TREATMENT OF KURDISH PEOPLE

Early day motion 2582, tabled 4 July 2019 by Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Labour/Co-operative). Signed by 29 members.

That this House expresses its grave concern at the Turkish state’s intensified aggression against the people and territory of northern Iraq/southern Kurdistan and military occupation of that region; condemns the use of Turkish warplanes to bomb and kill civilians in northern Iraq in violation of international law, human rights and the basic principles of sovereignty; and notes that the Turkish state does this with the aim of occupying Kurdish people’s lands, changing the demographics of those territories and the suppression of Kurdish identity and the Kurdish people’s aspiration for democratic representation.

Signatures by party: Labour 9, Scottish National Party 5, Labour/Co-operative 3, Plaid Cymru 3, Conservative 2, DUP 2, Independent 2, Liberal Democrat 2, Green 1.