50697
2017-19
234
Istanbul 10
Chris Law
2017-07-20
That this House notes with grave concern the arrest of 10 human rights defenders at a workshop in Istanbul, including Idil Eser, Amnesty International's Turkey Director, ostensibly for committing crimes in the name of a terrorist organisation without being a member; notes that holding these individuals in pre-trial custody despite an utter lack of credible evidence seems to represent a complete collapse of human rights in Turkey; calls on the Government to do all it can to guarantee the safety of those in custody, as well as call for their immediate and unconditional release, and to put pressure on Turkey to stop the targeting of human rights campaigners; and furthermore hopes that increased pressure after the UK leaves the EU for trade deals with non-EU countries will not lead to compromise in protection of worldwide human rights.
Eastern Europe
Human rights
International politics and government
Middle East
Chris Law
2017-07-20
Proposed
Dundee West
Scottish National Party
Peter Bottomley
2017-07-20
Seconded
Worthing West
Conservative
Hannah Bardell
2017-09-07
Seconded
Livingston
Scottish National Party
David Linden
2017-09-11
Seconded
Glasgow East
Scottish National Party
Jim Cunningham
2017-09-11
Seconded
Coventry South
Labour
Jim Shannon
2017-09-11
Seconded
Strangford
DUP
Chris Stephens
2017-09-12
Signed
Glasgow South West
Scottish National Party
Stephen Gethins
2017-09-13
Signed
North East Fife
Scottish National Party
Alan Brown
2017-10-09
Signed
Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Scottish National Party
Drew Hendry
2017-10-09
Signed
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Scottish National Party
Stephen Kinnock
2017-10-19
Signed
Aberavon
Labour