Minister confirms that UK is "aware of cases where China has pressured third countries to return Uyghurs" and has told Turkey and other countries "to respect their obligations not to force persons to return to a country where there are substantial grounds for...
Turkey air attacks on Sinjar – in Iraq – leads to more Yazidis deaths.
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/08/turkish-airstrikes-claim-yazidi-lives-iraqs-sinjar Turkey air attacks on Sinjar - in Iraq - leads to more Yazidis deaths. UK Minister says "We believe Turkey has a legitimate right to defend itself against the PKK?" How is...
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.”
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...
Civilians and children killed in Turkey’s proxy war
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.
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
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...
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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Letter from the Lord (David) Alton and Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP, co chairs of the All Party Parliamentary Group on North Korea, to Lord (David) Cameron, the Foreign Secretary, about the CCP’s forced repatriation of North Korean refugees in breach of both the 1951 Refugee Convention and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
£1 Trillion – Raised In Parliament Today. The Cost of Reparations In Ukraine and Bringing To Justice Those Responsible.
https://youtu.be/xlEfrgwELvc Alongside the fatalities, injuries and chronic suffering and misery which Putin’s war has brought to Ukraine, the economic cost of rebuilding and remedying war damage is now estimated to be close to £1 trillion. Yesterday David...
Stop Perpetrators Getting Away With Genocide – Public Letter sent to the UK Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary on the Genocide Determination Bill 2023-24. The letter was published this morning, 17 April 2024, 06:00 am UK time.
Stop Perpetrators Getting Away With Genocide - Public Letter sent to the UK Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary on the Genocide Determination Bill 2023-24. The letter was published this morning, 17 April 2024, 06:00 am UK time. 'First of its kind': Prominent lawyers...