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HUMAN RIGHTS AND TURKEY'S APPLICATION FOR EU MEMBERSHIP

EDM number 266 in 1999-00, proposed by John Austin on 13/01/2000.

That this House notes that the leaders of Turkey's governing coalition have agreed to put the proposed execution of Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan on hold until the European Court of Human Rights has issued a ruling on the case, thereby avoiding a damaging dispute with the European Union; welcomes the PKK'S cessation of its armed struggle and proposals for a peace process; believes this provides an opportunity for dialogue between the Turkish government and the Kurdish community to resolve the long-running dispute and denial of basic human rights to Kurds in Turkey; regrets that despite the positive attitude of the PKK, the Turkish government's harassment of Kurds continues; notes that teachers continue to be prosecuted for teaching the Kurdish language and that many offices of the political party, HADEP, have been raided, as well as the offices of the trade union confederation KESK, the Dicle Women's Cultural Centre and the newspapers Ozgur Bakis and Yeni Evrensel; regrets that staff of the newspapers and HADEP have been detained together with the President of HADEP for Diyarbakir province; welcomes the call by the former Head of the CIA (Middle East Department) for the US administration to encourage the Turkish Government to give civil rights to the Kurdish people in Turkey; and similarly calls on Her Majesty's Government to urge the Turkish Prime Minister to adopt the path of peace and reconciliation by entering into immediate discussions with leaders of the Kurdish community with a view to establishing full civil and human rights as a pre-condition of further consideration of Turkey's candidature for EU membership.

This motion has been signed by a total of 43 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
John Austin13/01/2000Erith & ThamesmeadLabourProposed
Bob Laxton13/01/2000Derby NorthLabourSigned
Ian Gibson13/01/2000Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn13/01/2000Islington NorthLabourSigned
Andrew MacKinlay17/01/2000ThurrockLabourSigned
David Taylor18/01/2000North West LeicestershireLabour Co-operativeSigned
Harry Barnes18/01/2000North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Maria Fyfe18/01/2000Glasgow, MaryhillLabourSigned
Ian Davidson18/01/2000Glasgow, PollokLabour Co-operativeSigned
Elfyn Llwyd18/01/2000Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Ashok Kumar18/01/2000Middlesbrough South & East ClevelandLabourSigned
Lynne Jones18/01/2000Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
David Lepper19/01/2000Brighton, PavilionLabour Co-operativeSigned
Alice Mahon19/01/2000HalifaxLabourSigned
Alasdair Morgan19/01/2000Galloway & Upper NithsdaleScottish National PartySigned
Russell Brown19/01/2000DumfriesLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore19/01/2000HendonLabourSigned
Harold Best19/01/2000Leeds North WestLabourSigned
Robert Wareing19/01/2000Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Brian White20/01/2000North East Milton KeynesLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins20/01/2000Luton NorthLabourSigned
Hilton Dawson20/01/2000Lancaster & WyreLabourSigned
Tom Cox24/01/2000TootingLabourSigned
Bill Etherington24/01/2000Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Rudi Vis24/01/2000Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
John Cryer25/01/2000HornchurchLabourSigned
Norman Godman25/01/2000Greenock & InverclydeLabourSigned
Desmond Turner27/01/2000Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Dafydd Wigley27/01/2000CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Ronnie Campbell27/01/2000Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Bill Michie27/01/2000Sheffield, HeeleyLabourSigned
Alan Meale27/01/2000MansfieldLabourSigned
Linda Perham27/01/2000Ilford NorthLabourSigned
Andrew Love31/01/2000EdmontonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Peter Brand01/02/2000Isle of WightLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell02/02/2000Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Edward O'Hara02/02/2000Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Eric Illsley08/02/2000Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Phil Sawford09/02/2000KetteringLabourSigned
Roseanna Cunningham14/02/2000PerthScottish National PartySigned
Alan Simpson07/03/2000Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Tony McWalter15/03/2000Hemel HempsteadLabour Co-operativeSigned
Audrey WiseUnknownWithdrawn

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