カテゴリー: David Lammy
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has a crisis team on standby in Delhi and in London, the foreign secretary said. ‘My thoughts, and I’m sure those of the entire house, are with those who’ve been affected by the tragic plane crash in Ind…
Jagtar Singh Johal’s hopes of being freed on bail have been dashed for now despite being cleared of charges in one caseHopes that Jagtar Singh Johal, a British Sikh man held in an Indian jail for seven years, would be released on bail were dashed on Th…
Brother of Jagtar Singh Johal says he is ‘being mentally tortured’ through unwarranted detentionThe British Sikh activist Jagtar Singh Johal, detained for seven years in an Indian jail, has been placed into solitary confinement and under 24-hour survei…
Relatives and campaigners hope Labour will usher in a step-change in the handling of hostage casesGurpreet Singh Johal is sitting in a London hotel lobby the night before he is due to meet David Lammy.He recalls in his soft Scottish burr that this will…
Dr Gillian Hughes, Dr Charlotte Burck, Dr Julia Nelki and Julia Granville the on the Uyghur Tribunal and David Lammy’s visit to ChinaWe were deeply disturbed to read your report about David Lammy’s visit to China that highlighted how our Labour governm…
Foreign secretary discussed China’s treatment of Uyghurs and support of Russia as well as ‘areas of cooperation’David Lammy pressed his Chinese counterpart on human rights concerns and China’s support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine during talks in Be…
Exclusive: Party drops plan for formal recognition laid out last year by David Lammy, who will visit Beijing on FridayUK politics live – latest updatesLabour has backtracked on plans to push for formal recognition of China’s treatment of the Uyghurs as…
Exclusive: Request to postpone Tsai Ing-wen’s trip came before ‘goodwill visit’ to China by David Lammy next weekThe UK Foreign Office (FCDO) asked for a visit by the former Taiwanese president to be postponed so as not to anger China ahead of a trip b…
Shadow foreign secretary says UK government ignoring catastrophe as millions of Afghans go hungryThe shadow foreign secretary, David Lammy, has flown to Kabul to see at first-hand the scale of the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan after the Taliban ta…