Syriac And Assyrian Cultural Rights (EDM621)

Syriac And Assyrian Cultural Rights

EDM number 621 in 2008-09, proposed by Andrew Dismore on 28/01/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Europe and International politics and government.

That this House is concerned about the cultural and religious rights of the Syriac and Assyrian community in Turkey, whose numbers in the Tur Abdin heartland have decreased from over 100,000 to under 3,000 in recent years; believes that the prohibition of the Syriac language violates the freedom of religion; calls on the government of Turkey to respect the international treaties it signed regarding religious and cultural freedom and officially to recognise the Syriac, as well as Armenian and Kurdish names, of villages in its eastern regions.

This motion has been signed by a total of 21 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Andrew Dismore	28/01/2009	Hendon	Labour	Proposed
Bob Spink	28/01/2009	Castle Point	Independent	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	28/01/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Graham Stringer	29/01/2009	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Seconded
David Drew	29/01/2009	Stroud	Labour	Seconded
Jeremy Corbyn	29/01/2009	Islington North	Labour	Seconded
Nick Harvey	29/01/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Virendra Sharma	02/02/2009	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	02/02/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	02/02/2009	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	02/02/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	03/02/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	03/02/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	04/02/2009	North Southwark and Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian McCartney	04/02/2009	Makerfield	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	04/02/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	04/02/2009	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	04/02/2009	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
John Austin	09/02/2009	Erith and Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	23/02/2009	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	27/02/2009	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed

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