Turkey

EDM number 536 in 1996-97, proposed by Emma Nicholson on 13/02/1997.

That this House is deeply concerned by continued reports of human rights violations in Turkey; welcomes the public statement issued by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture on 6th December 1996, which highlighted the blatant and widespread use of torture by Turkish police against both political and criminal suspects; deplores the imprisonment of prisoners of conscience; including human rights defenders and journalists; is concerned that the United Nations has received more reports of 'disappearances' in Turkey since 1991 than from any other country in the world; notes that the US State Department report of January 1997 and the Amnesty International Turkey report of October 1996 each refer to the serious human rights problems in Turkey; calls on the Turkish Government to implement the reforms of detention procedures recommended by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture, conduct prompt and impartial investigations into all reports of extra-judicial execution and 'disappearance' and immediately release all prisoners of conscience; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to press the forthcoming 53rd Session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to adopt a resolution urging the Turkish government to undertake these measures.

This motion has been signed by a total of 66 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Emma Nicholson	13/02/1997	Torridge & West Devon		Proposed
David Hanson	13/02/1997	Delyn		Signed
Robert McCartney	13/02/1997	North Down		Signed
Nick Ainger	13/02/1997	Pembroke		Signed
Peter Bottomley	13/02/1997	Eltham		Signed
Dafydd Wigley	13/02/1997	Caernarfon		Signed
Cyril Townsend	14/02/1997	Bexleyheath		Signed
Ken Livingstone	14/02/1997	Brent East		Signed
Keith Hill	14/02/1997	Streatham		Signed
Harry Barnes	17/02/1997	North East Derbyshire		Signed
John Evans	17/02/1997	St Helens North		Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	17/02/1997	Leigh		Signed
Ray Michie	17/02/1997	Argyll & Bute		Signed
Peter Hardy	17/02/1997	Wentworth		Signed
Clive Soley	17/02/1997	Hammersmith		Signed
Dennis Turner	18/02/1997	Wolverhampton South East		Signed
Paddy Tipping	18/02/1997	Sherwood		Signed
Tony Banks	18/02/1997	Newham North West		Signed
Norman Godman	18/02/1997	Greenock and Port Glasgow		Signed
Michael Connarty	18/02/1997	Falkirk East		Signed
Keith Bradley	18/02/1997	Manchester, Withington		Signed
Bill Michie	18/02/1997	Sheffield, Heeley		Signed
Alan Meale	18/02/1997	Mansfield		Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	18/02/1997	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy		Signed
Kenneth Eastham	19/02/1997	Manchester, Blackley		Signed
Tom Cox	19/02/1997	Tooting		Signed
Michael Clapham	19/02/1997	Barnsley West & Penistone		Signed
Edward O'Hara	19/02/1997	Knowsley South		Signed
Russell Johnston	19/02/1997	Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber		Signed
Alan Howarth	19/02/1997	Stratford-on-Avon		Signed
Audrey Wise	20/02/1997	Preston		Signed
Win Griffiths	20/02/1997	Bridgend		Signed
Ian Davidson	20/02/1997	Glasgow, Govan		Signed
Eric Clarke	20/02/1997	Midlothian		Signed
Richard Burden	20/02/1997	Birmingham, Northfield		Signed
Rachel Squire	20/02/1997	Dunfermline West		Signed
Mike Hall	24/02/1997	Warrington South		Signed
Matthew Taylor	24/02/1997	Truro		Signed
Robert Parry	25/02/1997	Liverpool, Riverside		Signed
Alex Carlile	25/02/1997	Montgomery		Signed
Jack Thompson	27/02/1997	Wansbeck		Signed
Bill Etherington	27/02/1997	Sunderland North		Signed
Mike Gapes	04/03/1997	Ilford South		Signed
Terry Davis	05/03/1997	Birmingham, Hodge Hill		Signed
John Gunnell	05/03/1997	Leeds South and Morley		Signed
Jim Wallace	05/03/1997	Orkney & Shetland		Signed
Bruce Grocott	06/03/1997	Wrekin, The		Signed
John Battle	06/03/1997	Leeds West		Signed
Harry Cohen	10/03/1997	Leyton		Signed
Clive Betts	11/03/1997	Sheffield, Attercliffe		Signed
Peter Hain	11/03/1997	Neath		Signed
Chris Mullin	11/03/1997	Sunderland South		Signed
Alan Simpson	12/03/1997	Nottingham South		Signed
Peter Snape	12/03/1997	West Bromwich East		Signed
Ann Clwyd	12/03/1997	Cynon Valley		Signed
Robert Wareing	12/03/1997	Liverpool, West Derby		Signed
Mike Watson	12/03/1997	Glasgow Central		Signed
Michael Colvin	13/03/1997	Romsey and Waterside		Signed
John Fraser	17/03/1997	Norwood		Signed
Peter Shore	17/03/1997	Bethnal Green and Stepney		Signed
Lynne Jones	18/03/1997	Birmingham, Selly Oak		Signed
Martyn Jones	18/03/1997	Clwyd South West		Signed
Diana Maddock	18/03/1997	Christchurch		Signed
Ben Chapman	19/03/1997	Wirral South		Signed
Simon Hughes	20/03/1997	Southwark and Bermondsey		Signed
Jim Cunningham	20/03/1997	Coventry South East		Signed

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