Freedom Of Speech In Turkey

EDM number 1077 in 1989-90, proposed by Jeremy Corbyn on 06/06/1990.

That this House condemns the actions of the Government of Turkey in issuing decree 413 on 10th April which abolishes press freedom and introduces wide-scale censorship; notes that since its introduction reporting of Kurdish issues has been prevented, newspapers closed down and many journalists imprisoned; and demands that the British Government make representations to the Turkish Government demanding that a free press be allowed in Turkey.

This motion has been signed by a total of 29 MPs.