Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Alan Meale (Labour), on Thursday, 5 March 2015, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 24 members in total.

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EXHIBITION ON THE PILLAGE AND DESTRUCTION OF MORPHOU, CYPRUS

That this House warmly congratulates the Mayor of Morphou and the members of the Morphou municipality on holding their photography exhibition, Morphou: The Pillage and Destruction of Age-Long Heritage, in the UK to remind the British public, the EU and the major countries of the world of the ongoing injustice and cultural destruction that Morphou and its citizens still suffer from the Turkish military invasion and ongoing occupation of large areas of the Republic of Cyprus since July 1974; notes with deep concern the appalling conditions and cultural destruction of Morphou and its surrounding areas, including cemeteries, one of which has been concreted over and is now used as a car park; and calls on the Government to bring these matters to the attention of the Turkish Cypriot administration and the government of Turkey and to request that they show proper respect for cemeteries and places of religious worship and stop destroying the cultural heritage of not only the Morphou area, but the whole occupied northern part of Cyprus.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

843 

Session

2014-15

Other sponsors

Jim Hood

Ronnie Campbell

David Crausby

Ian Mearns

Jim Sheridan

Subjects

Cultural heritage Europe

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk