Timothy Cho

My wife and I had the privilege of attending the Buckingham Palace Garden Party, having been invited by @RoyalFamily. Great to see The Prince and Princess of Wales, The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh & Zara Tindall. Honour to be among many remarkable people serving our nation🇬🇧🙏

What an extraordinary game 😱 Our @FIFAWorldCup campaign ends with a 6-4 win over France 💪

Middle East Minister @HFalconerMP calls out Iranian regime’s deadliest ever crackdown on pro democracy protesters; the use of the death penalty; and describes “deteriorating human rights situation.” UK now has 105 human rights sanctions on Iran. @SecRubio @volker_turk @JavaidRehman Read letter to me in full:

This morning @HouseofLords gave my Bill on Genocide Determination a Second Reading. Despite some anticipated opposition, speakers from all sides were overwhelmingly in support. The Bill now goes to Committee Stage for detailed scrutiny. On this matter of life and death for countless people it will now be up to the Government to provide the necessary parliamentary time if the Bill is to become law @andyburnham. In the House of Commons the MP @alexsobel has agreed to be its Commons sponsor. Watch debate in full: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/21… @Coalition4GR @YvetteCooperMP @DavidLammy @liz_sugg @arminkahelic @christinalamb @benedictrogers @EwelinaUO @lukedepulford @YvetteCooperMP @DavidLammy @ShabanaMahmood @RTHondavehanson @Lord_Collins @JennyChapman @HelenaKennedyKC @LordRoyKennedy @alexsobel @SarahChampionMP @EdwardJDavey @SarahLudford @GreenJennyJones @aliciakearns @TomTugendhat @Nus_Ghani @ipacglobal @hk_watch @thecfhk @YazdaOrg @HazaraInquiry @UyghurStop @genocide_watch @AlexCrawfordSky @sophiealichurch @TownsendMark @edwardlucas @alisonkilling @HarryFarley_ @hrw @SophieDRich @arminkahelic @MartinCallanan @NadiaMuradBasee @UyghurCongress @MahmutRahima @BaronessGoudie @arminkahelic

A blessed and encouraging week of worship, prayer, and speaking at the #NewWineIreland🇮🇪 Conference in #Sligo26. Grateful to see many #Irish people standing in solidarity with persecuted Christians in #NorthKorea and other nations around the world. #OpenDoorsUK #PersecutedChurch

Writing in The Tablet @benedictrogers sets out the case for the Genocide Determination Bill: “The Bill is designed to end the absurd merry-go-round where the government refuses to recognise a genocide, saying it is for the courts, but without British courts having genocide determination within their judicial scope. It will give the High Court in England and Wales, and its equivalent Court of Session in Scotland, the power to receive submissions from survivors and victims of atrocities, or organisations on their behalf, and make a determination as to whether these indicate that a genocide is underway or there is a serious risk of a genocide being committed.     If the court determines that there is a genocide or the risk of one, the government – under this Bill – would be required by law to act to fulfil its obligations under the Genocide Convention to prevent it or punish the perpetrators, by imposing sanctions or referring the case to the International Criminal Court, International Court of Justice or other international bodies.   If this Bill passes, it will be an historic moment and provide a long overdue mechanism for addressing what has become known as the crime of crimes” @andyburnham @YvetteCooperMP @DavidLammy @attorneygeneral @jennychapman @ShabanaMahmood @Burmacampaign @Coalition4GR @bbclysedoucet @christinalamb @alexsobel @AlexCrawfordSky @CharlesHMoore @FraserNelson @NigeriaCsw @CSW_UK @acn_uk @timfarron @Jacob_Rees_Mogg @pmounstephen @danny__kruger @Billbrowder @DXW_KC @tariqahmadbt @afneil @MorrisofBolton @aliciakearns @MahmutRahima @UyghurCongress @HumanRightsCtte url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/cwEVCr8AwCAv…

Commiserations to Harry and the team. While you Three Lions may be licking your wounds today, you remain the pride of a nation – and will rise again.

For a place in the @FIFAWorldCup final. It’s matchday for the #ThreeLions in Atlanta! 🦁

Too easy to forget about the human rights violations in North Korea - which a UN Commission says is “a state without parallel” and should be prosecuted for crimes against humanity.

