Early Day Motion·EDM 1077

Freedom of Speech in Turkey

6 June 199032 Signatures

Primary sponsor

Jeremy Corbyn

Your Party — Islington North

Motion Text

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.