UK says China’s decision to ban BBC World News – following its reports of atrocity crimes against Uighur women in mainland China – is ” an unacceptable curtailing of media freedom” and have raised it directly with the Chinese authorities.

UK says China’s decision to ban BBC World News – following its reports of atrocity crimes against Uighur women in mainland China – is ” an unacceptable curtailing of media freedom” and have raised it directly with the Chinese authorities.

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL13781): Question by lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to...

Government asked when they are going to amend the Modern Slavery Act 2015 to introduce financial penalties for organisations which do not publish annual modern slavery statements, and ensure that UK organisations are not complicit in, nor profiting from, the human rights violations in Xinjiang, in particular within the cotton industry. Says it wont follow the Canadian House of Commons and Dutch Parliament decisions to declare the treatment of the Uighurs in Xinjiang amounts to a genocide: “a matter for the Courts.”

Government asked when they are going to amend the Modern Slavery Act 2015 to introduce financial penalties for organisations which do not publish annual modern slavery statements, and ensure that UK organisations are not complicit in, nor profiting from, the human rights violations in Xinjiang, in particular within the cotton industry. Says it wont follow the Canadian House of Commons and Dutch Parliament decisions to declare the treatment of the Uighurs in Xinjiang amounts to a genocide: “a matter for the Courts.”

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL13780): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to their announcement on 12...

CONFERENCE ON THE CCP’S FORCED ORGAN HARVESTING – with opening remarks by Sir Geoffrey Nice QC and Parliamentarians from Canada, Europe, the US and Australia, including Senator Eric Abetz, Chair of the Australian Senate’s Foreign Affairs, Defence, and Trade Legislation Committee described the CCP’s actions against the Uyghurs in Xinjiang as a “genocide”.

CONFERENCE ON THE CCP’S FORCED ORGAN HARVESTING – with opening remarks by Sir Geoffrey Nice QC and Parliamentarians from Canada, Europe, the US and Australia, including Senator Eric Abetz, Chair of the Australian Senate’s Foreign Affairs, Defence, and Trade Legislation Committee described the CCP’s actions against the Uyghurs in Xinjiang as a “genocide”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8V8OPalKbc CONFERENCE ON THE CCP'S FORCED ORGAN HARVESTING - with opening remarks by Sir Geoffrey Nice QC AUSTRALIAN SENATORS CALLED THE PRC’S ACTIONS “GENOCIDE” (Canberra, ACT, 3/4/2021) --- Speaking at the Conference on the CCP’s...

In advance of the Genocide amendment returning to Parliament next Tuesday a Webinar commemorating the execution of 21 Christians, and which included contributions from the Coptic and Roman Catholic Popes, hears about the Genocide of the Uighur Muslims: here’s the link:

In advance of the Genocide amendment returning to Parliament next Tuesday a Webinar commemorating the execution of 21 Christians, and which included contributions from the Coptic and Roman Catholic Popes, hears about the Genocide of the Uighur Muslims: here’s the...

Today is Chinese New Year, marking the beginning of the Year of the Metal Ox. It has begun badly with China’s decision to ban BBC World and by threatening its correspondents in Hong Kong following their courageous reports about the infamies against the Uighurs of Xinjiang. The UK responds to the European Parliament resolution condemning the crackdown on the democratic opposition in Hong Kong and calls those events “a grievous attack on Hong Kong’s rights and freedoms”. And Secretary of State Blinken says the USA should “take in some of those fleeing Hong Kong, fleeing the repression, for standing up for their democratic rights.”

Today is Chinese New Year, marking the beginning of the Year of the Metal Ox. It has begun badly with China’s decision to ban BBC World and by threatening its correspondents in Hong Kong following their courageous reports about the infamies against the Uighurs of Xinjiang. The UK responds to the European Parliament resolution condemning the crackdown on the democratic opposition in Hong Kong and calls those events “a grievous attack on Hong Kong’s rights and freedoms”. And Secretary of State Blinken says the USA should “take in some of those fleeing Hong Kong, fleeing the repression, for standing up for their democratic rights.”

Today is Chinese New Year, marking the beginning of the Year of the Metal Ox. It has begun badly with China's decision to ban BBC World and by threatening its correspondents in Hong Kong following their courageous reports about the infamies against the Uighurs of...

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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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