Information between 14th July 2022 - 14th April 2024
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Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Amendment of List of Safe States) Regulations 2024
17 speeches (4,966 words) Tuesday 19th March 2024 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Lord German (LD - Life peer) representing the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office here last Thursday about concerns over Muslims, Dalits - Link to Speech |
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India: Democratic Freedoms
19 speeches (1,569 words) Thursday 14th March 2024 - Lords Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Mentions: 1: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) I also note the 166 million Dalits, who continue to be discriminated against. - Link to Speech 2: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) On the issue of Dalits, we have seen progress in this respect not just on the crafting of the constitution - Link to Speech |
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Religious Persecution and the World Watch List
15 speeches (13,255 words) Thursday 25th January 2024 - Westminster Hall Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Mentions: 1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Vigilante violence against Muslims and Dalits has been accompanied by a sharp rise in attacks against - Link to Speech |
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Human Rights: India
22 speeches (7,778 words) Thursday 17th November 2022 - Grand Committee Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Mentions: 1: Lord Hussain (LDEM - Life peer) crucial cases involving violations of human rights … Caste-based discrimination and violence against Dalits - Link to Speech 2: Earl of Sandwich (CB - Excepted Hereditary) but I expect that the Minister will confirm that discrimination against Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Dalits - Link to Speech 3: Lord Harries of Pentregarth (CB - Life peer) All this is apart from the long-standing problem of Dalits getting recourse to justice when their village - Link to Speech |
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Negotiating Objectives for a Free Trade Agreement with India
37 speeches (24,803 words) Tuesday 6th September 2022 - Grand Committee Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Lord Harries of Pentregarth (CB - Life peer) When Dalits try to exercise their rights or resist abuse and exploitation, they are faced with extremely - Link to Speech |
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Thursday 14th March 2024
Formal Minutes - Formal Minutes of Joint Committee on Human Rights Session 22 - 23 Human Rights (Joint Committee) Found: of the Death Penalty; Bangladesh; Bahai; Beer Group; Bullying; Choice at the End of Life; Cricket; Dalits |
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Thursday 30th November 2023
Scrutiny evidence - Submission on the Draft Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Amendment of List of Safe States) Regulations 2024 with government response Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee Found: continue to be practised despite laws prohibiting them [...] 2.4.9 Women from minority groups, including Dalits |
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Tuesday 17th October 2023
Written Evidence - India Labour Solidarity TFA0025 - UK trade policy: food and agriculture UK trade policy: food and agriculture - Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee Found: the sector, with information on treatment of women and workers from the oppressed-caste (largely Dalits |
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Wednesday 29th March 2023
Written Evidence - National Secular Society HBA0005 - So-called honour-based abuse Women and Equalities Committee Found: and despite continuous calls from groups representing those vulnerable to caste discrimination (Dalits |
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Tuesday 22nd March 2022
Written Evidence - Trade Justice Movement IND0019 - UK-India trade negotiations UK-India trade negotiations - International Agreements Committee Found: any trade agreement promotes equal opportunity for vulnerable and marginalised communities such as Dalits |
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India: Violence
Asked by: Stephen Timms (Labour - East Ham) Wednesday 18th October 2023 Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of India about recent attacks on (a) Christians in Manipur and (b) Muslims and Dalits elsewhere in India. Answered by Anne-Marie Trevelyan - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) The British High Commission in New Delhi consistently monitors human rights across India including attacks on religious minorities and others. The UK Government has a broad and deep partnership with the Government of India, and we discuss all elements of our relationship, including human rights and Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB), and raise issues where we have them. Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister for South Asia, raised human rights and the situation in Manipur, with the Indian Government during his visit to India in May. He also met representatives of diverse faith groups. |
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UK response to international human rights abuses - CDP-2024-0011
Jan. 17 2024 Found: made to the Government of India about recent attacks on (a) Christians in Manipur and (b) Muslims and Dalits |
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Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench - Life peer) - @DavidAltonHL
18 Dec 2022, 2:42 p.m. Shambhavi Madan’s secular Hindu perspective on Anti-Conversion Laws & their role in “Mobilising Coercive Power” against India’s Dalits, Muslims, Christians & Adivasis. No to coercion,yes to freely made decisions to embrace or reject faith https://t.co/M0o0ghiMK4 via @thewire_in Link to Original Tweet |
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Sarah Champion (Labour - Rotherham) - @SarahChampionMP
30 Nov 2022, 7:12 p.m. How India’s caste system keeps Dalits from accessing disaster relief by @newhumanitarian https://t.co/4O2vqWU0Xj Link to Original Tweet |
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Wednesday 31st January 2024
Performance, Delivery and Resilience Directorate Source Page: The Scottish Government International Development Fund: designing a new International Development inclusive education programme Document: The Scottish Government International Development Fund: designing a new International Development inclusive education programme (PDF) Found: Dalits with disabilities: The neglected dimension of social exclusion. |