Written question asked by Kate Osamor (Labour) on Monday, 7 December 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 9 December 2015. It was answered by David Lidington (Conservative) on Tuesday, 15 December 2015 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Turkey: Kurds
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Turkish government about the use of curfew, martial law and the deployment of the military in (a) Cizre and Silvan and (b) other mainly Kurdish towns.
- Answer
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We welcome the visit on 15-16 October of Turkey’s national human rights body to Cizre and Sirnak to conduct analysis and research on the recent events there. We continue to monitor the human rights situation in Turkey closely and raise concerns regularly with the Turkish authorities.
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- Written question
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- 18957
- Session
- 2015-16
- Subjects
- Curfews Armed forces Deployment Military law Turkey Kurds
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