“Our adversaries are cowards, afraid of the truth” – Awet Fissehaye of PEN Eritrea The independent Eritrean journalists who have…
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Tag: Lord David Alton
Eritrean embassy replies to detailed report on the extortion of 2% tax in Britain
A report by Lord Alton, vice chair of the UK’s All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG), detailing the impact of Eritrea’s…
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UK parliamentarian calls for sanctions against Eritrea over involvement in Ethiopia’s Tigray region conflict
” Eritrea is cash poor, but despite this is calling up its citizens to fight in its neighbour’s costly, pitiless,…
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British Government on Tigray: “Roughly 400,000 people are assessed to be experiencing catastrophic conditions akin to famine.”
Tigray: Parliamentary reply on starvation being used as a weapon of war leads to U.K. reporting that “roughly 454,000…
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British Parliament marks International Women’s Day – highlighting extreme sexual violence inflicted during the Tigray war
Mar 7, 2022 By Lord David Alton International Women’s Day Commemorated in Parliament With An Event Focusing On The Use…
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British government ducks question about the plight of Tigrayans arrested and abused in Ethiopia
Lord David Alton, a Vice Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Eritrea in the UK Parliament, asked the…
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Tigray – UK’s New Africa Minister’s deep concerns “about ongoing human rights abuses and violations”
Oct 5, 2021 Source: Lord David Alton Vicky Ford MP Minister for Africa King Charles Street London SW1A 2AH Lord…
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British government on Eritrea’s role in Tigray: “particularly concerning…numerous report of atrocities…no evidence of leaving”
Replies by the British Government to questions tabled by Lord David Alton Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and…
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Britain: “We will hold PM Abiy to his statement that perpetrators of human rights atrocities should face justice – whoever they are”
Source: Lord David Alton Parliamentary Question Welcome statement from UK’s Minister of State, Tariq (Lord) Ahmad Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon,…
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Lord David Alton of Liverpool: A statement of gratitude and appreciation
People suffering oppression across the world, often silenced and ignored, have a real friend in Lord Alton. A member…
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