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Lord Alton of Liverpool is a Crossbench Peer who serves on the House of Lords ‘International Relations Select Committee. He is a Patron of Hong Kong Watch and Vice Chair of the All-Party Group on Hong Kong.

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History tells us that regimes die from their own poison after gagging the press

by Lord Alton of Liverpool12:22, 18 August 202012:07, 22 August 2020

When a frightened regime has to crush the media, and even has to arrest participants over a candlelit vigil, it tells you all you need to know. But history teaches us that such regimes ultimately die from their own poison. Courageous people like Jimmy Lai, whom I have met, are the antidote to that poison. […]

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