Wendy Morton MPMinister for Europe and AmericasKing Charles StreetLondonSW1A 2AHThe Lord Alton of LiverpoolHouse of CommonsLondonSW1A 0AASeptember 2021 Dear Lord Alton, Thank you for your follow-up correspondence of 7 September about Turkish operations in northern...
Government answers my questions on the steps being taken to locate missing Yazidi women and children following the genocide of Yazidis by ISIL in 2014?
Government answers my quGovernment answers my questions on the stepsestions on the steps they are taking to locate missing Yazidi women and children following the genocide of Yazidis by ISIL in 2014 Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development...
Support the #BringBackOurGirls Initiative calling for the search and rescue of the missing Yazidi women and girls.
Taking the Yazidi Petition and Letter to Boris Support the #BringBackOurGirls Initiative calling for the search and rescue of the missing Yazidi women and girls. It is unacceptable that seven years after the abductions, this step has not been taken. These women and...
At 10 Downing Street delivering a letter to the Prime Minister along with a Petition from many NGOs and charities demanding international action to trace and free missing Yazidi women abducted during the Genocide
file:///var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/66/06/C853840C-56DC-4353-AE50-E8F028F132DC/IMG_3005.mov With Mervyn Thomas of CSW and Dr.Ewelina Ochab at 10 Downing Street
House of Lords Library Briefing On Next Thursday’s Debate on Bringing The Perpetrators of Genocide To Justice. Background posts on Uyghurs in Xinjiang, Rohingya in Burma, Tigray, Nigeria, Yezidis, and Armenians.
House of Lords Library Briefing On Next Thursday's Debate on Bringing The Perpetrators of Genocide To Justice. Background posts on Uyghurs in Xinjiang, Rohingya in Burma, Tigray, Nigeria, Yezidis, and Armenians. image by Kuzzat Altay on Unsplash...
Government quizzed over the arrests by Faylaq Al-Sham of people in Yazidi villages near Afrin in northwest Syria – and the role of Turkey
Yazidis in Arfin Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL11263): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they...
Today, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the admirable Professor Mariz Tadros, Director of CREID, launched an important new initiative which deserves widespread support
Nadia Murad who suffered so grievously for her Yazidi faith Today, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the admirable Professor Mariz Tadros, Director of CREID, launched an important new initiative which deserves widespread support...
Watch this week’s Webinar on the appalling suffering of girls and women from religious minorities.
Nadi Murad one of thousands of Yazidis who suffered grievously at the hands of ISIS This week a Webinar was held on Freedom of Religion or Belief Day focusing on the appalling suffering of girls and women from religious minorities. Those taking part included Baroness...
Today in Nineveh the stories of two ancient communities rang out as a rebuke to the international community and its failure to protect and prevent genocide and to punish those responsible. Yazidi and Christian leaders told me “what happened to us was beyond imagination”
Very sad news that the Baba Sheikh - the spiritual leader of the Yazidis - whom I met a few months ago - has died. May he rest in peace.
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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UK aid supporting minorities in Pakistan – short debate House of Lords 25th April 2024.
Lords Grand CommitteeThursday 25 April 2024 Full debate: https://youtu.be/VMSZpOq_oyk Lord Alton of Liverpool:I am grateful to all noble lords participating in today’s short debate about ways in which UK development aid to Pakistan- rising from £41.5 million this year...
Letter to the Prime Minister calling for Recognition of the Armenian Genocide
The Right Honourable Rishi Sunak MPPrime Minister10 Downing StreetLondonSW1A 2AAApril 24, 2024 Dear Prime Minister,I am writing to you on the occasion of the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. On April24th, Armenians worldwide commemorate this day, which has...
At the crossroads: Will the free world choose isolationism or global leadership? Essay for GIS Reports April 19th 2024.
https://www.gisreportsonline.com/r/crossroads-isolationism-leadership At the crossroads: Will the free world choose isolationism or global leadership? LORD DAVID ALTON OF LIVERPOOL READING TIME: 16 MIN History teaches us that isolationism leads to disaster. Will the...