Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor John Austin (Labour), on Thursday, 7 July 1994, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 24 members in total.

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KILLING OF AYHAN ESER BY GERMAN POLICE

That this House is shocked by the death of Ayhan Eser, a 15 year-old Kurd, who was shot in the back and killed whilst fly-posting in Hanover on 1st July; is concerned by the German government's refusal to allow entry to Germany on 25th June of several people of different nationalities wishing to attend a peaceful rally protesting at the persecution of Kurds by the Turkish government; believes these incidents are linked to a series of measures taken by the Kohl government to give political support and military aid to the Turkish regime; is aware that most of the 1000 Kurdish villages destroyed by the Turkish armed forces in the past four years have been scorched or flattened by guns, tanks and other military equipment or skills supplied by Germany; and calls for an international ban on the sale of arms to Turkey in view of its continued repression and denial of basic human rights to the Kurdish people. (Relevant registered interest declared).

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1479 

Session

1993-94

Subjects

Immigration controls Homicide Germany Turkey Oppression Kurds

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk