Parliament Workbench
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Standard Motion · S5M-10432 · Session 5

Arrest of Green Left Party Turkey Leaders

Lodged by Ross Greer Green Lodged 12 Feb 2018 12 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament expresses grave concern regarding the reported arrest of Eylem Tuncaelli and Naci Sönmez, co-leaders of the Green Left Party of Turkey, part of the People’s Democratic Congress; considers these arrests in the broader context of what it sees as restrictions on democratic freedoms in Turkey including, it understands, the mass detention of democratically elected officials of the People’s Democratic Party, the electoral wing of the People’s Democratic Congress and the primary secular and democratic opposition to the current government ,and joins calls for the immediate release of Eylem and Naci.

Signatures by party

12 MSPs besides the lodger · 9 from other parties
SNP 8Green 3Lab 1

Party on the day each MSP signed. Signing a motion is voluntary and not whipped. Who signs whose motions

Vote

No recorded vote on this motion. Most motions are never debated, and many that are debated are agreed without a division. Vote records are published from 2011.

Supporters

12 MSPs

SNP 8 Green 3 Lab 1

Show all 12 supporters by party

SNP 8

Green 3

Lab 1

Party shown is each supporter’s party when the motion was published.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S5M-10432 by reference.