Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf APPG
First Registered: 24/11/2016 • Last updated on: 06/10/2021
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To protect and promote human rights and democracy in Gulf countries.
1. APPG Report on UK funding facilitating human rights abuses in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia
07/07/2021 - Early Day Motions
Found: July 2021 report by the APPG on Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf which shows that at least £53.4
2. Bahrain: Human Rights
07/03/2019 - Parliamentary Research
Found: Eren Waitzman | 7 March 2019 Bahrain: Human Rights QSD on 13 March 2019 This briefing identifies
3. Ten years on from Bahrain's Arab Spring uprising of February 2011
08/02/2021 - Early Day Motions
Found: Arab Spring and the beginning of Bahrain’s pro-democracy uprising on 14 February 2011; endorses the demands
4. Human rights abuses and UK assistance to Bahrain
07/09/2018 - Parliamentary Research
Found: PACK Number CDP-0197 | 7 September 2018 Human rights abuses and UK assistance to Bahrain Compiled
5. Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust - written evidence
09/09/2019 - Inquiry: Beyond Aid: The UK’s Strategic Engagement in Africa - Foreign Affairs Committee
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Found: people’s pursuit of lasting peace, freedom and democracy. UK policy towards Sudan The initiation of the
1. Integrated Activity Fund: Transparency
22/10/2020 - Westminster Hall
1: £20 million each year to countries accused of human rights abuses, so the last thing the Government should - Speech Link
2: just outlined, the need for any reform within the Gulf Co-operation Council countries may not necessarily - Speech Link
3: Minister.Considering the accusations from human rights groups over the legitimacy of this fund, the - Speech Link
2. Bahrain
11/09/2018 - Westminster Hall
1: to move,That this House has considered human rights abuses and UK assistance to Bahrain.It - Speech Link
2: distinguished lawyer and is particularly keen on human rights, touches on an issue I will spend some time - Speech Link
3: chair of the all-party group on democracy and human rights in the Gulf, I really welcome this debate. - Speech Link
3. Bahrain: Human Rights Abuses
25/03/2021 - Lords Chamber
1: evidence they have, if any, that the number of human rights abuses in Bahrain has declined in the last two - Speech Link
2: criminals without addressing human rights concerns. BIRD and Human Rights Watch revealed that these children - Speech Link
3: deal directly with Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch; I raise any cases raised in those meetings - Speech Link
4. Bahrain: Human Rights
13/03/2019 - Lords Chamber
1: pleased to move this important debate on human rights issues in Bahrain. I start by thanking noble Lords - Speech Link
5. UK Relations with Qatar
10/12/2020 - Westminster Hall
1: European Union that we should have a functioning Gulf Co-operation Council. As long as the blockade persists - Speech Link
asked by: Jim Shannon
12/11/2020
... whether his Department has formal mechanisms for incorporating civil society input when preparing his Department's Human Rights and Democracy reports and briefings. 2. Democracy and Human Rights
asked by: Thangam Debbonaire
10/07/2020
... when his Department next plans to publish the annual report on human rights and democracy abroad. 3. Democracy and Human Rights
asked by: Jim Shannon
17/09/2020
... if he will invite submissions from civil society during the process of preparing his Department’s Human Rights and Democracy report. 4. Gulf States: Human Rights
asked by: Alistair Carmichael
22/09/2021
... what assessment the Government has made of the implications for its policies of the findings in that report that the beneficiaries of the Government's Integrated Activity Fund and Gulf Strategy Fund have facilitated and perpetrated human rights violations and potential war crimes and that the Government has made misleading and deceptive statements about those funds. 5. Gulf States: Human Rights
asked by: Alistair Carmichael
22/09/2021
... what assessment the Government has made of the implications for its policies of the recommendations in that report; and if the Government will publish a response to that report.
