Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf APPG
First Registered: 24/11/2016 • Last updated on: 30/05/2024
Note: This APPG was last registered on 30th May 2024. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 7th May 2025 and may be defunct. Perhaps you are looking for the Human Rights APPG?
To protect and promote human rights and democracy in Gulf countries.
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Former APPG Officers
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Brendan O'Hara
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
Joined: 8th April 2020Departed: 30th May 2024
Arbitrary Detention and Hostage Affairs , Genocide Prevention , International Law, Justice and Accountability , Yazidis
No other APPG Memberships
Zarah Sultana
Vice Chair
Independent - Coventry South
Joined: 8th April 2024Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Peter Bottomley
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Worthing West
Joined: 8th April 2020Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Andrew Gwynne
Vice Chair
Independent - Gorton and Denton
Joined: 14th July 2021Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Caroline Lucas
Officer
Green Party - Former Member for Brighton, Pavilion
Joined: 8th April 2020Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Kenny MacAskill
Officer
Alba Party - Former Member for East Lothian
Joined: 5th April 2023Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Claudia Webbe
Officer
Independent - Former Member for Leicester East
Joined: 5th April 2023Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
Officer
Green Party - Life peer
Joined: 5th April 2023Departed: 6th March 2024
Alan Brown
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Joined: 5th April 2023Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Chris Law
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Dundee Central
Joined: 18th July 2018Departed: 6th March 2024
John McDonnell
Vice Chair
Independent - Hayes and Harlington
Joined: 5th April 2023Departed: 6th March 2024
Andy Slaughter
Vice Chair
Labour - Hammersmith and Chiswick
Joined: 24th November 2016Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Wayne David
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Caerphilly
Joined: 22nd July 2022Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Alistair Carmichael
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Orkney and Shetland
Joined: 27th March 2019Departed: 6th March 2024
Martyn Day
Treasurer
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Joined: 14th July 2021Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lloyd Russell-Moyle
Officer
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Brighton, Kemptown
Joined: 27th March 2019Departed: 15th June 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Forestry and Timber Security , France , Industrial Hemp , Netherlands
No other APPG Memberships
David Linden
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow East
Joined: 14th July 2021Departed: 15th June 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Alex Norris
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Nottingham North and Kimberley
Joined: 18th July 2018Departed: 2nd June 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Bob Blackman
Officer
Conservative - Harrow East
Joined: 18th July 2018Departed: 11th September 2019
British Hindus , Fire Safety and Rescue , Homelessness , Investment Fraud and Fairer Financial Services , Israel , Smoking and Health
No other APPG Memberships
Karen Lee
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Lincoln
Joined: 18th July 2018Departed: 11th September 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Margaret Ferrier
Chair & Registered Contact
Independent - Former Member for Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Joined: 24th November 2016Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Jim Shannon
Vice Chair
Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford
Joined: 24th November 2016Departed: 2nd May 2017
Healthy Homes and Buildings , International Freedom of Religion or Belief , Respiratory Health , UK Food Security , Vascular and Venous Disease
No other APPG Memberships
Helen Grant
Vice Chair
Conservative - Maidstone and Malling
Joined: 24th November 2016Departed: 2nd May 2017
Jamaica , Race and Community , Tennis , Women's Football
No other APPG Memberships
Contact Details
Show/HideRegistered Contact:
Sir Peter Bottomley MP,
Email: No email supplied
Public Enquiry Point:
Sayed Ahmed Al Wadaei, Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy
Email: sayed@birdbh.org
Benefits in Kind
Show/Hide5 Jun 2018
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