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...

Egypt – A Second Revolution?

Last week saw the second anniversary of the seismic events which led to the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak. It also saw the beginning of a second Egyptian revolution – which many fear could lead to a full scale civil war, plunging Egypt into the fratricide which...

Egypt Universe Article

Egypt I have just returned from an investigation into the situation of the Church in Egypt organised by the interdenominational human rights organisation, the Jubilee Campaign. It follows the massacre in May last year, of 13 Christians living in Daryut, a town in...

Egypt Universe Article 2

Article For Universe by David Alton Egypt During my recent trip to Egypt, I had the privilege of meeting with the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Pope Shenouda III, 117th Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and the See of St. Mark. He leads a church whose origins go...

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Questions on the warning by Médecins Sans Frontières of a critical vaccine shortage in Darfur; prediction by UNICEF’s that 700,000 Sudanese children will suffer severe malnutrition; UNICEF’s report that the 2023–24 El Niño phenomenon has led to the closure of schools in South Sudan; and the effect of the prolonged heatwave and drought on eastern and southern Africa.

Lord Benyon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL3650): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool :To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the warning by...

Despite the suppression of the rights of girls and women in Afghanistan the Government admits it “has not introduced any Global Human Rights sanctions against the Taliban since they took power in 2021.” Parliament needs to assert oversight of the random and opaque process of Magnitsky Sanctions.

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL3308): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool :To ask His Majesty's Government how many Taliban leaders they have...