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Freedom Of Speech In Turkey

EDM number 1077 in 1989-90, proposed by Jeremy Corbyn on 06/06/1990.

That this House condemns the actions of the Government of Turkey in issuing decree 413 on 10th April which abolishes press freedom and introduces wide-scale censorship; notes that since its introduction reporting of Kurdish issues has been prevented, newspapers closed down and many journalists imprisoned; and demands that the British Government make representations to the Turkish Government demanding that a free press be allowed in Turkey.

This motion has been signed by a total of 29 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Jeremy Corbyn06/06/1990Islington NorthProposed
Brian Sedgemore06/06/1990Hackney South & ShoreditchSigned
Ken Livingstone06/06/1990Brent EastSigned
Ronald Brown06/06/1990Edinburgh LeithSigned
Harry Cohen06/06/1990LeytonSigned
Jim Cousins06/06/1990Newcastle upon Tyne CentralSigned
Tony Benn06/06/1990ChesterfieldSigned
Keith Vaz06/06/1990Leicester EastSigned
Audrey Wise06/06/1990PrestonSigned
John Cummings07/06/1990EasingtonSigned
Harry Barnes07/06/1990North East DerbyshireSigned
Norman Godman07/06/1990Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Ronnie Campbell07/06/1990Blyth ValleySigned
Bill Michie07/06/1990Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Alice Mahon07/06/1990HalifaxSigned
Eddie Loyden07/06/1990Liverpool, GarstonSigned
Dawn Primarolo07/06/1990Bristol SouthSigned
Tom Cox08/06/1990TootingSigned
Jim Wallace12/06/1990Orkney & ShetlandSigned
Robert Parry13/06/1990Liverpool, RiversideSigned
Chris Smith13/06/1990Islington South & FinsburySigned
David Hinchliffe13/06/1990WakefieldSigned
Jimmy Dunnachie13/06/1990Glasgow, PollokSigned
James Wray13/06/1990Glasgow ProvanSigned
Russell Johnston19/06/1990Inverness, Nairn and LochaberSigned
Tommy Graham20/06/1990Renfrew West and InverclydeSigned
Eric Illsley21/06/1990Barnsley CentralSigned
Jack Thompson21/06/1990WansbeckSigned
Malcolm Bruce05/07/1990GordonSigned

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