U.N. rebukes Kazakhstan after troops spotted wearing blue peacekeeping helmets while policing protests- this follows reports that the Kazakh leader Kassym-Jomart Tokayev ordered his security forces to “shoot to kill” demonstrators without warning. Lord Alton asks UK Government about this.

U.N. rebukes Kazakhstan after troops spotted wearing blue peacekeeping helmets while policing protests- this follows reports that the Kazakh leader Kassym-Jomart Tokayev ordered his security forces to “shoot to kill” demonstrators without warning. Lord Alton asks UK Government about this.

The Washington Post today reported that Kazakhstan has been upbraided by the United Nations for misusing the blue helmets of UN Peacekeeper's - this follows reports that the Kazakh leader Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, ordered troops to “shoot to kill” demonstrators without...

UN officials are declared ‘persona non grata’ in Ethiopia.

UN officials are declared ‘persona non grata’ in Ethiopia.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres, says he is "shocked" that seven UN officials, including senior UN humanitarian officials, have been declared as persona non grata in Ethiopia. A famous predecessor, Dag Hammarskjöld, famously said that the United Nations "was not...

International Scandal As Escaping Christians Continue To Suffer -Ijaz Paras Masih died in Detention Centre. Read report on”The United Nations: Missing In Action.” Also – Celebration in Parliament of the 126th Birthday of Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar and the campaign to Make Caste History.

International Scandal As Escaping Christians Continue To Suffer   Thailand’s Government and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Bangkok have been accused of “negligence” after a Pakistani Christian asylum seeker died in a detention centre last month.  ...

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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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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...