Lord Alton chaired the first hearing of the Hazara Inquiry and heard from four experts raising their concerns about the situation of Hazaras in Afghanistan including the slow motion genocide. For anyone wishing to contribute to the inquiry, or for more information...
AFGHANISTAN
Taliban turn away girls from secondary schools. More than a million Afghan high school girls were promised a return to classes this week, for the first time since the Taliban take over in August. Most were turned away at the door – others sent home just hours after their school day began.
AFGHANISTANTaliban turn away girls from secondary schools. More than a million Afghan high school girls were promised a return to classes this week, for the first time since the Taliban take over in August. Most were turned away at the door - others sent home just...
Afghanistan: Taliban attempting to steadily erase women and girls from public life – UN experts
Afghanistan: Taliban attempting to steadily erase women and girls from public life – UN experts UN (17.01.2022) - https://bit.ly/3KnpRxh - Taliban leaders in Afghanistan are institutionalizing large scale and systematic gender-based discrimination and violence against...
Displaced People Worldwide Debate – House of Lords
House of Lords 6th January 2022Lord Alton of Liverpool to move that this House takes note of (1) the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ estimate that 82.4 million people are displaced worldwide, 42 per cent of whom are children, and 32 per cent of whom are...
Afghanistan and the threat posed by China
I asked Ben Wallace MP, the Defence Secretary questions today about Afghanistan and the threat posed by China. The Joint Committee on National Security Strategy concluded that “recent events in Afghanistan suggest the NSC and cross government machinery that supports...
U.K. will “continue to press the Taliban to uphold human rights”.
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL2772): Question:To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the searches conducted by the...
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...
Afghanistan: “I came home from school to find that the Taliban killed my parents”.
A girl looks on among Afghan women lining up to receive relief assistance, Women who refuse to comply to Taliban ideology are persecuted - as are minorities such as Hazaras, Ahmadis, Christians, Sikhs and LGBTQAfghanistan Under the Taliban: "I came home from school to...
Arise Trustee David Alton appeals for protection for the Hazaras – a Shia minority trapped in Afghanistan and targeted by the Taliban because of their faith.
https://vimeo.com/604811023 https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/O3zuC2xK5Cwop25SQU4Wr?domain=foundation.us15.list-manage.com Arise Trustee David Alton appeals for protection for the Hazaras - a Shia minority trapped in Afghanistan and targeted by the Taliban because of...
As threats from Jihadists increase, the Government responds to a question about the scrutiny of UK citizens entering and returning from Afghanistan.
As threats from Jihadists increase, the Government responds to a question about the steps they intend to take to increase the scrutiny of UK citizens entering and returning from Afghanistan via third countries. Baroness Williams of Trafford, the Home Office, has...
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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In advance of a debate on April 25th on how UK aid is used to support minorities in Pakistan, Government responds to my Question on why Ahmadi Muslims were not included on the single electoral list with all other voters in the recent elections in that country
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL3227): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool.:To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord...
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Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL3229): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will take steps to impose...
Reply to Question in Parliament about whether the UK Government will allow British National (Overseas) visa holders to voluntarily pay up to 15 years’ worth of Class 3 national insurance contributions towards a state pension, in cases where such visa holders have been denied access to their Mandatory Provident Fund pension savings by HSBC
Baroness Vere of Norbiton, Treasury, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL3506): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will allow British National (Overseas) visa holders to voluntarily...