Xinjiang Forced Labour Camps - US says it’s Genocide 1.31pm Thursday January 28th Clause 1: Code rights in respect of land connected to leased premises Amendment 1 Moved byLord Alton of Liverpool Share this specific contribution 1: Clause 1, page 2,...
The Times reports that former Foreign Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, backs the Genocide Amendment while Rachel Sylvester says today’s vote will “send a signal to the world about our foreign policy values”
The Times January 19th 2021 https://www.davidalton.net/2021/01/18/for-the-uyghurs-genocide-is-a-word-which-dares-not-speak-its-name-for-the-sake-of-women-like-rahima-mahmut-gulzira-auelkhan-sayragul-sauytbay-and-ruqiye-perhat-whose-heart-breaking-shocking-s/ The Times...
In today’s Daily Telegraph Charles Moore says “ a freedom-weary West must not end up seeing China’s tyranny as a safe haven” and that the Genocide amendment before the House of Commons on Tuesday “opens interesting possibilities” to do something about it.
In today’s Daily Telegraph Charles Moore says “ a freedom-weary West must not end up seeing China’s tyranny as a safe haven” and that the Genocide amendment before the House of Commons on Tuesday “opens interesting possibilities” to do something about it.
The Chief Rabbi reminds us of Elie Wiesel’s words “Whoever listens to a witness becomes a witness” and in movingly describing the agony of Uighur persecution he challenges us not to be silent witnesses
The destruction of a whole people as the world remains silent Ephraim Mirvis says: As chief rabbi, I can no longer remain silent about the plight of the Uighurs Opinion The Guardian newspaper Ephraim Mirvis An unfathomable mass atrocity is being perpetrated in China....
“A new parliamentary rebellion is brewing against our weak China policy” – Juliet Samuel, The Daily Telegraph, November 28th, 2020
Juliet Samuel of the Daily Telegraph A new parliamentary rebellion is brewing against our weak China policy” - Juliet Samuel, writing in The Daily Telegraph, November 28th, 2020. There’s China trouble brewing in Parliament. This week, four lords from three parties...
As the world marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on 25 November The Rights Practice has produced a new report entitled “Invisible Pain Sexual and gender-based violence in Xinjiang” – required reading by anyone who doubts the gravity of the suffering of Uighur people and the consequences for Uighur women.
The Rights Practice has produced a new report entitled “Invisible Pain Sexual and gender-based violence in Xinjiang” - which is required reading by anyone who doubts the gravity of the suffering of Uighur people and the consequences for Uighur women. They highlight...
Government asked what steps it is taking to ensure that the UK has not and will not be complicit in using Uighur slave labour to produce PPE for the NHS and profits for the Chinese Communist Party
In an oral question in Parliament today Lord Alton of Liverpool asked Lord Bethell, the Health Minister, this question: "In a written answer the noble lord the Minister has confirmed to me that the NHS warehouse for PPE at Daventry has masks made by Medwell Medical....
Watch this week’s webinar on the plight of China’s Uighurs
Watch this week’s webinar on the plight of China’s Uighurs. Click here https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zlYOoHdLNh0
“The Persecution of the Uighur Muslims in China – Where to Go From Now?” Webinar organised by the All Party Group on Uighurs and the Coalition for Genocide Response. Remarks by David Alton
“The Persecution of the Uighur Muslims in China – Where to Go From Now? It’s a great pleasure to join you for this webinar today – and I would like to begin by thanking Ewelina Ochab and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Uyghurs – of which I am a Vice Chairman -...
Government Buys PPE Made by Uyghur Muslims Under Chinese Labour Programme – Byline Times
Government Buys PPE Made by Uyghur Muslims Under Chinese Labour Programme – Byline Times https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/jvTDC2xK5Cylk1VHBCryC?domain=bylinetimes.com/ Subject: Written answer to your QWA HL9266 received from Lord Bethell, the Department of...
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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Forty year campaign demanding justice for British servicemen used as guinea pigs in atomic tests in the 50s – with one Commons debate in the 80s taking place in the middle of the night, at 3.50 am. Today just 1500 of the 20,000 servicemen put in harms way are still alive. The Defence Minister, Earl Minto, deserves thanks for his straightforward reply in the Lords yesterday. However long it takes, injustices must be put right.
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https://sudantribune.com/article285069 April 29, 2024 (NEW YORK) – The United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, issued a stark warning Monday about the dire situation in El Fasher, Sudan. Speaking to reporters following a UN Security...
Government responds to question about the potential of an international tribunal for delivering reparations to victims of the war in Ukraine
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL3874): Question n Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to the...