Lord (David) Alton’s Tweets

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FCDO response to Independent assessment of FCDO implementation of Truro Review published today. Clearly still a very long way to go. We need a further independent assessment in another 3 years to track whether Manifesto promises are kept davidalton.net/2022/07/04/ind

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Ukrainian grain debate on 21 July†Lord Alton of Liverpool to move that this House takes note of the impact of the Russian blockade of Ukrainian ports on food insecurity in developing countries,and its contribution to the danger of famine in the Horn of Africa and East Africa.

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Putin’s War leads to land grab in Luhansk.Ukraine🇺🇦rightly insists that any surrender of territory will lead to Putin demanding more.This existential struggle is about the sovereignty & very existence of a nation but more is at stake too. My recent Op Ed:davidalton.net/2022/07/01/ess

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This global Ministetial is a great event. Congratulations to

@UK_FoRBEnvoy

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Lord (Tariq)Ahmad of Wimbledon

and FCDO for championing the millions who suffer grievous persecution when their Article 18 right to believe, or not to believe, or to freely change their belief is denied.

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I made a visit to the QEII centre this afternoon and the preparations for the International Ministerial on #FoRB are in full swing - we �?�@FCDOGovUK �?�@UK_FoRBEnvoy�?� forward to welcoming our international guests to London this week.

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“Tigray: The Land of Hunger�? – UMD Media -An unofficial English translation has been published by UMD media: umdmedia.com/tigray-the-lan (text only).

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Ethiopia: Tigray, in the land of hunger arte.tv/fr/videos/1092 After a year of atrocities, for the first time, international journalists had access to Tigray. Their shocking report confirms the terrible accounts. In French and Tigrinya @trussliz @tariqahmadbt need to see it

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Press Release: European legislation must not undermine efforts to stop Iran’s state terrorism -...

Jul 2

European legislation must not undermine efforts to stop Iran’s state terrorism - British Committee for Iran Freedom

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The Belgian Parliament is soon to vote on a government bill regarding the transfer of prisoners between Belgium and Iran.

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Revealed: how Putin’s ships are turning off trackers in order to steal Ukraine’s grain – Telegraph report davidalton.net/2022/07/02/rev

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Ethiopia: Tigray, in the land of hunger arte.tv/fr/videos/1092 After a year of atrocities, for the first time, international journalists had access to Tigray. Their shocking report confirms the terrible accounts. In French and Tigrinya

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Ethiopie : Tigré, au pays de la faim - ARTE Reportage - Regarder le documentaire complet | ARTE

need to see it

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Mekele, sa capitale, que jalousait le reste de l’Ethiopie pour sa modernité, roule désormais en calèche et le plein d’essence s’y négocie à 700 dollars. A ce prix, les Tigréens restent cloués sur...

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Netherlands Health Minister Wants Doctors to be Able to Euthanize Children - LifeNews.com

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Dutch Health Minister Wants Doctors to be Able to Euthanize Children - he will extend euthanasia to children by using the Groningen Protocol, which currently applies to babies, to include children under the age of 12….no such thing as limited euthanasia

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The DutchNews.nl reported today that Dutch Health Minister Ernst Kuipers announced the intention to extend euthanasia to children, but without changing the law. Kuipers intends to extend the Gronin...

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My Essay for GIS Reports: Putin’s war on Ukraine is a last stand for the international rules-based order. The West will need to rally fierce and unwavering support for the defender and global freedoms to prevail. A high-stakes game of snakes and ladders🇺🇦 davidalton.net/2022/07/01/ess

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Tigray – Link to BBC Assignment Podcast which examines Ethiopia’s disinformation war, featuring the courageous Lucy Kassa as she tries to unpick fact from fiction in an information war which forms the backdrop toTigray’s lethal conflict davidalton.net/2022/07/01/tig

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Today marks 25 years since the handover of Hong Kong from the UK to China, and two years since the imposition of the National Security Law.

@trussliz

Foreign Secretary statement on the 25th anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong davidalton.net/2022/06/30/tod

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Speaking at the Washington Summit:“religious persecution is a hallmark of the CCP.Think of Tibet’s Buddhists;Xinjiang’s Uyghur Muslims;Chinese Christians;Falun Gong; Cardinal Joseph Zen.CCP regime’s membership of the UN Human Rights Council is a sick joke.�?davidalton.net/2022/06/30/spe

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Washington Summit– meeting today on implementing the duty to prevent Genocide with Yazidi, Uyghur, Nigerian and Rohingya voices. Nigerian bishop tells Biden to name the Genocide for what it is and to tell Buhari to bring the perpetrators to justice. davidalton.net/2022/06/30/was

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Campaign for Nigeria’s Leah Sharibu taken today to the Religious Freedom Summit in Washington DC – backed by Meriam Ibraheem, sentenced to death in Sudan after refusing to abandon her faith and forced to give birth shackled to the floor of her prison cell davidalton.net/2022/06/29/cam

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Yes, long overdue-too long suppressed because it doesn’t suit CCP narrative or that of their friends and allies.Thank goodness for Matt Ridley’s determination to shine a light into this dark place. Spare a thought for Zhang Zhang Zhan imprisoned or reporting the pandemic in China

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The premature dismissal of the Wuhan lab leak theory is casting a shadow over the scientific community. #OriginOfCovid telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/06/2

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Reversing a tragic half century of lost lives | David Alton

Further article for The Critic - Reversing a tragic half century of lost lives | David Alton

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By a margin of six to three, the United States Supreme Court has voted to overturn the nearly 50 year old ruling which imposed abortion laws across the United States. Since the Roe v Wade ruling the…

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American judges have chosen life — so should Britain | David Alton | The Critic Magazine

My article in The Critic Magazine. “After 10 million U.K. abortions (1 every 3 minutes )�?It’s not only the US Supreme Court that has serious concerns about abortion�?. Both sides should be free to express those concerns without vilification of the other.

