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Select Committee
Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy, Think-Tank for Action on Social Change, and Heritage Foundation

Oral Evidence Mar. 26 2024

Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: When we look at the partnerships in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon, ours with the Kurds in Iraq and some of


Select Committee
Middle East Program, CSIS, RUSI, Jonathan Wilks, and The University of Exeter

Oral Evidence Mar. 26 2024

Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: When we look at the partnerships in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon, ours with the Kurds in Iraq and some of


Non-Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration

Feb. 29 2024

Source Page: Inspection report on Home Office country of origin information - Thematic report on the coverage of statelessness (February 2023)
Document: Inspection report on Home Office country of origin information - Thematic report on the coverage of statelessness (February 2023) (PDF)

Found: Syria also has a stateless population in particular composed of Kurds originating from its territory


Westminster Hall
Kurdistan Region of Iraq - Wed 07 Feb 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) the region by both Turkey and Iran-backed groups, UK support grows in importance. - Speech Link
2: Brendan O'Hara (SNP - Argyll and Bute) Member for Filton and Bradley Stoke, the SNP supports Kurds’ right to self-determination and to decide - Speech Link
3: Wayne David (Lab - Caerphilly) Since the 1980s, Turkey has been engaged in military action against the PKK, formerly the Kurdistan Workers - Speech Link
4: Leo Docherty (Con - Aldershot) Member for Caerphilly (Wayne David) raised—and in particular exports through the Iraq-Turkey pipeline - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Iran: Freedom and Democracy - Thu 01 Feb 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Bob Blackman (Con - Harrow East) The majority of people live in fear of speaking out or engaging in political matters in any form, with - Speech Link
2: Bob Blackman (Con - Harrow East) We have a war raging in Europe, attacks by the Houthis in the Red sea, an illegal war in Gaza by the - Speech Link
3: Wayne David (Lab - Caerphilly) In Iraq—including in Kurdistan—and in Syria, Iranian sponsored militants have attacked US forces. - Speech Link
4: David Rutley (Con - Macclesfield) the death penalty is imposed absent of any fair trial or due process, and ethnic minorities such as Kurds - Speech Link
5: David Rutley (Con - Macclesfield) We continue our diplomatic efforts, talking to countries in the region such as Oman and Turkey—the hon - Speech Link


Select Committee
UN Sanctions Monitoring Group, SOAS Middle East Institute, Centre for Middle Eastern Studies and KCL, and International Crisis Group

Oral Evidence Jan. 16 2024

Inquiry: The UK’s international counter-terrorism policy
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: Turkey.


Select Committee
Henry Jackson Society
MENA0043 - The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa

Written Evidence Dec. 18 2023

Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: In a similar manner, Turkey seeks to prevent the Kurds from establishing close links with the Assad


Select Committee
Council for Arab British Understanding (Caabu)
MENA0055 - The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa

Written Evidence Dec. 18 2023

Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: Turkey also has pushed its own agenda, often in conflict with other regional powers.


Commons Chamber
Violence Reduction, Policing and Criminal Justice - Wed 15 Nov 2023
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Michael Ellis (Con - Northampton North) Then there are China’s hard-oppressed Uyghur Muslims, and the wonderful Kurds being attacked by Turkey - Speech Link
2: Naz Shah (Lab - Bradford West) in 20 months in the Russia-Ukraine war. - Speech Link
3: Ian Byrne (Lab - Liverpool, West Derby) At the moment in my great city, one in three people live in food insecurity, and there was nothing in - Speech Link
4: Grahame Morris (Lab - Easington) That begins in this House, in our communities, in our homes, in our families, in our friendship groups - Speech Link


Early Day Motion
Abdullah Ocalan (8 Signatures)
19 Sep 2023
Tabled by: Chris Stephens (Scottish National Party - Glasgow South West)
That this House notes with great concern the continued incarceration in isolation by Turkish authorities of Abdullah Ocalan, the Kurdish political leader held on Imrali Island since 1999; believes that failure to permit family visits and contacts constitutes a gross violation of any prisoner’s basic rights; recognises the deep undiminished …