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Mar 14, 20230 min read

Aid Match

Mar 13, 20231 min read

Ukrainian Aid Covoy

To mark the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine I organised an aid convoy to Ukraine. The idea of the anniversary convoy...

Mar 13, 20231 min read

Ukraine Visit

Once the aid had been dropped off I continued my journey on the night train to Kyiv, where I attended the Ukrainian Parliament and met...

Feb 13, 20231 min read

Kosovo

Kosovo is a young country which the UK played a major role in stopping genocide there over 20 years ago and now the situation is...

Aug 26, 20213 min read

Afghanistan: My speech in the debate

Below is the text from my speech, prepared in advance of the Parliamentary debate on the 18th August. I was not called to speak at the...

Aug 24, 20211 min read

Help with relatives in Afghanistan

Like all MPs offices across the UK we are being contacted by many people worried for family members in Afghanistan. If you need advice...

Aug 17, 20211 min read

Afghanistan Westminster Debate

In the debate on Afghanistan today I made the point that we in Leeds are ready to welcome refugees but they need safe corridors through...

Aug 15, 20213 min read

Afghanistan

There has been a major miscalculation of the resilience of the Afghan forces and staggering complacency from the British Government about...

Oct 2, 20184 min read

West Papua – the world’s forgotten injustice

We think we know all about the great injustices of the world. The peoples who have been killed, their human rights transgressed,...

Jul 26, 20182 min read

MP Demands Reversal of Israel’s Nation State Law

Alex Sobel has taken a stand against Israel’s Nation State Law by tabling an Early Day Motion in Parliament. The Member of Parliament for...

Jul 23, 20181 min read

MP Demands Action on Israeli Visa Policy in Parliamentary Motion

Alex Sobel has today put down an Early Day Motion in Parliament after reports of foreign residents being increasingly denied visa...