Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Lord Campbell-Savours (Labour), on Friday, 19 July 1991, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 9 members in total.

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REPRESSION IN IRAQ

That this House notes that the honourable Member for Workington was informed by a Kurdish leader on the morning of Friday 19th July that the killing of Iraqi civilians had begun once again in earnest; notes that in Arbil, on the evening of Wednesday 17th July a peaceful Kurdish demonstration calling for the withdrawal of the feared Iraqi army was randomly fired on by Iraqi security forces who later used heavy artillery to shell residential areas of the city, killing two and injuring at least 50 Kurds; notes information that in Sulaymannyah, on Tuesday 18th July, two Kurds were killed and six injured and that a Kurdish liaison officer's car was attacked approaching a prearranged meeting at the local Iraqi army headquarters, and that the incident led to serious disturbances, involving more than 1,000 Iraqi soldiers and a number of tanks; notes that demonstrations were repressed in Zarayan, Arbaat, New Halabaja and Chamchamal; also notes reports that the Special UN Envoy to Iraq, Prince Sadruddin Agha Khan, has protested to Iraq's foreign minister about the aggressive deployment of Iraqi army units in areas designated for the distribution of UN aid in southern Iraq; condemns this new intense wave of repression against the civilian population in Iraq, in clear breach of United Nations Security Council Resolution 688; and calls for its immediate investigation, the submission of all evidence to the Security Council and the Rapid Reaction Force to be put on full alert.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1166 

Session

1990-91

Subjects

Death Armed conflict Iraq Oppression Kurds

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk