HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS DEBATED IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS – the killing of Chang Song Thaek; human rights violations in North Korea; and links to personal as the United Nations Commission of Inquiry prepares to publish its findings accounts

Some links to disturbing accounts of human rights violations in North Korea: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/secret-state-of-north-korea/ An up-to-date, very informative, secretly filmed documentary on life in North Korea. Secret State of North Korea – PBS...

HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS DEBATED IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS

  On November 22nd 2013 the House of Lords debated the following Motion on Human Rights Violations. The link takes you to the recording of the parliamentary debate and the text of the debate appears below.   Video of the debate can be found...

Lord David Alton

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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