The Times gets it right:

Court today in Hong Kong: innocent pro-democracy activist, Gwyneth Ho, refuses to plea for mercy. Who among us would have the courage do the same?

The Guardian:”Sudan needs an exceptional humanitarian endeavour to end its horrific civil war” -⁦Mukesh Kapila⁩ Yes,but past performance doesn’t auger well. ⁦⁦Collins of Highbury⁩ ⁦rosalind marsden⁩ ⁦Waging Peace 🧡⁩ theguardian.com/global-develop…

Perhaps rapper Macklemore’s protest about the ignored war in Sudan will finally concentrate attention on a catastrophic conflict which could lead to 2.5 million people dying of starvation & illness by October.⁦Collins of Highbury⁩ ⁦rosalind marsden⁩ bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

JRR Tolkien" And here he was, a little halfling from the Shire, a simple hobbit of the quiet countryside, expected to find a way where the great ones could not go, or dared not go." Tolkien knew that landslides only happen when small stones start to move.

The Education Tax and Independent Schools - at the heart of the debate has to be the well-being of the children who will be adversely affected by this decision - not dogma, ideology and prejudice. Government should think again. See davidalton.net/2024/09/02/the…

On Wednesday @HouseofLords considers the Holocaust Memorial Bill. While committed to a national memorial & learning centre,Dr.Rowan Williams Ruth Deech & others have convinced me that without a full appraisal/consultation UK Parliament site is a mistake.Right idea,wrong place

Questions on today’s House of Lords Order Paper about Hazara persecution; Darfur; Tigray, and UK attendance at CCP celebrations David Lammy Lord Vernon Coaker Collins of Highbury Andrew Mitchell Tim Farron Baroness Helena Kennedy KC

I voiced my support for Peter (Lord) Hain’s campaign to create a new International Anti Corruption Court to bring corrupt leaders to justice - and was grateful to Minister Baroness Chapman (@jennychapman) to explore with Gordon Brown his support for this overdue proposal

Prof.Magnus Fiskesjö, excoriates UN CCP apologists/collaborators: “The atrocities (against Uyghur Muslims) continue & China continues to deny UN access to Xinjiang” CCP is contemptuous of”cornerstone”UDHR - meant to protect minorities. ⁦David Lammy⁩ kinamedia.se/2024/09/01/fns…

As the CCP endlessly tries to convince the world that Taiwan is part of the PRC - which it never has been- it successfully recruits more and more support for the 23 million free people of Taiwan. ⁦David Lammy⁩ ⁦Catherine West⁩ ⁦ independent.co.uk/asia/east-asia…

Questions today in UK Parliament about UK development aid to China, about reports of CCP pressure to remove references to Taiwan from UK teaching material & compromising of UK universities by reliance on China money. Keir Starmer David Lammy Catherine West

Washington Post: How China extended its repression into an American city msn.com/en-us/news/oth… & how China silenced its critics in a US city (msn.com). UK city leaders: beware of the dependency on the dragon's gold. Andy Burnham Steve Rotheram Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC)

Ukraine has done nothing wrong to deserve this—except believe that Europe and the United States would defend them.

My oral question in House of Lords to Minister Jenny Chapman about the 1 million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh- forced from their homes by the genocidal military junta in Burma.

I pressed the Minister Jenny Chapman about the plight of 1 million #Rohingya refugees - in this 7th anniversary year of the Rohingya genocide - and called for a Joint Analysis of Conflict and Stability (JACS) Report by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office on the suffering of the Rohingya.

I spoke in the House of Lords on the imposition of an unprecedented #EducationTax. It is disgraceful not to have undertaken a full impact assessment before driving this forward @keirstatrmer & Bridget Phillipson. davidalton.net/2024/09/05/imp…

What has to happen before U.K. Government speaks up on behalf of the ethnic, religious & political minorities of China and stops trying to cosy up to the Chinese Communist Party? David Lammy should back the UN Special Procedures and speak up for Tibet. Tibet People 🇺🇦 Dalai Lama

Questions I have tabled in House of Lords today about egregious violations of human rights in North Korea - accused by a UN Commission of crimes against humanity. What priority does the U.K. give this? David Lammy Catherine West APPG North Korea Coalition for Genocide Response KoreaFuture

WSJ highlights CCP collaborators in the US.“The enemy within”operates here too -across commerce,politics,Whitehall & many walks of life.It’s why David Cameron designated China ‘a threat’ UK interests.⁦⁦⁦ ⁦David Lammy⁩ wsj.com/opinion/linda-…