No, Minister: white phosphorous may be "a legitimate obscurant" but it burns and maims children. That's not "legitimate" - it's a war crime. And when a NATO country does it, it's a scandal....

No, Minister: white phosphorous may be "a legitimate obscurant" but it burns and maims children. That's not "legitimate" - it's a war crime. And when a NATO country does it, it's a scandal....
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...
Paraphrasing Thomas More - the lawyer executed for proclaiming the truth- Hong Kong’s Margaret Ng says “‘I stand the law’s good servant but the people’s first.’ https://www.hkcnews.com/article/40333/吳靄儀-818集會-818民陣遊行-40333/margaret-ng-this-is-my-statement Also see...
April 14th 2021 - UK Parliament told that the CCP needs to understand that the courageous dignity of Hong Kong’s people has united East and West, young and old, and parliamentarians from all political traditions. Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB) [V] My Lords, the Minister...
1982, in Liverpool Edge Hill with Shirley Williams - then MP for Crosby - holding the centenary plate of Gladstone's Liberal Party, commemorating its five Prime Ministers. Shirley Williams – Baroness Williams of Crosby 1930-2021: Requiescat in pace Shirley Williams...
Tim Farron MP Tim Farron discusses "the mucky business" of politics with me for his radio show. Click here to listen to the discussion: https://amuckybusiness.podbean.com/
House of Lords Podcast: fighting for change: Click here to hear the audio: https://www.parliament.uk/business/lords/house-of-lords-podcast/house-of-lords-podcast-human-rights-and-support-for-victims/ Matt Purvis: Lord Alton, welcome to the podcast. Lord Alton:...
Good Friday was a bad day for humanity – but even the most monstrous crimes don’t have to be the final word. We must challenge the seemingly endless ability to inflict wounds and suffering on one another. Lord Alton of Liverpool is a Crossbench Peer. Without the...
BBC News: Evidence suggests Ethiopian military carried out massacre in Tigray. Please be aware that this disturbing TV piece was very graphic. The UK should ask the UN Security Council to take action under Article 41, to set up a special Tribunal to examine these...
Parliament Square before today’s meeting with Boris Johnson.Lord Alton, Nus Ghani MP, Sir Iain Duncan Smith MP. https://twitter.com/borisjohnson/status/1375776710881337344?s=21 This morning I spoke with some of those who have been shining a light on the gross human...
Imposition of Sanctions by the CCP. Statement by David Alton: “The CCP assumes that trading with a State credibly accused of Genocide will be more important to the UK than defending the values we cherish. They are fundamentally mistaken.” Commenting on the decision to...
In advance of Monday's House of Commons forthcoming vote on the All Party House of Lords Genocide Amendment, Parliament was told that the Government is hiding behind the fiction of an imaginary judicial mechanism that will hold the CCP accountable for its genocide of...
BBC reports that Burmese army have shot dead eight people - with shocking violence in Mandalay - where this child held a lighted candle for the country's democratically elected leaders . UN Security Council should urge Governments worldwide not to recognise the...
Government Questioned Today about massacre at Axum in Tigray, and allegations of crimes against humanity. In written replies it says it is unable to "verify reports that this includes the transfer of military equipment and money by the Government of Ethiopia to the...
Following urgent letters to Foreign Office Ministers on Thursday and Friday last week - and several written Parliament Questions whichI tabled - on Tuesday I have secured the Topical Oral Question in the House to ask the Government how they are responding to reports...
4th March 2021:Lord Alton:Could the Minister say whether he supports the calls of the Arise charity, of which I am a Trustee, for mandatory human rights due diligence and mandatory transparency guidelines through company supply chains? Building on the UK’s landmark...
In my 2004 report I described how “56,000 bodies were found there, and we walked from classroom to classroom, viewing 852 remains that have been disinterred. Within a few days of the massacre, a volleyball court had been built on top of one of the mass graves which,...
Trade Bill (Ping Pong Amendment) February 2nd 2021. Video here: https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/7347b7f0-bd38-464a-8ddc-11e2e6bf55e0 All-Party Genocide Amendment Passed After Second Debate in the Lords by 359 votes to 188. With a majority of 171it returns to the...
For the Uyghurs Genocide is a word which dares not speak its name ================================================= Extract: What word comes into your mind when you hear evidence of a State complicit in the destruction of a people’s identity; complicit in...
As the Medicines and Medical Devices Bill Bill comes to be discussed in Parliament, at its Report Stage in the House of Lords these speeches on forced organ harvesting were made by members from all sides of the House. Second Reading: ...
The Houses of Parliament We all see the place where we work very differently. At the end of another very long day, at 8.30 pm tonight, I was alone in the House of Lords cafeteria - where the wonderful (mainly Polish) staff were living out Napoleon‘s maxim that armies...
Historic House of Lords Vote on All-Party Amendment on Genocide Determination passes by a Majority of 126. Now Members of the Commons have the chance to say no to trade deals with States credibly accused of Genocide. To read the full debate on the Human Rights and...
In vino veritas - Australia tells the truth about Uighur persecution and the Chinese Communist Party bans its wine....
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...
As a Patron of HKW and an officer of the APPG on Hong Kong, I personally know Martin Lee, father of HK democracy, Margaret Ng, a formidable lawyer and Jimmy Lai, Champion of free speech and the full holder of a UK passport. Does the Minister agree they deserve...
International parliamentarians condemn today’s sentencing and imprisonment of the ‘most moderate and distinguished’ pro-democracy activistsToday, authorities in Hong Kong have sentenced nine prominent pro-democracy activists for taking part in a peaceful protest in...