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Human Rights Situation Of Iraqi Turkmen

EDM number 968 in 2010-12, proposed by Mike Hancock on 08/11/2010.
Categorised under the topic of Human rights.

That this House is concerned about the human rights situation of the Iraqi Turkmens, the third largest ethnic group in Iraq, who mainly live in the northern provinces, such as Kirkuk; condemns the ethnic cleansing and assimilation policy of Iraqi Turkmens by both Saddam Hussein's government until 2003 andthe Kurds since 2003, who claim the Iraqi Turkmens' lands which are rich with oil, gas sulphur, uranium and phosphorus; notes that the census in Iraq delayed for the third time since 2007 is now due to be held on 5 December 2010; worries that the inclusion of the questions on ethnicity and mother tongue in the census will divide Iraqi people instead of uniting them and might create new outbreaks of violence in this country; further condemns the treatment of the Iraqi Turkmens as the lower class in Iraq in comparison with the Arabs and Kurds; believes all ethnicities in Iraq should possess equal rights; welcomes the work of the Iraqi Turkmen Front to promote the human rights of Iraqi Turkmens such as the right to participate in the forming of the new government and the right to have justice, equality, fairness andan end to the discrimination and violence; and calls on the Prime Minister and the Government to raise the issue of Iraqi Turkmens' human rights with the government of Iraq.

This motion has been signed by a total of 22 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Mike Hancock08/11/2010Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratProposed
Bob Russell08/11/2010ColchesterLiberal DemocratSeconded
Michael Connarty08/11/2010Linlithgow and East FalkirkLabourSeconded
Stephen Williams09/11/2010Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSeconded
Mark Durkan09/11/2010FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
John McDonnell09/11/2010Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSeconded
Jim Shannon10/11/2010StrangfordDUPSigned
John Leech10/11/2010Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Marsha Singh11/11/2010Bradford WestLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley11/11/2010Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Tessa Munt12/11/2010WellsLiberal DemocratSigned
Kelvin Hopkins15/11/2010Luton NorthLabourSigned
John Hemming15/11/2010Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Tom Clarke16/11/2010Coatbridge, Chryston and BellshillLabourSigned
Margaret Ritchie18/11/2010South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Tom Blenkinsop18/11/2010Middlesbrough South and East ClevelandLabourSigned
Roger Williams19/11/2010Brecon and RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Virendra Sharma22/11/2010Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Dan Rogerson29/11/2010North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Williams30/11/2010CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Alasdair McDonnell09/12/2010Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Simon Hughes21/12/2010Bermondsey and Old SouthwarkLiberal DemocratSigned

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