South-Eastern Turkey

EDM number 2029 in 2005-06, proposed by Ian Gibson on 25/04/2006.

That this House notes with great concern the escalation of violence and repression in south-eastern Turkey since the end of March 2006 in response to public demonstrations seeking basic rights for the Kurdish people in Turkey; calls upon the British Government to urge the Turkish government to abide by its commitments under Articles 2 (the right to life) and 3 (the prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment) of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and to draw the attention of the Turkish government to the European Union guidelines on Children and Armed Conflict which requires that no child shall be subject to torture or to other cruel and inhumane and degrading treatment; and further calls on the Government to press the Turkish government to implement its duty under Articles 2 and 3 of the ECHR to ensure that an official investigation is carried out promptly by an independent and impartial authority into allegations of the violations of rights, to deprecate the Turkish government's handling of the situation, and in particular the insensitive and provocative statements which placed all responsibility for the situation on the civilian population, including children and to urge the European Union to make it plain to the Turkish government that the peaceful, just and lasting resolution of the Kurdish issue is an important prerequisite to a successful outcome to that country's bid for full EU membership.

This motion has been signed by a total of 56 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Ian Gibson	25/04/2006	Norwich North	Labour	Proposed
Michael Penning	25/04/2006	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Seconded
Bob Spink	25/04/2006	Castle Point	Conservative	Seconded
Jeremy Corbyn	25/04/2006	Islington North	Labour	Seconded
Robert Wareing	26/04/2006	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Seconded
Graham Stringer	26/04/2006	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Seconded
Jim Devine	26/04/2006	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	26/04/2006	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Katy Clark	26/04/2006	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	26/04/2006	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	26/04/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
David Drew	26/04/2006	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	26/04/2006	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	26/04/2006	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	26/04/2006	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	26/04/2006	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Russell	26/04/2006	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Pelling	27/04/2006	Croydon Central	Conservative	Signed
Andrew George	27/04/2006	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	27/04/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	27/04/2006	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	27/04/2006	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	27/04/2006	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	27/04/2006	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	27/04/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	27/04/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	02/05/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Angus MacNeil	03/05/2006	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	03/05/2006	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Wyatt	03/05/2006	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	03/05/2006	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	03/05/2006	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	03/05/2006	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	03/05/2006	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	03/05/2006	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	04/05/2006	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Marsha Singh	04/05/2006	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	04/05/2006	Burton	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	08/05/2006	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	08/05/2006	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Godsiff	09/05/2006	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	10/05/2006	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	10/05/2006	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	11/05/2006	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Bill Etherington	11/05/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	11/05/2006	Edmonton	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	11/05/2006	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	12/05/2006	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Albert Owen	16/05/2006	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Emily Thornberry	17/05/2006	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Sharon Hodgson	22/05/2006	Gateshead East & Washington West	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	07/06/2006	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	14/07/2006	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jon Cruddas	25/07/2006	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	25/07/2006	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	06/11/2006	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed

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