HUMAN RIGHTS IN IRAQ

Early day motion 913, tabled 28 February 2002 by Ann Clwyd (Labour). Signed by 85 members.

That this House strongly condemns the continuing grave and widespread human rights abuses carried out by members of the current regime in Iraq; demands an immediate end to the mass executions of political detainees in the regime's prisons, to summary and arbitrary executions, disappearances, arbitrary arrests and detention, to torture and rape by officials, and to all forms of intimidation and threats against Iraqi opponents living abroad and members of their families inside Iraq; and calls on the Iraqi regime to accept the stationing of UN human rights monitors in the country immediately to ensure that the human rights of the Iraqi people are respected; welcomes the visit of the UN Special Rapporteur in February; and calls on the UN and the UK Government to ensure that the visit leads to real progress in the field of human rights in Iraq.

Signatures by party: Labour 53, Liberal Democrat 14, Labour/Co-operative 7, Scottish National Party 5, Plaid Cymru 4, UUP 2.