Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Lord Alton of Liverpool (Liberal Democrat), on Wednesday, 6 February 1991, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 17 members in total.

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PLIGHT OF THE KURDISH PEOPLE

That this House notes the comment of the human rights organisation Helsinki Watch that the continuing repression of Kurdish nation, particularly in Iraq, constitutes a staggering list of human rights abuses, arrest, torture, murder, assassination, chemical warfare, mass deportations, expulsions, appalling conditions in refugee camps, refusal of political asylum by the West, denial of ethnic rights to language, literature, and music and the destruction of towns and villages; condemns the genocidal scorched earth policy of Iraq towards the Kurds and particularly the torture of Kurdish children; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to propose the creation of a Kurdish homeland based on the Kurdish provinces in Iraq in any forthcoming inter-governmental discussions on the future of the Middle East.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received 3 amendments.

418A3

leave out from 'children' to end and add 'and defends the right of Kurdish people in Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Iran and the USSR to full national rights up to, and including, an autonomous state should the majority of them so wish.'.

418A1

after 'Iraq', insert 'but also in Iran and Turkey'.

418A2

at end add 'but recognises that the hostilities in the region and the carpet bombing by U.S. and British planes will be of no benefit to the cause of peace or the Kurdish people and accordingly calls for a cease-fire.'.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

418 

418A3 

418A1 

418A2 

Session

1990-91

Subjects

Human rights Iraq Middle East Kurds

Link

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