Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf APPG
First Registered: 24/11/2016 • Last updated on: 25/08/2021
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To protect and promote human rights and democracy in Gulf countries.
1. APPG Report on UK funding facilitating human rights abuses in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia
07/07/2021 - Early Day Motions
Found: July 2021 report by the APPG on Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf which shows that at least £53.4
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. Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust - written evidence
09/09/2019 - Inquiry: Beyond Aid: The UK’s Strategic Engagement in Africa - Foreign Affairs Committee
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Found: people’s pursuit of lasting peace, freedom and democracy. UK policy towards Sudan The initiation of the
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 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
4. 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
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: 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. 2. Democracy and Human Rights
asked by: Thangam Debbonaire
10/07/2020
... when his Department next plans to publish the annual report on human rights and democracy abroad. 3. 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. 4. Cuba: Democracy and Human Rights
asked by: Lord Dodds of Duncairn
27/07/2021
...To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the promotion of democracy and human rights in Cuba. 5. 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.
12 Current APPG Officers
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Brendan O'Hara
Chair & Registered Contact
Scottish National Party - Argyll and Bute
Joined: 8th April 2020
Adult Education , Ageing and Older People , Arts and Heritage , BBC , Black Maternal Health , Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Business Owners , British Overseas Territories , Carbon Monoxide , Citizens Rights , Commonwealth , Cycling and Walking , Dalits , Dark Skies , Disability , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Equitable Life Policyholders , Fatherhood , Flags and Heraldry , Gasworks Redevelopment , Global Security and Non-Proliferation , Governance and Inclusive Leadership , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Haiti , Hospice and End of Life Care , Immigration Detention , Insurance and Financial Services , Internet, Communications and Technology , Ireland and the Irish in Britain , Kosovo , Leasehold and Commonhold Reform , Limits to Growth , Longevity , Media , Music , No Recourse to Public Funds , Olympic and Paralympic Games , Opera , Park Homes , Period Equality , Photography , Race and Community , Religious Education , Republic of Korea , Retail Crime , Road Freight and Logistics , Rowing , Scientific , Scotch Whisky , Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK , Single Parent Families , Social Enterprise , Social Integration , Social Science and Policy , Social Work , St George's Day , Tibet , Transport Safety , United Nations , United Nations Women , 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
Bahá'í Faith , Brain Tumours , Britiish Offshore Oil and Gas Industry , Broadband and Digital Communication , Cameroon , China , Death Penalty , Deliberative Democracy , Fisheries , Geographically Protected Foods , Hong Kong , Kuwait , Marine Energy , Multiple Sclerosis , Oman , Qatar , Scotch Whisky , UK Islands , Uyghurs
Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax , Death Penalty , Drones and Modern Conflict , Human Rights , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Miscarriages of Justice , Uzbekistan , Women, Peace and Security
Afghanistan , Banning Trophy Hunting , Cats , Fatherhood , Historic Counties , Hong Kong , Kinship Care , State Pension Inequality for Women , Youth Employment
Axial Spondyloarthritis , Citizens Rights , Events , Extraordinary Rendition , Fire Safety and Rescue , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Heathrow Expansion and Regional Connectivity , Legal Aid , Miscarriages of Justice , Online and Home Electrical Safety , Palestine , Poland , Short Lets Sector , Trafficked Britons in Syria , Weddings , Wine and Spirits
Action on Conflict and Global Britain , Arctic and Nordic Councils , Canada , Explosive Threats , Fair Business Banking , Listed Properties , Malawi , Motorcycling , Multiple Sclerosis , Scotch Whisky , Tibet , Uyghurs
Belgium , Fairs and Showgrounds , Faith and Society , Financial Resilience , Greenland , Luxembourg , Nutrition for Growth , One Punch Assaults , Parkrun , Poverty , Running , Scotch Whisky , Social Media , Terminal Illness , Tunisia , Youth Affairs
Beer , Celtic Sea , Choice at the End of Life , Cleaning and Hygiene , Fair Business Banking , Farming , Forestry and Tree Planting , France , Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency , Genetic Haemochromatosis , Geographically Protected Foods , Hospitality, Events and Major Food and Drink Businesses in Wales , Infant Feeding and Inequalities , International Students , Marine Energy , Netherlands , Sudan and South Sudan , Sustainable Finance , Sustainable Resource , Thalidomide , University , Uplands and Hill Farming , Wales in the World , Western Sahara , Wood Panel Industry
Bahá'í Faith , British Council , British Overseas Territories , Council Housing , Gasworks Redevelopment , HIV and AIDS , Housing Market and Housing Delivery , Kurdistan in Turkey and Syria , Night Time Economy , Private Rented Sector , Renters and Rental Reform , Sixth Form Education , United Nations , University , West Papua , Western Sahara , Youth Affairs
Antibiotics , Chemical Industry , Food and Health , Future of Retail , Internet, Communications and Technology , Pakistani Minorities , Professional Sales
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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Caroline Lucas
Vice Chair
Green Party - Brighton, Pavilion
Joined: 8th April 2020Departed: 2nd June 2021
Choice at the End of Life , Citizens Rights , Climate Change , Compassionate Politics , Coronavirus , Dark Skies , Deliberative Democracy , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Drones and Modern Conflict , Drug Policy Reform , Electoral Campaigning Transparency , Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency , Future Generations , Gaps in Support , Green New Deal , Land Value Capture , Limits to Growth , Mindfulness , Ocean Conservation , Refugees , Renewable and Sustainable Energy , Sixth Form Education , South East , Southern Rail , Students , Trade Justice , United Nations Women , Votes at 16 , West Papua , Women in Parliament
Alex Norris
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Nottingham North
Joined: 18th July 2018Departed: 2nd June 2021
American Football , Bahrain , Bingo , Child Contact Centres and Services , Darts , Deliberative Democracy , Diversity and Inclusion in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Football Supporters , Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery , Kashmir , Parkrun , Retail Crime , Running , Sport, Modern Slavery and Human Rights , Surgical Mesh
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 , Bahá'í Faith , Bangladesh , Beer , British Hindus , British Jews , Building Communities , Commonwealth , Council of Sri Lankan Muslim Organisations UK , Dark Skies , Equitable Life Policyholders , Foreign Affairs , Holocaust Memorial , Homelessness , Housing and Social Mobility , India , Indian Traditional Sciences , Indo-Pacific , Internet, Communications and Technology , Israel , Nepal , Night Time Economy , Parks and Green Spaces , Pension Scams , Renters and Rental Reform , Romania , Sixth Form Education , SME (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) House Builders , Smoking and Health , Sri Lanka , Tamils , Thalassaemia , Vulnerable Groups to Pandemics
Margaret Ferrier
Chair & Registered Contact
Independent - Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Joined: 24th November 2016Departed: 2nd May 2017
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Banning Trophy Hunting , Canada , Fire Safety and Rescue , Food Banks , Hong Kong , Human Rights , Malawi , Mindfulness , Online and Home Electrical Safety , Photonics and Quantum , Road Freight and Logistics
Helen Grant
Vice Chair
Conservative - Maidstone and The Weald
Joined: 24th November 2016Departed: 2nd May 2017
Channel 4 , Creative Diversity , Race and Community , Sport and Physical Activity in the Criminal Justice System , Textiles and Fashion
Jim Shannon
Vice Chair
Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford
Joined: 24th November 2016Departed: 2nd May 2017
Access to Medicines and Medical Devices , 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 , Equipment for Disabled Children , 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 , Reserves and Cadets , Respiratory Health , Shooting and Conservation , Terminal Illness , Vulnerable Groups to Pandemics , Wood Panel Industry