As the last Christian is expelled from Mosul by ISIS – Times Article on why the world must respond to the cry of Iraq's Christians – and the full text of the House of Lords debate on Article 18 and Freedom of Belief – with news of Meriam Ibrahim's journey to Rome and ISIS subjecting women to female genital mutilation

http://blog.geopolitical-info.com/?p=957Article 18 – An article of faith Lord AltonAugust 12, 2014The United Nations doctrine ‘responsibility to protect’ has been flouted by the failure of international authorities to protect vulnerable minorities from sweeping...

As the last Christian is expelled from Mosul by ISIS – Times Article on why the world must respond to the cry of Iraq’s Christians – and the full text of the House of Lords debate on Article 18 and Freedom of Belief – with news of Meriam Ibrahim’s journey to Rome and ISIS subjecting women to female genital mutilation

http://blog.geopolitical-info.com/?p=957Article 18 – An article of faith Lord AltonAugust 12, 2014The United Nations doctrine ‘responsibility to protect’ has been flouted by the failure of international authorities to protect vulnerable minorities from sweeping...

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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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As senior officials in Hong Kong remain unsanctioned by the UK, Ministers say they have “urged the authorities” and HSBC Trustees to release savings of escapees; that “Article 23 of Hong Kong’s Basic Law, enacted on 23 March is likely incompatible with international human rights law and will have a negative impact on the people of Hong Kong in the exercise of their rights and freedoms”; and have “noted the allegation that some evidence to be used to prosecute Jimmy Lai had been obtained through the torture of Andy Li.”

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...

In advance of my oral question, scheduled to be asked in the House of Lords on April 17th,3 Parliamentary Replies on Putin’s War in Ukraine – bringing to justice those responsible for the Crime of Aggression and Reparations – including £2.5 billion from the sale of Chelsea FC.

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL3194): Question:To ask His Majesty's Government, following the decision of the General Assembly of the United Nations...