Raab, the Foreign Secretary, urging the UK to show leadership and uphold human rights by joining the International Court of Justice case against Myanmar on genocide against the Rohingya people. 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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New Opium War Targeting Democratic Countries – raised by Secretary Blinken with CCP leadership – and Minister says illicit labs in China have “been linked to more than 100 deaths in the UK during the last year, and we are taking action.”
Lord Sharpe of Epsom, the Home Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL3921): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the production and distribution of illicit...
Yazidis on Sinjar: Government responds to questions asking what assessment they have made of the security situation in Sinjar and what discussions they have had, with the government of Turkey, in relation to Turkish military attacks on Sinjar.
Yazidis on Sinjar: Government responds to questions asking what assessment they have made of the security situation in Sinjar and what discussions they have had, with the government of Turkey, in relation to Turkish military attacks on Sinjar. As occurred with the...
Forty year campaign demanding justice for British servicemen used as guinea pigs in atomic tests in the 50s – with one Commons debate in the 80s taking place in the middle of the night, at 3.50 am. Today just 1500 of the 20,000 servicemen put in harms way are still alive. The Defence Minister, Earl Minto, deserves thanks for his straightforward reply in the Lords yesterday. However long it takes, injustices must be put right.
Throughout the 80s I campaigned for justice for British servicemen used as guinea pigs in atomic tests. On one occasion I initiated a debate in the Commons at 3.50 am in the middle of the night - a debate that the Government didn't want. Today just 1500 of the 20,000...