by Whitehouse Communications | 19 May 2022 | Civil liberties, Communications, Hong Kong, Human rights and equality, Politics, Uncategorized, Webinar, Whitehouse News
During a webinar hosted today co-hosted by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Hong Kong and the APPG on Freedom of Religion and Belief, Pastor Roy Chan, whose church in Hong Kong had its bank account frozen spoke about his experience running a church since...
by Whitehouse Communications | 17 Feb 2022 | Defence, Hong Kong, Human rights and equality, Justice, Politics
Last week, legislation was laid in Parliament as part of measures to urge Russia to end its campaign of aggression in Ukraine. This legislation now provides a framework for the strongest sanctions regime the UK has had against Russia. In practice, the legislation will...
by Whitehouse Communications | 7 Sep 2021 | Civil liberties, Communications, Hong Kong, Human rights and equality, Politics, Uncategorized, Webinar, Whitehouse News
Speaking to the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Hong Kong and representatives of the Hong Kong diaspora, Vines, who fled the city last month in fear of persecution, urged the British Government to continue to uphold the principles enshrined in the Sino-British...
by Whitehouse Communications | 4 Jun 2021 | European Union, Hong Kong, Human rights and equality, Politics
A US president’s first foreign trip is usually towed by tradition: a ceremonial stop at North American neighbours to reaffirm the close cross-border ties on the continent. President Biden however – though in part honouring convention with “virtual” bilateral...
by Whitehouse Communications | 3 May 2021 | Civil liberties, Creative Industries, media and technology, Economy, Education & Children's Services, Hong Kong, Human rights and equality, Justice, Politics, Whitehouse News
“Democracy dies in darkness” is the motto of one of the World’s great publications, the Washington Post. Today is World Press Freedom Day, an occasion to celebrate the noble traditions of journalism in its widest forms, but also to mourn the dimming...