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12 Current APPG Officers
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Brendan O'Hara
Chair & Registered Contact
Scottish National Party - Argyll and Bute
Joined: 8th April 2020
Adult Education , Ageing and Older People , Arts and Heritage , Austria , BBC , Black Maternal Health , Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Business Owners , British Overseas Territories , Carbon Monoxide , Citizens Rights , Commonwealth , Cycling and Walking , Dalits , Dark Skies , Disability , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Equitable Life Policyholders , Fatherhood , Flags and Heraldry , Gasworks Redevelopment , Global Security and Non-Proliferation , Governance and Inclusive Leadership , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Haiti , Hospice and End of Life Care , Immigration Detention , Insurance and Financial Services , Internet, Communications and Technology , Ireland and the Irish in Britain , Kosovo , Leasehold and Commonhold Reform , Limits to Growth , Longevity , Media , Music , No Recourse to Public Funds , Olympic and Paralympic Games , Opera , Park Homes , Period Equality , Photography , Race and Community , Religious Education , Republic of Korea , Retail Crime , Road Freight and Logistics , Rowing , Scientific , Scotch Whisky , Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK , Single Parent Families , Social Enterprise , Social Integration , Social Science and Policy , Social Work , St George's Day , Tibet , Transport Safety , United Nations , United Nations Women , Vascular and Venous Disease , Votes at 16 , Western Rail Link to Heathrow , Western Sahara , Wine and Spirits , Wine of Great Britain , Women in Transport , Youth Affairs
Bahá'í Faith , Brain Tumours , Britiish Offshore Oil and Gas Industry , Broadband and Digital Communication , Cameroon , China , Death Penalty , Deliberative Democracy , Fisheries , Geographically Protected Foods , Hong Kong , Kuwait , Marine Energy , Multiple Sclerosis , Oman , Qatar , Scotch Whisky , UK Islands , Uyghurs
Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax , Death Penalty , Drones and Modern Conflict , Human Rights , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Miscarriages of Justice , Uzbekistan , Women, Peace and Security
Afghanistan , Banning Trophy Hunting , Cats , Fatherhood , Historic Counties , Hong Kong , Kinship Care , State Pension Inequality for Women , Youth Employment
Axial Spondyloarthritis , Citizens Rights , Events , Extraordinary Rendition , Fire Safety and Rescue , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Heathrow Expansion and Regional Connectivity , Legal Aid , Miscarriages of Justice , Online and Home Electrical Safety , Palestine , Poland , Public Legal Education and Pro Bono , Short Lets Sector , Trafficked Britons in Syria , Weddings , Wine and Spirits
Action on Conflict and Global Britain , Arctic and Nordic Councils , Canada , Explosive Threats , Fair Business Banking , Listed Properties , Malawi , Motorcycling , Multiple Sclerosis , Scotch Whisky , Tibet , Uyghurs
Belgium , Fairs and Showgrounds , Faith and Society , Financial Resilience , Greenland , Luxembourg , Nutrition for Growth , One Punch Assaults , Parkrun , Poverty , Running , Scotch Whisky , Social Media , Terminal Illness , Tunisia , Youth Affairs
Beer , Celtic Sea , Choice at the End of Life , Cleaning and Hygiene , Côte d’Ivoire , Fair Business Banking , Farming , Forestry and Tree Planting , France , Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency , Genetic Haemochromatosis , Geographically Protected Foods , Hospitality, Events and Major Food and Drink Businesses in Wales , Infant Feeding and Inequalities , International Students , Marine Energy , Netherlands , Sudan and South Sudan , Sustainable Finance , Sustainable Resource , Thalidomide , University , Uplands and Hill Farming , Wales in the World , Western Sahara , Wood Panel Industry
Bahá'í Faith , British Council , British Overseas Territories , Council Housing , Gasworks Redevelopment , HIV and AIDS , Housing Market and Housing Delivery , Kurdistan in Turkey and Syria , Night Time Economy , Private Rented Sector , Renters and Rental Reform , Sixth Form Education , United Nations , University , West Papua , Western Sahara , Youth Affairs
Antibiotics , Chemical Industry , Food and Health , Future of Retail , Internet, Communications and Technology , Pakistani Minorities , Professional Sales , Timber Industries
Contact Details
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Brendan O'Hara MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 8783.
Email: brendan.ohara.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Josie Thum, Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy, Suite 16, Exhibition House, London W14 8XP. Tel: 07828 876 464
Email: josie@birdbh.org
Benefits in Kind
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Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy
Secretariat From : 05/06/2018 To : 04/06/2019
£4,501
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf APPG
Former APPG Officers
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Caroline Lucas
Vice Chair
Green Party - Brighton, Pavilion
Joined: 8th April 2020Departed: 2nd June 2021
Choice at the End of Life , Citizens Rights , Climate Change , Compassionate Politics , Coronavirus , Dark Skies , Deliberative Democracy , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Drones and Modern Conflict , Drug Policy Reform , Electoral Campaigning Transparency , Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency , Future Generations , Gaps in Support , Green New Deal , Land Value Capture , Limits to Growth , Mindfulness , Ocean Conservation , Refugees , Renewable and Sustainable Energy , Sixth Form Education , South East , Southern Rail , Students , Trade Justice , United Nations Women , Votes at 16 , West Papua , Women in Parliament
Alex Norris
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Nottingham North
Joined: 18th July 2018Departed: 2nd June 2021
American Football , Bahrain , Bingo , Child Contact Centres and Services , Darts , Deliberative Democracy , Diversity and Inclusion in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Football Supporters , Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery , Kashmir , Parkrun , Retail Crime , Running , Sport, Modern Slavery and Human Rights , Surgical Mesh
Karen Lee
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Lincoln
Joined: 18th July 2018Departed: 11th September 2019
Bob Blackman
Officer
Conservative - Harrow East
Joined: 18th July 2018Departed: 11th September 2019
Alevis , Antisemitism , Azerbaijan , Bahá'í Faith , Bangladesh , Beer , British Hindus , British Jews , Building Communities , Commonwealth , Council of Sri Lankan Muslim Organisations UK , Dark Skies , Equitable Life Policyholders , Foreign Affairs , Holocaust Memorial , Homelessness , Housing and Social Mobility , India , Indian Traditional Sciences , Indo-Pacific , Internet, Communications and Technology , Israel , Nepal , Night Time Economy , Parks and Green Spaces , Pension Scams , Renters and Rental Reform , Romania , Sixth Form Education , SME (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) House Builders , Smoking and Health , Sri Lanka , Tamils , Thalassaemia , Vulnerable Groups to Pandemics
Margaret Ferrier
Chair & Registered Contact
Independent - Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Joined: 24th November 2016Departed: 2nd May 2017
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Banning Trophy Hunting , Canada , Fire Safety and Rescue , Food Banks , Hong Kong , Human Rights , Malawi , Mindfulness , Online and Home Electrical Safety , Photonics and Quantum , Road Freight and Logistics
Helen Grant
Vice Chair
Conservative - Maidstone and The Weald
Joined: 24th November 2016Departed: 2nd May 2017
Channel 4 , Creative Diversity , Race and Community , Sport and Physical Activity in the Criminal Justice System , Textiles and Fashion
Jim Shannon
Vice Chair
Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford
Joined: 24th November 2016Departed: 2nd May 2017
Access to Medicines and Medical Devices , Alevis , Bahá'í Faith , Beer , Blood Cancer , Carbon Monoxide , Cerebral Palsy , Christianity in the Holy Land , Cleaning and Hygiene , Coastal Communities , Dairy , Diabetes , Disability , Eggs, Pigs and Poultry , Energy Studies , Equipment for Disabled Children , Equitable Life Policyholders , Eye Health and Visual Impairment , Farming , Health in all Policies , Healthy Homes and Buildings , Heart Valve Disease , Hong Kong , International Freedom of Religion or Belief , Malawi , Marine Energy , Mentoring , Muscular Dystrophy , Obesity , Pakistani Minorities , Pancreatic Cancer , Pigeon Racing , Pro-Life , Professional Sales , Reserves and Cadets , Respiratory Health , Shooting and Conservation , Terminal Illness , Vulnerable Groups to Pandemics , Wood Panel Industry