Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Baroness Primarolo (Labour), on Thursday, 15 March 1990, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 39 members in total.

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Human Rights in Iraq

That this House condemns the execution of Mr Farzad Barzoft and the 15 years imprisonment for Ms Daphne Parish; recognises that despite previous international outcries there has been no change in the human rights situation in Iraq, which remains one of the worst in the world, as demonstrated in recent reports by Amnesty International and the United States State Department; further notes that despite this human rights record Iraq has been receiving export credits annually from the United Kingdom since 1984, amounting to a total of over ??2 billion; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to act within the European Community and the United Nations for co-ordinated diplomatic pressure and the imposition of economic sanctions on Iraq, including an arms embargo, until the respect for human rights in that country has reached an acceptable standard.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

745 

Session

1989-90

Subjects

Human rights Iraq Judgements Amnesty International Bazoft, Farzad Parish, Daphne

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk