Wendy Morton MPMinister for Europe and AmericasKing Charles StreetLondonSW1A 2AHThe Lord Alton of LiverpoolHouse of CommonsLondonSW1A 0AASeptember 2021 Dear Lord Alton, Thank you for your follow-up correspondence of 7 September about Turkish operations in northern...
Government answers my questions on the steps being taken to locate missing Yazidi women and children following the genocide of Yazidis by ISIL in 2014?
Government answers my quGovernment answers my questions on the stepsestions on the steps they are taking to locate missing Yazidi women and children following the genocide of Yazidis by ISIL in 2014 Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development...
Support the #BringBackOurGirls Initiative calling for the search and rescue of the missing Yazidi women and girls.
Taking the Yazidi Petition and Letter to Boris Support the #BringBackOurGirls Initiative calling for the search and rescue of the missing Yazidi women and girls. It is unacceptable that seven years after the abductions, this step has not been taken. These women and...
At 10 Downing Street delivering a letter to the Prime Minister along with a Petition from many NGOs and charities demanding international action to trace and free missing Yazidi women abducted during the Genocide
file:///var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/66/06/C853840C-56DC-4353-AE50-E8F028F132DC/IMG_3005.mov With Mervyn Thomas of CSW and Dr.Ewelina Ochab at 10 Downing Street
House of Lords Library Briefing On Next Thursday’s Debate on Bringing The Perpetrators of Genocide To Justice. Background posts on Uyghurs in Xinjiang, Rohingya in Burma, Tigray, Nigeria, Yezidis, and Armenians.
House of Lords Library Briefing On Next Thursday's Debate on Bringing The Perpetrators of Genocide To Justice. Background posts on Uyghurs in Xinjiang, Rohingya in Burma, Tigray, Nigeria, Yezidis, and Armenians. image by Kuzzat Altay on Unsplash...
Government quizzed over the arrests by Faylaq Al-Sham of people in Yazidi villages near Afrin in northwest Syria – and the role of Turkey
Yazidis in Arfin Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL11263): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they...
Today, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the admirable Professor Mariz Tadros, Director of CREID, launched an important new initiative which deserves widespread support
Nadia Murad who suffered so grievously for her Yazidi faith Today, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the admirable Professor Mariz Tadros, Director of CREID, launched an important new initiative which deserves widespread support...
Watch this week’s Webinar on the appalling suffering of girls and women from religious minorities.
Nadi Murad one of thousands of Yazidis who suffered grievously at the hands of ISIS This week a Webinar was held on Freedom of Religion or Belief Day focusing on the appalling suffering of girls and women from religious minorities. Those taking part included Baroness...
Today in Nineveh the stories of two ancient communities rang out as a rebuke to the international community and its failure to protect and prevent genocide and to punish those responsible. Yazidi and Christian leaders told me “what happened to us was beyond imagination”
Very sad news that the Baba Sheikh - the spiritual leader of the Yazidis - whom I met a few months ago - has died. May he rest in peace.
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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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...
Replies to Parliamentary Questions on whether the UK Government intend to propose legislation to ensure that the UK is not a safe haven for perpetrators of war crimes in Ukraine and whether they are planning to introduce legislation to amend the International Criminal Court Act 2001 to enable UK courts to prosecute non-citizens and non-residents for crimes against humanity, war crimes or genocide in Ukraine.
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL3876): Question By Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to propose legislation...
Replies to Parliamentary Questions on the number of people who are dying of hunger or who are food insecure in Sudan; how quickly the UK decision to increase humanitarian aid for war victims in Sudan will be made available; what it will be used for; and how it will be deployed; and the impact of the war in Sudan on South Sudan, including (1) the numbers of displaced people and refugees, and (2) the impact on its economy caused by the loss of receipts from the export of oil
Lord Benyon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL3877): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of people...