Continuing Human Rights Violations In Iraq

EDM number 218 in 1994-95, proposed by Ann Clwyd on 07/12/1994.

That this House notes with grave concern the horrific violations of human rights committed recently by Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq, documented in the report of the United Nations special rapporteur Max Van der Stoel, presented on 25th November 1994; understands that decrees issued by Iraq's Revolution Command Council provide for the amputation of the right hand for certain offences, the left foot for a repeat offence, and for the punishment of army deserters or anyone sheltering them by the cutting off of an ear, as well as branding an 'X' into the forehead; further understands that several hundred deserters and evaders already under detention are awaiting mutilation, some of the mutilated victims having died of infection while others are reported to have committed suicide; views these abhorrent practices as further proof of Saddam's continuing challenge to the world community and his regime'sutter disregard for basic human rights; and calls on the British Government to act within the United Nations Security Council to press for the implementation of its Resolution 688 (April 1991), which calls for an end to repression against the Iraqi people, and to ensure that the Iraqi Government abides by it and supports Mr Van der Stoel's recommendations for sending human rights monitors into Iraq and pressing the Iraqi Government to abolish all repressive decrees and laws.

This motion has been signed by a total of 73 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.