Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf APPG
First Registered: 24/11/2016 • Last updated on: 10/03/2021
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To protect and promote human rights and democracy in Gulf countries.
1. Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf
24/11/2016 - APPGs
Found: To protect and promote human rights and democracy in Gulf countries.
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. Human Rights and Democracy Report 2019
16/07/2020 - Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
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Found:
Corporate report
Human Rights and Democracy Report 2019
Activity in 2019 by
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
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
4. 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
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: Thangam Debbonaire
10/07/2020
... when his Department next plans to publish the annual report on human rights and democracy abroad. 2. Democracy and Human Rights
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. 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: Lord Warner
21/12/2017
... about the specific individual breaches of human rights identified by the National Human Rights Committee of Qatar; and what assessment they have made of the seriousness of those breaches. 5. Gulf States: Human Rights
asked by: Lord Warner
14/11/2017
... Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates can be imprisoned or fined for expressing sympathy for Qatar.
9 Current APPG Officers
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Brendan O'Hara
Chair & Registered Contact
Scottish National Party - Argyll and Bute
Joined: 8th April 2020Christianity in the Holy Land , Falkland Islands , Faroe Islands , Greenland , International Freedom of Religion or Belief , Polar Regions , Scotch Whisky , Water, Sanitation and Hygiene , Yemen
Adult Education , Ageing and Older People , Arts and Heritage , Austria , BBC , Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Business Owners , British Overseas Territories , Carbon Monoxide , Dark Skies , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Equitable Life Policyholders , Fatherhood , Flags and Heraldry , Foster Care Work , Frozen British Pensions , Global Security and Non-Proliferation , Governance and Inclusive Leadership , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Health , Holocaust Memorial , Immigration Detention , Insurance and Financial Services , Internet, Communications and Technology , Ireland and the Irish in Britain , Kosovo , Leasehold and Commonhold Reform , Limits to Growth , Liver Health , Longevity , Mayflower 400 , Media , Music , Olympic and Paralympic Games , Park Homes , Period Equality , Photography , Race and Community , Religion in the Media , Religious Education , Reuniting Britain Post-Brexit , Road Freight and Logistics , Rowing , Scientific , Scotch Whisky , Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK , Social Enterprise , Social Integration , Social Science and Policy , Social Work , St George's Day , Tibet , Transport Safety , United Nations , 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 , Zimbabwe
Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax , Death Penalty , Drones , Human Rights , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Miscarriages of Justice , Uzbekistan , Women, Peace and Security
Bahá'í Faith , Brain Tumours , Britiish Offshore Oil and Gas Industry , Broadband and Digital Communication , China , Death Penalty , Deliberative Democracy , Fisheries , Hong Kong , Kuwait , Marine Energy , Multiple Sclerosis , Oman , Qatar , Scotch Whisky , UK Islands , Uyghurs
Canada , Explosive Threats , Fair Business Banking , Foster Care Work , Listed Properties , Motorcycling , Multiple Sclerosis , Scotch Whisky , Tibet , Uyghurs
Acquired Brain Injury , Agroecology for Sustainable Food and Farming , Choice at the End of Life , Climate Change , Compassionate Politics , Coronavirus , Dark Skies , Deliberative Democracy , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Drones , Drug Policy Reform , Electoral Campaigning Transparency , Fairtrade , Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency , Future Generations , Gaps in Support , Green New Deal , Land Value Capture , Limits to Growth , Mindfulness , Nature , Ocean Conservation , Refugees , Renewable and Sustainable Energy , Reuniting Britain Post-Brexit , Sixth Form Education , Southern Rail , State Pension Inequality for Women , Students , Trade Justice , Votes at 16 , West Papua , Women in Parliament
American Football , Bahrain , Baseball and Softball , Bingo , Child Contact Centres and Services , Darts , Deliberative Democracy , Diversity and Inclusion in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths , Domestic Violence and Abuse , East Midlands , Football Supporters , Hajj and Umrah , Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery , Kashmir , Parkrun , Sport, Modern Slavery and Human Rights , Surgical Mesh
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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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 , Bangladesh , Beer , Bridge , British Hindus , British Jews , Building Communities , Council of Sri Lankan Muslim Organisations UK , Dark Skies , Equitable Life Policyholders , Foreign Affairs , Heathrow Expansion and Regional Connectivity , Holocaust Memorial , Homelessness , Housing and Social Mobility , India , Indian Traditional Sciences , Internet, Communications and Technology , Israel , Nepal , Night Time Economy , Parks and Green Spaces , Pension Scams , Romania , Smoking and Health , Sri Lanka , Tamils , Thalassaemia , Vulnerable Groups to Pandemics
Lloyd Russell-Moyle
Officer
Labour (Co-op) - Brighton, Kemptown
Joined: 27th March 2019Departed: 11th September 2019
Bahá'í Faith , British Overseas Territories , Council Housing , Deaths Abroad, Consular Services and Assistance , HIV and AIDS , Housing Market and Housing Delivery , Kurdistan in Turkey and Syria , Sixth Form Education , University , Vaccinations for All , West Papua , Youth Affairs
Margaret Ferrier
Chair & Registered Contact
Independent - Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Joined: 24th November 2016Departed: 2nd May 2017
Fire Safety and Rescue , Food Banks , Green Deal Misselling , Human Rights , Malawi , Mindfulness , Online and Home Electrical Safety , Road Freight and Logistics , Scottish Sport
Helen Grant
Vice Chair
Conservative - Maidstone and The Weald
Joined: 24th November 2016Departed: 2nd May 2017
Channel 4 , Creative Diversity , Race and Community , Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia , Wine and Spirits
Jim Shannon
Vice Chair
Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford
Joined: 24th November 2016Departed: 2nd May 2017
Access to Medicines and Medical Devices , Adult Social Care , 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 , 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 , Respiratory Health , Shooting and Conservation , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention , Terminal Illness , Veterans , Vulnerable Groups to Pandemics , Wood Panel Industry