During tributes today in @UKHouseofLords to Ann Widdecombe I paid tribute to her principles, kindness and intelligence - grounded in her Faith and Patriotism. From different political traditions we celebrated when we agreed and when we disagreed we respectfully learned to handle differences without rancour. Ann became a great friend and was Godmother to one of my children. In the House of Commons she and Sir David Amess became close friends. I am deeply shocked that both have been murdered. I hope that justice will now prevail and that in a toxic climate of hatred and hate speech we will learn the importance of respecting difference. Watch tributes in full: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/d8…

Many thanks to our Co-Chair, @DavidAltonHL, who remotely spoke at recent NKHR Global Supply Chains Forum in #Seoul, raising concerns about the DPRK-🇨🇳-🇷🇺 networks involved in grave human rights abuses & the need for a robust response. His full speech is 👇 nkhrcampaign.org/forum-lord-alt…

Ann embodied something fundamental about this House: the passion and freedom to make our arguments robustly and without fear, and the unique responsibility that we have to the people we represent. The relationship between a Member of Parliament and their constituents is unlike almost anything else. We meet people face to face. We hold surgeries. We go into their homes. If someone is too ill to come and see us, we go and see them. We do so because personal contact with the people we represent is at the heart of our democracy. We must not allow the epitaph of Ann’s terrible murder to be that we withdraw from that responsibility or lose the very thing that makes this place and our democracy so special. But nor can we ignore the increasingly visceral and violent language that is allowed to spread online. The Government, and particularly the Home Secretary, must make it absolutely clear to the social media companies that they have a responsibility to do far more to tackle personal abuse, threats and violent rhetoric. Some of what has been said online following Ann’s murder has been utterly shocking, and we cannot simply pretend that this culture of hatred has no consequences. Ann is not the only Member of Parliament to have been murdered. Jo Cox was murdered. My good friend David Amess was murdered. And the plaques around this Chamber remind us that terrorists have murdered many Members of this House. We must be bold and we must be clear. We will not accept being shut down. We will not accept being prevented from carrying out our duties. And we will not accept being silenced. Because that, I believe, is what Ann would have wanted.

Police have arrested thousands across China in a drive to shut down underground churches. The Telegraph spoke to six Chinese Christians who have either been targeted by the CCP or have incarcerated relatives. These are their stories ⬇️ telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…

Coaliton for Genocide Response @Coalition4GR explain why they back my Genocide Determination Bill - post includes an important Briefing from Yazda. See genocideresponse.org/post/genocide-… @andyburnham @YvetteCooperMP @DavidLammy @HumanRightsCtte @christinalamb

Jude's double does the job. WE ARE WORLD CUP SEMI-FINALISTS! 🔥

Great to be out this morning supporting @Conservatives #Manchester mayoral election candidate Phil Eckersley @phileckersley_. We received a warm response on the doorstep in #Altrincham. #ManchesterMayoralElection

Matchday in Miami. A chance to make the final four. COME ON ENGLAND! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

So very sorry to learn of the death of Ann Widdecombe. Ann’s forthright views - whether you agreed with her or not - were always trenchantly, intelligently, and honestly expressed - and never with malice. Even when Ann and I were on opposite sides of political arguments, we simply agreed to disagree but never fell out. Her formidable debating skills, developed as a student in the Oxford Union, were deployed to great effect in @UKParliament for her causes - notably in defence of the unborn child and against animal cruelty. We first came to know one another when she diligently served on my Private Members’ Bill Committee in @HouseofCommons as I challenged the law permitting late abortions. Known as a conviction politician, her beliefs were founded on two pillars: her Faith and her intensely patriotic love of country. Beyond the well-known public figure, there was also a less well-known private person, capable of great kindness in responding to people facing personal challenges and tragedy. As they will attest , she was never a fair weather friend. At a time when the national debate needs respectful disagreement and intelligent debate, Ann’s voice will be missed. I will not be alone in mourning her passing. May she now rest in peace bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… @CommonsSpeaker

Grateful to @RFInstitute for inviting me for 3rd consecutive year to speak at Statesmanship & Religious Freedom Programme UK, at historic Cumberland Lodge in @WindsorGtPark. May these young leaders continue to choose a path guided by faith, love & a commitment to serving others.

Could we do more to secure Human Rights? | Lord David Alton - YouTube Podcast - a personal perspective - in conversation with the grandchildren of Sir David Maxwell Fife - 1st Earl of Kilmuir - Nuremberg Prosecutor, Attorney General, Lord Chancellor, Conservative MP for Liverpool West Derby and one of the drafters of the European Convention on Human Rights. Listen here: youtu.be/AugFpG8a3mM?si… Also see davidalton.net/2025/03/21/75t… and davidalton.net/2026/06/29/gen…