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Restrictions On Press Freedom In Turkey

EDM number 719 in 2014-15, proposed by Ann Clwyd on 21/01/2015.
Categorised under the topics of Media, Middle East and Press.

That this House is concerned about widespread reports of state censorship, and the firing, imprisonment and wiretapping of journalists in Turkey; notes that about 20 journalists were arrested in a series of dawn raids in Turkey in mid-December 2014; further notes that one of the journalists arrested in December, television presenter Sedef Kabas, is facing a prison sentence of up to five years for a tweet about a corruption probe involving high profile names; welcomes the statement by the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and the EU Commissioner for Enlargement Negotiations that the latest crackdown is against the European values and standards Turkey aspires to be part of; calls on Turkish authorities to remove the travel bans imposed on the journalists, drop all criminal charges against them and release all other journalists behind bars in the country; and further calls on Ministers in the UK Government to raise these concerns with their counterparts in Turkey.

This motion has been signed by a total of 36 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Ann Clwyd21/01/2015Cynon ValleyLabourProposed
Sandra Osborne21/01/2015Ayr, Carrick and CumnockLabourSeconded
Jeremy Corbyn21/01/2015Islington NorthLabourSeconded
Paul Farrelly21/01/2015Newcastle-under-LymeLabourSeconded
Mark Durkan21/01/2015FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Bob Russell21/01/2015ColchesterLiberal DemocratSeconded
Peter Bottomley21/01/2015Worthing WestConservativeSigned
John McDonnell21/01/2015Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner22/01/2015BolsoverLabourSigned
Glenda Jackson22/01/2015Hampstead and KilburnLabourSigned
John Leech22/01/2015Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Liz McInnes22/01/2015Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Mary Glindon22/01/2015North TynesideLabourSigned
Paul Flynn22/01/2015Newport WestLabourSigned
Jim Shannon22/01/2015StrangfordDUPSigned
Roger Godsiff26/01/2015Birmingham, Hall GreenLabourSigned
Gerald Kaufman26/01/2015Manchester, GortonLabourSigned
Jimmy Hood26/01/2015Lanark and Hamilton EastLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins26/01/2015Luton NorthLabourSigned
Gregory Campbell27/01/2015East LondonderryDUPSigned
David Anderson27/01/2015BlaydonLabourSigned
David Wright28/01/2015TelfordLabourSigned
Caroline Lucas28/01/2015Brighton, PavilionGreenSigned
Nigel Dodds28/01/2015Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Mike Gapes28/01/2015Ilford SouthLabourSigned
Lady Hermon28/01/2015North DownIndependentSigned
Ronnie Campbell28/01/2015Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
William McCrea28/01/2015South AntrimDUPSigned
Hywel Williams29/01/2015ArfonPlaid CymruSigned
Elfyn Llwyd29/01/2015Dwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid CymruSigned
Mark Williams04/02/2015CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Graham Stringer09/02/2015Blackley and BroughtonLabourSigned
Chris Ruane11/02/2015Vale of ClwydLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn24/02/2015JarrowLabourSigned
Tom Greatrex04/03/2015Rutherglen and Hamilton WestLabourSigned
Katy Clark23/03/2015North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned

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