Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 02 Dec 2020
Official Development Assistance
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 02 Nov 2020
Nagorno-Karabakh: Genocide Emergency Alert
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Written Question
Tuesday 27th October 2020
Asked by:
Lord Lexden (Conservative - Life peer)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 13 October (HL8595), what was the reply given by the government of Indonesia to Heather Wheeler’s representations about West Papua at their meeting in January 2020.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
We do not usually publish records of conversations - doing so may set a precedent whereby Her Majesty's Government is pressured to publish further conversations.
Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 22 Oct 2020
Guantanamo Bay Detainees
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Written Question
Tuesday 13th October 2020
Asked by:
Lord Lexden (Conservative - Life peer)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Indonesia about police action in response to peaceful protests by students at Cendewasih University in West Papua.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
We are aware of the protests by students on 28 September 2020 at Cenderawasih University in Papua. We have not raised this specific case with the Indonesian authorities, but we regularly press them to address legitimate human rights concerns, including upholding the right of peaceful protest. The former Minister for Asia and the Pacific, Heather Wheeler, raised Papua with the Indonesian Deputy Foreign Minister, Mahendra Siregar, during her visit to Jakarta in January 2020.
Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 12 Oct 2020
LGBT International Rights
"My Lords, should we not pay tribute to organisations such as the Human Dignity Trust and the Commonwealth Lawyers Association, whose work helps LGBT people in Commonwealth countries to gain their basic rights through their courts, most recently in Belize and Botswana? At the same time, should we not continue …..."Lord Lexden - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 25 Sep 2020
Belarus: Presidential Elections
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 25 Sep 2020
Belarus: Presidential Elections
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 21 Sep 2020
Nigeria: Religious Violence
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 02 Sep 2020
Aid Spending
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