Prof.Alexander Tsiaras (Yale) asks the key question… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKyljukBE70&feature=youtu.be
Iran's Evin Prison – the "moderate" tone of Iran's leaders contradict their actions
IRAN: ROUHANI’S "MODERATE" TONE CONTRADICTS HIS ACTIONS 02 May 2014 The Hill: By Lord Alton- One hundred guards dressed in riot gear stormed section 350 of Iran’s notorious Evin Prison on the morning of April 17 with overwhelming force and malicious intent. Though the...
Surveillance Technology Sold To Iran : Article for Politics Home and Questions In The House – Updated December 2nd
December 2nd, 2011 Surveillance Technology sold to Iran and Syria: BBC Newsnight Report (two thirds of the way in). http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mk25 http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2011/11/30/the-state-of-surveillance/...
The Plight of Egypt's Copts – 100,000 in exodus since March
Arab Spring Question: Tuesday November 29th 2011 2.36 pm Asked by Baroness CoxTo ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the implications of the Arab spring for religious minorities in the countries concerned. The Minister of State, Foreign and...
Foreign Secretary Intervenes After Unsatisfactory Replies To Parliamentary Questions On The Sale of Surveillance Technology To Iran, Syria and Other Regimes
The Foreign Secretary Intervenes… http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/news/latest-news/?id=669255682&view=PressS https://www.davidalton.net/2011/11/11/the-sale-of-surveillance-equipment-to-iran-syria-and-other-regimes-in-north-africa-and-the-middle-east/...
Abortion costs £30 million higher than misleadingly reported to Parliament
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/women_shealth/8904455/Abortion-costs-30m-higher-than-previously-thought.html Letter from Earl Howe: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Telegraph article By...
Legal Aid Bill Threatens Access To Justice
Second Reading of the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill, House of Lords, November 21st. http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201011/ldhansrd/text/111121-0002.htm When Lord Beveridge identified the five giant evils facing Britain, which led,...
The Condition of England Question 2011
“The Condition of England Question – and what we might make of the events of August 2011.” View power-point presentation to accompany lecture at: https://www.davidalton.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/the-condition-of-england-question-2011.ppt David Alton My lecture...
Faith Tax Now Imposed On Catholic Parents And Their Children
Why A Local Faith Tax Is Targetting Catholic Parents and Their Children. There are a variety of ways in which opponents of church schools can seek to undermine them. Usually it is done by sleight of hand, small, seemingly innocuous restrictions, which seek to...
Shin Dong Hyok at Oxford
http://oxfordstudent.com/2011/11/03/ir-society-host-north-korean-defector/ https://www.davidalton.net/2010/12/23/the-gulags-of-north-korea/
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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House of Lords Debate on Media Freedom and Security worldwide 24th April 2025
Lord Alton's contribution to Short debate: Steps being taken by the government, as a member of the Media Freedom Coalition, to ensure the safety and security of journalists and media workers worldwide. 24th April 2025 https://youtu.be/EjS4gTm0wiM House of Lords24th...
Questions about the number of children in Sudan who are (1) affected by malnutrition, and (2) no longer in education, due to the war; and about the percentage of UK aid to Sudan that (1) reaches recipients via emergency response rooms, and (2) supports emergency response rooms.
Lord Collins of Highbury, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL5805): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the...
Government responds to question asking what steps they are taking to ensure sustained medical and psychosocial support for survivors of conflict-related sexual violence in Africa, particularly through the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative; and how they are working with international partners to strengthen long-term policy provisions for survivors in conflict-affected regions
Lord Collins of Highbury, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL5873): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure...