Tribute to the memory of Shahbaz Bhatti on the 10th anniversary of the assassination of Pakistan’s Minister for Minorities- recorded at the request of Shahbaz’s brother, Peter David Alton’s tribute to Shahbaz Bhatti recorded at the request of Peter Bhatti...
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Yesterday, March 2nd, was the ninth anniversary of the assassination of Pakistan’s Minister for Minorities, Shahbaz Bhatti. To mark his murder, and the failure to bring anyone to justice, Parliamentarians from both houses of the British Parliament, along with Christians and Muslims or Pakistan origin, met at Westminster under the auspices of the All- Party Group for Pakistani minorities. Tributes were paid to his memory and with the murder of Saleem Masih the continuing persecution of Minorities was Exposed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABOIQfhyh1g Yesterday, March 2nd, was the ninth anniversary of the assassination of Pakistan’s Minister for Minorities, Shahbaz Bhatti. To mark his murder, and...
Where is Jinnah’s Pakistan? Timeline of terror attacks on minorities. Carnage in Lahore – Pakistan and UK Governments Failure to Challenge Persecution or the Culture of Impunity. Links to previous posts about Pakistan’s Christians, Shahbaz Bhatti, Asia Bibbi, and the report on systematic persecution of the country’s minorities.
MRC Newsletter - May 2016 The Sunday Times April 3rd 2016 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/the-times/how-many-kids-have-to-die-before-pakistan-stops-sponsoring-militancy/news-story/9969dd643b5fe7abac81b1ed1d3ff92b ...
March 2nd: 5th Anniversary of the assassination of Shahbaz Bhatti. February 24th: Report Launched at Westminster on the Persecution of Religious Minorities In Pakistan. Link to Chris Rogers Disturbing Report for the BBC.
https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2016/26-february/news/world/home-office-guidance-on-pakistan-has-serious-flaws-say-mps www.leadfamily.blogspot.comhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b072sbqr/our-world-thailands-asylum-crackdown Watch Chris Rogers' disturbing...
Debate on Overseas Aid – Is aid to Pakistan challenging intolerance and persecution and helping minorities? Dr.Paul Bhatti addresses members of both Houses of Parliament as persecution of Christians and other minorities continues to be raised in the British Parliament. Parliamentarians paid ribute to the memory of his murdered brother, Shahbaz Bhatti, Minister for Minorities in Pakistan.
19 Nov 2015 : Column 372 7.01 pm Debate on Overseas Aid - Is aid to Pakistan challenging intolerance and persecution and helping minorities? Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB): My Lords, I thank my noble friend for initiating this debate and join others in...
First Anniversary of the Killing of Shahbaz Bhatti – one of a long line who have courageously given their lives for their beliefs and for their friends…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TEOBIlZs1I&context=C3edb8c0ADOEgsToPDskJ55Bb422uTeEmiNJll-Iiz https://www.davidalton.net/?s=shahbaz+Bhatti&x=8&y=13 This weekend marks the first anniversary of the assassination of Clement Shahbaz Bhatti. Aged 42,...
Shahbaz Bhatti – one year on since his brutal assassination: what to make of his sacrificial life and the treatment of minorities in Pakistan
The First Anniversary of the Death of Shahbaz Bhatti David Alton On March 2nd, 2011, aged 42, Clement Shahbaz Bhatti, Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Minorities, was brutally murdered. His assassination not only robbed Pakistan’s National Assembly of a dedicated,...
Pakistan's Treatment of Minorities and the Murder of Shahbaz Bhatti and Salman Taseer
http://britishpakistanichristian.blogspot.com/2012/01/lord-alton-speaks-out-for-minorities-in.html Pakistan Question January 19th 2012. 11.29 am Asked by Baroness Falkner of Margravine To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the Government...
Blackburn Cathedral Festival – Keynote Address
Volodymyr Zelensky and The Campaigners Against Slavery Teach Us About The Place Of Faith And Belief In Public Life It’s a great pleasure to join you for your Festival of Faith. I particularly warm to the challenge set by the Dean to talk about how faith can make a...
TS Eliot said “Last year’s words belong to last year’s language and next year’s language and next year’s words await another voice”. Whose voices will now be raised for those living in the perpetual bitter winter of persecution because of their beliefs? Setting the People Free.
Setting the People Free: Talk Given To the Anglican Benefice of St. Wilfrid, St.John’s and All Hallows, Lancashire. December 2021 Canon McConkey told me that the theme which would link these Advent Talks were the words from the hymn “ Come thou long expected Jesus...
Good Friday was a bad day for humanity – but even the most monstrous crimes don’t have to be the final word. We must challenge the seemingly endless ability to inflict wounds and suffering on one another.
Good Friday was a bad day for humanity – but even the most monstrous crimes don’t have to be the final word. We must challenge the seemingly endless ability to inflict wounds and suffering on one another. Lord Alton of Liverpool is a Crossbench Peer. Without the...