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Earlier this week, a document was leaked from the United States Supreme Court indicating that the Justices intend to overturn the country’s national abortion law, commonly referred to as the Roe v…

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Speaking at a Washington DC Human Rights Conference this week focusing on Religious Freedom – sharing a platform with Uyghur new USCRIF chair

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and others on “Implementing The Duty to Prevent Genocide�? and talking about new book. Details: davidalton.net/2022/06/27/was

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The WSJ Argues That The Supreme Court Has Reclaimed Its Legitimacy. Yes, and it has reclaimed its...

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Roe v Wade decision restores the right of states to determine their own abortion laws. WSJ says it restores the Supreme Court’s legitimacy. Yes. And it restores democratic accountability and is a test of whether or not opponents accept the rule of law.

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The Supreme Court Reclaims Its Legitimacy In the 1973 abortion case, not today, the justices overstepped their boundaries and made their institution political. David B. Rivkin Jr. and Jennifer L....

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DAVID PATRIKARAKOS: If the West looks away now, Russia WILL triumph

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🇺🇦 Putin’s War - If the West looks away now, Russia WILL triumph. | DAVID PATRIKARAKOS in the Daily Mail Online

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DAVID PATRIKARAKOS: I have spent key moments of my career wearing the blue flak jacket of the war reporter. But this conflict is different from so many others in living memory.

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Liverpool Echo gives a fitting tribute to Frank Doran,the city’s former Lord Mayor,and member of the Parachute Regiment. Their motto Utrinque Paratus - Ready for anything- just about summed up Frank. Rest in Peace. davidalton.net/2022/06/23/it-

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BBC One - Panorama, Hong Kong: Life Under the Crackdown

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On Tuesday June 28th at 8.30pm, in a Panorama programme, the BBC's

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- who has filed many first hand reports from Hong Kong-will air important material about the pro democracy protests, the arrested activists and the city's changed identity

bbc.co.uk

Danny Vincent follows those who have lived through Hong Kong's street protest movement.

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In the House this week, Minister �?��?�

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Today I asked @GOVUK about the progress being made on the implementation of the Down Syndrome Act 2022 #DownSyndromeAct

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Lord (David) Alton Retweeted

We need to replace those laws with laws & resources that uphold both mother & child, medical ethics, and the pre-eminent human right: the very right to life itself - and on which all other rights are contingent.

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Earlier generations enacted legislation to protect the life of a child in the womb and the Supreme Court’s decision demonstrates that future generations are fully entitled to do the same.Historians may record that laws permitting 10m abortions in the UK were a barbaric aberration

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ROE vs.WADE. This decision demonstrates that abortion laws are not written in stone and that the insistence of the abortion industry that this is a “settled matter�? is delusional.

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Iain Duncan Smith MP

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I’m pleased that having raised concerns about the nomination of HikVision for a

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security award, the nomination has been withdrawn. Correct decision. We should be banning this company, not honouring them. #Uyghurs

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Imitating Stalin when the Holodomor was used to starve millions of Ukrainians to death, Putin is weaponising global food supplies as a weapon of war. Putin’s Holodomor will starve innocent people to death in new famines. Today’s Telegraph:

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'My career is finished, my friends are in prison and I’m an alien in my city'; life after Hong...

Next time you hear someone saying we must learn to live with the CCP tell them about Norman Choi: ‘My career is finished, my friends are in prison and I’m an alien in my city’: life after Hong Kong’s Apple Daily | The Guardian

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When the city’s largest pro-democracy newspaper was forced to close, Norman Choi got a new job in McDonald’s. Many of his colleagues were not so lucky

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Important speech at Hudson Institute by Mike Pompeo on Ukraine, Hong Kong, Taiwan and a Global Alliance for Freedom. Should be read by anyone who wants to hear intelligent US leadership, uniting the free world. davidalton.net/2022/06/24/imp

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It was with great sadness that the death was announced today – June 23rd – of Frank Doran MBE. Tribute at: davidalton.net/2022/06/23/it-

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Uyghur men,women and children remain stranded in third countries with no protection against forced return,facing serious risks of torture, inhumane & degrading treatment.

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-No repatriation, no refoulment, no return is safe for Uyghurs davidalton.net/2022/06/23/uyg

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China’s Crackdown on a Free Hong Kong -Explainer Video by Jeremy Sherlick, Producer and Lindsay Maizland. Watch here: cfr.org/video/chinas-c

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I pressed the

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I asked Air Mshl Stringer

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and strengthen National Security Council whose effectiveness is too dependent on “the whim of individual Prime Ministers�? Full: davidalton.net/2022/06/23/air

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