Again I have raised the case of Leah Sharibu and the abduction of Nigerian girls. Wednesday 7 December 2022Lord Alton of Liverpool(CB)My Lords, it is four years since a 14 year-old girl, Leah Sharibu, was abducted by Boko Haram. She was forcibly taken, raped and...
CSW Statement NIGERIA: THREE KILLED AND 36 ABDUCTED IN LATEST ATTACKS IN SOUTHERN KADUNA
For Immediate Release 21 June 2022 NIGERIA: THREE KILLED AND 36 ABDUCTED IN LATEST ATTACKS IN SOUTHERN KADUNA Three people were killed and 36 were abducted on 19 June in the latest attacks by gunmen of Fulani ethnicity on two churches in the Kajuru Local Government...
Nigeria – Government answers questions on the integrity of elections in Nigeria; asked whether they have held discussions with the President of Nigeria about the Electoral Act(Amendment) Bill 2022 and raised reports that 24,000 voters from 16 communities in Plateau state, Nigeria, may not be able to vote in upcoming elections
Nigeria - Government answers questions on the integrity of elections in Nigeria; asked whether they have held discussions with the President of Nigeria about the Electoral Act(Amendment) Bill 2022 and raised reports that 24,000 voters from 16 communities in Plateau...
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...
U.K. admits that “Jihadist ideology is a driver of the conflict… in the North East of Nigeria” but elsewhere can’t see the elephant in the room.
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL2730): Question:To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of recent events in Kaduna State,...
NIGERIA: 49 KILLED AND 27 ABDUCTED.
NIGERIA: 49 KILLED AND 27 ABDUCTED IN SOUTHERN KADUNA ATTACKS - by armed assailants of Fulani ethnicity on communities in three Local Government Areas of Kaduna state, central Nigeria. “Most communities in southern Kaduna, including some in Birnin Gwari and Igabi,...
As attacks increase dramatically on Nigeria schools a petition has been launched urging Abuja to provide protection.
A joint petition by IAF, PSJ-UK, HART and CSW - click link for details and to sign up: https://csw.e-activist.com/page/90511/petition/1?ea.tracking.id=oo Attacks on schools in central and northwest Nigeria have increased dramatically – 12 mass abductions...
Nigerian pastor is murder and his Church burnt by mob in Kano.
CSW reports on the murder of a Nigerian pastor in Kano - followed by the mob burning down the church, the school, and his family's home. 27 September 2021 NIGERIA: CHRISTIAN LEADER DEAD FOLLOWING MOB ATTACK The chair of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN)...
UK Government Still In Denial About The Ideology Which Is Leading To Horrendous Killings And Abductions In Nigerian Jihad.
UK Government Still In Denial About The Ideology Which Is Leading To Horrendous Killings And Abductions In Nigerian Jihad. Report from Nigeria: "Over 4,100 Christians have been hacked to death by Jihadists in the past eight months or Jan to August 2021 with not less...
Armed raid launched on Nigeria’s foremost military training institute, two officers dead and one abduction.
CSW reports on Nigeria’s critical levels of insecurity and a spiralling death toll in Plateau State and an armed assault on the country’s foremost military training institute in Kaduna State, resulting in the deaths of two officers and the abduction of another. CSW...
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...
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...