Today’s Webinar organised by the Coalition for Genocide Response to mark International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims.
https://youtu.be/lv0rJNcUvC0 Remarks by David Alton at the Webinar: I am delighted to take part in the International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims organised by the Coalition for Genocide...
All Party Parliamentary Group Inquiry into Abduction, Forced Marriage, and Forced Conversion of Girls and Young Women in Pakistan: Call for Evidence. Deadline February 15th 2021
https://youtu.be/26Bu7nmi5JE David Alton (Lord Alton of Liverpool) explains the Background to the Inquiry, its Objectives, and the Timetable The Times January 20th 2021All Party Parliamentary Group Inquiry into Abduction, Forced Marriage, and Forced Conversion of...
Professor Amjad Mahmood Khan and Shaan Taseer explain why Pakistan needs to reform Blasphemy Laws which have led to the murder of Muslims, Christians and Atheists
Professor Amjad Mahmood Khan and Shaan Taseer explain why Pakistan needs to reform Blasphemy Laws which have led to the murder of Muslims, Christians and Atheists Many people loathe blasphemy but question the use of criminal law to deal with it. Such laws can be used...
Hatred of none and love of all is a pretty good maxim by which to live your life. New Report on the Plight of Ahmadis Launched at Westminster:
https://appg-ahmadiyyamuslim.org.uk/report/ Hatred of none and love of all is a pretty good maxim by which to live your life. But that love – and willingness to live in peace alongside others– has too often been repaid with hatred: with intolerance,...
Conservative Home December 27th : “It is no secret that some senior civil servants in the Foreign Office do not share the Prime Minister’s commitment to implementing the Truro Recommendations.” Why he is right and they are wrong. And the persecution they ignore in China.
https://www.conservativehome.com/platform/2019/12/david-alton-now-is-the-time-to-deliver-on-johnsons-commitments-to-persecuted-christians.html On Boxing Day 2018 Jeremy Hunt MP, then Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, announced that he had asked...
Christmas in Pakistan: shocking story of Christian woman while Dawn details the case of an academic from Pakistan, Junaid Hafeez, who has been sentenced to death on blasphemy charges by a Court in Multan. He has already spent 6 years in solitary confinement, which in human rights law must amount to torture, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment contrary to the provisions of Article 7 of the ICCPR (to which Pakistan is a State Party). Multan is the city where Shagufta Kauser, once again spent Christmas – in the cell previously occupied by Asia Bibi – and separated from her disabled husband, Shafqat Emmanuel. He is paralysed from the chest down and is also incarcerated on blasphemy charges, sentenced to death, and separated from their four children, aged between 9 and 15. Also, the case of a 14 years old Christian girl Huma, who was kidnapped, forcibly converted and married to her abductor, in Karachi. And this shocking story: “They Forced Me Down, All I Did Was Pray”: the account of a Pakistani Christian rape survivor
In his Christmas message, the Prime Minister reminded us that millions of people would be unable to freely celebrate Christmas. These bleak stories from Pakistan – a Commonwealth country - is a graphic illustration of how bad it can get for vulnerable people whose...
Human Dignity and Religious Freedom – Speech at Brigham Young University, Salt Lake City, Utah
Extracts from a Lecture: Human Dignity and Religious Freedom: Preventing and Responding to Religious Persecution Brigham Young University, Utah. October 2019. David Alton The Punta del Este Declaration,...
British and Pakistan Governments and the Commonwealth Challenged In The British Parliament To Champion the Persecuted Minorities Of Pakistan; to uphold the ideals of Muhammad Ali Jinnah; and for Prince William to meet the minorities during his forthcoming visit.
House Magazine July 2nd 2019 Parliamentlive.tv - Download Available https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/jKPzCvlGAfM2KxJSQ2c7y?domain=parliamentlive.tv - Download Available Pakistan: Aid Programmes and Human Rights 02 July 2019 Volume 798 Question for Short Debate 6.30...
Forthcoming July 2nd Parliamentary Debate about the plight of Pakistan’s Minorities and the UK’s £2 billion aid to Pakistan – and the treatment of Asia Bibi. Forthcoming article from Parliament’s House Magazine. Some of the Questions and Interventions on behalf of persecuted Pakistanis.
House of Lords Business: Tuesday July 2nd 2019 Debates Question for Short Debate Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the relationship between their aid...
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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At the crossroads: Will the free world choose isolationism or global leadership? Essay for GIS Reports April 19th 2024.
https://www.gisreportsonline.com/r/crossroads-isolationism-leadership At the crossroads: Will the free world choose isolationism or global leadership? LORD DAVID ALTON OF LIVERPOOL READING TIME: 16 MIN History teaches us that isolationism leads to disaster. Will the...
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