OPPRESSIVE ALIYEV REGIME IN AZERBAIJAN

Early day motion 16, tabled 21 June 2017 by Paul Flynn (Labour). Signed by 13 members.

That this House is appalled that the already dire situation of human right abuses in Azerbaijan has deteriorated further in the last six months; condemns the abduction and imprisonment of a journalist living in Georgia critical of the Azerbaijani Government on 29 May 2017; welcomes the European Parliament resolution that calls on the Azerbaijani authorities to drop charges against and unconditionally release Afgan Mukhtarl and all others jailed for expressing their fundamental rights; and calls on the Government to make representations on behalf of all who have fallen victim in their political imprisonment to the cruel and corrupt Aliyev regime.

Signatures by party: Scottish National Party 8, Labour 4, DUP 1.