House of Lords - 11th December 2023Debate initiated by Baroness Anelay of St Johns https://youtu.be/XMtiRfqLP-I Full text to follow shortly
Government accused of sending contradictory and confusing messages on China. HMG challenged over dependency, resilience, pouring money into CCP coffers, Uyghurs, Hong Kong, the widespread abuse of human rights, and subversion of law and UN institutions.
Human Rights: China. House of Lords debate.Thursday 17 November 2022 https://youtu.be/uTB7ZAzJpGY Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB) My Lords, the whole House is indebted to the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of St Albans for the—as always—exemplary way in which he...
What is the Government doing to contest the challenges posed by China to the Commonwealth and the UK’s interests in Africa? – House of Lords International Relations & Defence Committee
International Relations and Defence Committee Wednesday 26 January 2022.Witness: Vicky Ford MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, Minister for Africa https://youtu.be/1GMVYVwcAdg Minister, can you say something about...
30 years behind bars. Eritrea tell the story of Bitweded Abraha.
On the 30th anniversary of his detention in Eritrea, Human Rights Concern Eritrea tell the story of Bitweded Abraha: Eritrea’s Honest Hero Who Became a Silenced Victim www.hrc-eritrea.org 5 October 2021 "Wednesday, 6 October, 2021, is the 30th anniversary of the...
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...
Disturbing reports sent to me this week by those working for Afghanistan’s Hazara minorities. Is the UN and U.K. Government investigating these reports or ignoring the plight of the Hazara?
Disturbing reports sent to me this week by those working for Afghanistan’s Hazara minorities. Is the UN and U.K. Government investigating these reports or ignoring the plight of the Hazara? Armed Kochis, the nomad Pashtuns, have threatened around 200 households in...
UK asked how it intends to respond to the Report of Mohamed Abdelsalam Babiker, the UN Special Rapporteur, on the situation of human rights in Eritrea.
UK asked how it intends to respond to the Report of Mohamed Abdelsalam Babiker, the UN Special Rapporteur, on the situation of human rights in Eritrea. The U.K. Government needs to urgently respond to the shocking catalogue of egregious human rights violations...
Despite CCP attempts to prevent it from happening UN Member States have called for further engagement and action to end human rights violations against Uyghurs
Despite CCP attempts to prevent it from happening UN Member States have called for further engagement and action to end human rights violations against Uyghurs The UN briefing meeting was sponsored by 18 UN Member States along with civil society groups. It was a very...
Humane and Welcome Decision By Pakistan’s Supreme Court: UN experts welcome death penalty ban for individuals with mental health conditions
Pakistan: UN experts welcome death penalty ban for individuals with mental health conditions GENEVA (18 February 2021) – UN human rights experts* have welcomed a decision by the Supreme Court of Pakistan to ban the execution of defendants with mental health...
UK Government says it will “monitor” allegations that the UN Human Rights Council shared details of human rights activists with the Chinese Communist Party and says in Xinjiang “Human rights defenders play an essential role in promoting and protecting democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of law.”
UK Government says it will “monitor “ allegations that the UN Human Rights Council shared details of human rights activists with the Chinese Communist Party and says in Xinjiang “Human rights defenders play an essential role in promoting and protecting democracy,...
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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Lord Alton made a speech on the Borders Bill urging Government to tackle the root causes of mass migration and displacement and to hit the smuggling gangs while upholding our obligation to protect the vulnerable. https://youtu.be/HLVBKjHRRpo Lord Alton of...
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My analysis today for @GIS_Reports of the geopolitical role of the papacy-why Pope Leo needs to reassess the Vatican's embrace of the CCP-which commits genocide, persecutes religion, imprisons political dissenters, uses slave labour, tramples on human rights - and why...