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Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Jim Spicer (Conservative), on Wednesday, 30 November 1994, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 24 members in total.

HUMAN RIGHTS AND PKK

That this House notes the recent statement of Human Rights Watch Helsinki Group in New York, condemning the PKK's campaign of terror against teachers and educational institutions in south east Turkey; notes from the group's statement that 14 school teachers have been killed in one month; calls upon the PKK to cease immediately all such atrocities; further notes that the PKK has been responsible for the deaths of 12,000 people since 1984, including over 3,500 civilians; is appalled that in an interview in the Observer on 2nd October 1994 Kani Yilmaz, chief PKK spokesman in Europe, described Kurds who did not support the PKK as 'dishonourable ... they are not human'; and believes that the PKK's views and actions are not supported by the huge majority of Turkish Kurds on whose behalf it claims to be working.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received an amendment.

HUMAN RIGHTS AND PKK (160A1)
The Early day motion has received an amendment sponsored by John Austin (primary, Labour) and tabled on Tuesday, 6 December 1994. It has been signed by 8 members in total.
leave out from `York' to end and add `condemns the killing of civilians by both sides in the civil war; is aware, however, that some of the so-called civilians have been armed members of the right-wing Nationalist Action Party (MHP); welcomes the statement of the Secretary General of the Kurdistan Workers Party, Abdullah Ocalan, condemning the killing of innocent civilians; supports his request for the International Committee of the Red Cross to monitor the conflict in south-eastern Turkey; and condemns the continued violation of human rights by the Turkish government and its refusal to retify the 1977 protocol to the Geneva Convention.'. (Relevant registered interest declared)

Secondary information

Type
Early day motion
Reference
160 
160A1 
Session
1994-95
Subjects
Human rights Turkey Oppression Kurds
Link
View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk