UK says it welcomes Russia's role in Nagorno Karabakh and is " deeply concerned by reporting of continued targeting of civilian areas." Wendy Morton MPMinister for the European Neighbourhood and the AmericasKing Charles StreetLondonSW1A 2AH The Lord Alton of...
Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB) My Lords, In Nagorno-Karabakh, despite a temporary ceasefire, this NATO country is involved a deadly proxy war with civilians, including children, continuing to be targeted with heavy artillery. How can we implement the recommendations in...
20 Armenians Killed in Karabakh including a little girl. Pictures of the Shushi Cathedral bombed by Azerbaijan/Turkey who stand accused of war crimes. Turkey's membership of NATO questioned. In Parliament today Baroness Cox challenged the UK Government to consider...
UK Government responds to the decision to convert the Hagia Sofia into a mosque, and the impact of that decision on marginalised religious minorities in Turkey and the Middle East Baroness Sugg, the...
With Andy Li During The Hong Kong Elections In the U.K. Parliament I have again asked the U.K. Government what information they have on the wellbeing of the 12 young prodemocracy activists from Hong Kong, arrested by China. I asked whether the U.K. has asked China to...
Today is Religious Freedom Day - but not in China, Cuba and Pakistan - all elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council - not for Uighur Muslims, Tibetan Buddhists, Falun Gong and Christians in China. UK Minister says China should release all those who are...
Nadia Murad During a Webinar today marking Religious Freedom Day, and the coming launch of the Declaration of Humanity, David (Lord) Alton highlighted the persecution of Yazidis and other minorities in Northern Iraq: Six years ago, on 3 August 2014, Daesh (also known...
Today is religious Freedom Day - Not in Laos, where Four Christian men in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic have been languishing in jail for months because they wanted to hold a Christian funeral A group of young Christian men pray secretly inside a forest in...