Lord Alton of Liverpool: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking, if any, to promote Article 18 of the 1948 Universal Declaration on Human Rights. Read the debate in full Watch the debate in full (starts at 2pm) Extracts: Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB): My Lords, today’s short debate enables us to return…
Fiona Bruce (Congleton) (Con) (Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on human rights in China, following reports that human rights lawyer, Zhang Kai, imminently faces a severe prison sentence or the death penalty for defending civil liberties. The Minister of State, Foreign…
World Watch Monitor reports that Asia Bibi’s lawyer visited her on 21 October, and she is “healthy and safe.” Her husband Masih confirmed that he had visited his wife with Saif-ul-Malook, and that none of his daughters accompanied them on this visit. He could see “a glimmer of hope” on Asia’s face. Malook said the Supreme…