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Radio Bar Kulan

EDM number 656 in 2012-13, proposed by Austin Mitchell on 30/10/2012.
Categorised under the topics of Africa and Broadcasting.

That this House registers its concern about the working conditions and labour rights abuses at the radio station, Radio Bar Kulan(RBK), run by British PR company Albany Associates with funding from the UN; notes that a petition to the UN Secretary General's special representative for Somalia, Ambassador Augustine Mahiga and the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has been signed by over 40 journalists' and trade union associations, including the International Federation of Journalists, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa), the Trades Union Congress of Great Britain and the Federation of Somali Trade Unions; and supports the petition's call to end these labour rights violations at RBK, to restore a working atmosphere that enhances respect for workers and human rights and to compel Albany to engage in genuine negotiations with the legitimate leadership of the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) for the defence and representation of RBK workers in Kenya and Somalia, in particular regarding those sacked or forced to resign and to stop attacks on NUSOJ by Albany Associates.

This motion has been signed by a total of 13 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Austin Mitchell30/10/2012Great GrimsbyLabourProposed
Elfyn Llwyd30/10/2012Dwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid CymruSeconded
John McDonnell30/10/2012Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSeconded
Jeremy Corbyn30/10/2012Islington NorthLabourSeconded
Peter Bottomley30/10/2012Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Alex Cunningham30/10/2012Stockton NorthLabourSeconded
Dennis Skinner31/10/2012BolsoverLabourSigned
Alan Meale31/10/2012MansfieldLabourSigned
Martin Caton31/10/2012GowerLabourSigned
Mary Glindon01/11/2012North TynesideLabourSigned
Virendra Sharma05/11/2012Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins07/11/2012Luton NorthLabourSigned
Mike Hancock07/11/2012Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned

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