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HAPPY SAINT GEORGE’S DAY

Happy St. George's Day.

As Liliane Landor leaves BBC World Service she is right to be concerned for its future if further cuts are made.A new Government should commit to funding UK’s most important smart power tool from taxation. Debate in House of Lords 2022 davidalton.net/2022/12/01/hou… & davidalton.net/2022/10/04/art…

Time-US Congress Commission on International Religious Freedom says Russia is one of the world’s `worst violators’ of religious freedom, on par with Iran…USCIRF⁩ ⁦Jubilee Campaign USA⁩ ⁦Sam Brownback⁩ ⁦Fiona Bruce MP, UK FoRB Envoy⁩ ⁦U.S. Ambassador at Large Rashad Hussain⁩ time.com/6969273/russia…

South Korea bans imports of Chinese seafood produced by North Korean slave labour as Congress shines a light on supply chains. Are other democracies acting to prevent breaches of UN sanctions & use of slave labour? ⁦Lord (Tariq)Ahmad of Wimbledon⁩ ⁦Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP⁩ chosun.com/international/…

An honour and a privilege as ever to contribute to Battle of Imjin valley commemoration, joined by veterans and family members. Proud of the contribution of men from the island of Ireland to this pivotal battle. We will remember them. 감사합니다 to our friends at UK in Korea🇬🇧🇰🇷

St. Anthony's School for Boys in London. The children were very polite, sitting on the floor, raising their hands to ask many questions. Thank you.

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[APPG NK 서한] “The United Kingdom All-Party Parliamentary Group on North Korea (APPG North Korea) is concerned about the repatriation issues which face of North Korean refugees repatriated by the Chinese authorities.
#Repatriation #NorthKoreanRefugees
voakorea.com/a/7576003.html

At the crossroads: Will the free world choose isolationism or global leadership? My Essay out today for GIS Reports.History teaches us that isolationism leads to disaster.Will the United States and Europe choose a different path at this critical juncture? davidalton.net/2024/04/19/at-…

Representative of World Food Programme says the situation in #Sudan is 'catastrophic', with 11m displaced, 16m hungry, tens of thousands killed, & atrocity crimes being perpetrated in Darfur. How can we accelerate relief work, stop the flow Iranian armaments & bring those responsible to justice?

Letter signed with GCliftonBrownMP_INFO as co chairs of APPG North Korea to David Cameron the Foreign Secretary, about the CCP’s forced repatriation of North Korean refugees in breach of the 1951 Refugee Convention & the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.davidalton.net/2024/04/18/let…

An incredibly moving, powerful and shocking interview with my good friend Timothy Cho from #NorthKorea

Surrounded by Brainwashing & Indoctrination, I Thought Kim Was My God – ... youtu.be/5glqj377nto?si… via YouTube

A wonderful event at London Presbyterian Church. Also had the privilege of visiting one of the oldest book publishing companies in the UK & the world, #Hodder & Stoughton. Founded in 1868, have published many wellknown books could almost smell the fragrance of old books & history

£1 trillion of Putin war damage in #Ukraine . I asked about the use of frozen Russian assets for the rebuilding of Ukraine and the creation of an International Tribunal to bring to justice those responsible for war crimes and the Crime of Aggression.
Full: davidalton.net/2024/04/17/1-t…

@TimothyCho08 talks to Lee Hall about his incredible escape from North Korea, finding faith in the most unlikely place, and how the ruling regime controls people by idolising the Kim family.

Watch below or on YouTube:
youtu.be/5glqj377nto

🧵Today I visited Auschwitz-Birkenhau - something I have long felt I should do, because it is vital we learn from this terrible dark period and never forget the #Holocaust , and because of my own work on atrocities in #NorthKorea , #UyghurGenocide , #Tibet , #Myanmar and beyond/

Bonhoeffer was one of the greatest men of the 20th century. In the face of Nazism he said “Not to speak is to speak, not to act, is to act.”

Long live the Entente Cordiale,
Vive l’amitié franco-britannique !