Early Day Motion
TREATMENT OF YAZIDI AND CHRISTIAN MINORITIES
(55 Signatures)
22 Jan 2016
Tabled by:
Stephen Twigg (Labour (Co-op) - Liverpool, West Derby)
That this House considers the treatment of the Yazidi and Assyrian Christian minorities in Daesh-held territory strongly indicates that genocide is occurring, bringing to mind previous atrocities committed against these communities; believes that now the Assyrians and Yazidis face their greatest existential threat ever, from Daesh; calls for the establishment …
Early Day Motion
PEACE IN THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
(22 Signatures)
7 Sep 2015
Tabled by:
Stephen Twigg (Labour (Co-op) - Liverpool, West Derby)
That this House recognises the situation in the Central African Republic as urgent; notes that the UN has affirmed that mass atrocities have been carried out by both the ex-Seleka and the Anti-Balaka groups; is deeply concerned that 2.7 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance, half of whom …
Early Day Motion
HAMPTON SCHOOL AND THE TEXTBOOK THE RWANDAN GENOCIDE
(26 Signatures)
13 Jul 2015
Tabled by:
Stephen Twigg (Labour (Co-op) - Liverpool, West Derby)
That this House thanks and congratulates the boys of Hampton School for their work in writing a textbook resource focused on the 1994 Rwandan Genocide; notes that the boys were aware that only 20 per cent of history teachers in the UK teach the Rwandan Genocide to pupils, and embarked …