UK Trade Bill – January 18, 2021

UK vote against Genocide! This Tuesday, the UK House of Commons will be voting on a Genocide amendment to their Trade Bill, “which would revoke trade agreements if a court found a party represented a state taking part in Genocide as defined by the UN.”

1. The British government MUST take a STAND against genocide. No business as usual with genocidal actors!
Vote against Genocide! #TigrayGenocide
@UKParliament @churchstate @SKinnock @JamesDuddridge @DavidAltonHL @RobinMillarMP @KirstySNP @neilgraysnp @LeoDochertyUK @KateOsamor

2. There are some who say it wouldn’t make a difference, go tell the victims of #Tigraygenocide that. Please support the #GenocideAmendment. Vote against Genocide! #TigrayGenocide

@nigelmills @HywelPlaidCymru @BrendanOHaraMP @DamianGreen @AngelaRayner @VictoriaPrentis @david_duguid

3. Britain has always been a leader in the protection of the minority. In 2021 Britain must lead in acting against minority persecution.

Vote against Genocide! #TigrayGenocide

@MariaMillerUK @Wera_Hobhouse @TracyBrabin @BobStewart_MP @YasinForBedford @GRobinsonDUP @PaulMaskeyMP

4. “If we do not speak for those who are benighted and trashed by authorities then we do not deserve to be in the mother of parliaments.” @ianduncansmith

Vote against genocide! #TigrayGenocide

@DanJarvisMP @Steph_Peacock @morton_wendy @grahamstuart @rushanaraali @TommySheppard

5. The UK should not miss the opportunity to link the trade they do with the very core values for which they stand

Vote against Genocide! #TigrayGenocide

@CarolineLucas @KerryMP @darrenpjones
@DarrenG_Henry @TaiwoOwatemi @mikejwood @helenhayes_ @StewartHosieSNP @DougChapmanSNP

6. The UK gave the world the United declaration of Human rights in 1948 In 2021, UK must support the genocidal amendment to the Trade Bill.

Vote against Genocide! #TigrayGenocide

@Bambos_MP @HackneyAbbott @SallyAnn1066 @jon_trickett @BimAfolami @EmilyThornberry @DianaJohnsonMP

7. The UK can set an example that the world can follow by passing the genocidal amendment to the Trade bill.

Vote against Genocide! #TigrayGenocide

@JanetDaby @elliereeves @vickyfoxcroft @BBradley_Mans @GlindonMary @Michael_Ellis1 @NadiaWhittomeMP @SirGrahamBrady @MarkTamiMP

8. There needs to be accountability and economical consequences to regimes with a blatant disregard for human rights.

Vote against genocide! #TigrayGenocide

@leicesterliz @coyleneil @annietrev @John2Win @EmmaHardyMP @CatSmithMP @RachelReevesMP @margarethodge

9. @DominicRaab Give victims of genocide, the power to ask the UK high court to determine if genocide is taking place.
Vote against Genocide! #GenocideAmendment #TigrayGenocide
@UKParliament @churchstate @SKinnock @JamesDuddridge @DavidAltonHL @neilgraysnp @LeoDochertyUK

10. This is the UK’s test of the importance of human rights in post Brexit-trade agreements. Will the UK pass?
Vote against Genocide! #GenocideAmendment #TigrayGenocide
@nigelmills @HywelPlaidCymru @BrendanOHaraMP @DamianGreen @AngelaRayner @VictoriaPrentis @david_duguid

11. Phil Rosenberg: “This should not be a partisan issue, but an issue of natural conscience. I cannot underscore enough the importance we place on this issue and this amendment.”
Vote against Genocide! #GenocideAmendment #TigrayGenocide @MariaMillerUK @Wera_Hobhouse

12. The U.K. leaves it to international judicial bodies to determine when genocide has occurred. Do we not have an obligation to humanity? Vote against genocide! #GenocideAmendment #TigrayGenocide @TracyBrabin @BobStewart_MP @YasinForBedford @GRobinsonDUP

13. The UK should NOT trade with those committing genocide? Not if we take seriously our commitment to “put victims first.”
Vote against genocide! #GenocideAmendment #TigrayGenocide
@DanJarvisMP @Steph_Peacock @morton_wendy@grahamstuart @rushanaraali @TommySheppard

14. The amendment sends a strong message that where a state is involved in genocide, business cannot continue as usual Vote against genocide! #GenocideAmendment #TigrayGenocide @CarolineLucas @KerryMP @darrenpjones @DarrenG_Henry @TaiwoOwatemi @mikejwood @helenhayes_

15. The words “never again” have been uttered after every genocide in recent decades, but have proven all too hollow. Vote against genocide! #GenocideAmendment #TigrayGenocide @StewartHosieSNP @DougChapmanSNP @Bambos_MP @HackneyAbbott @SallyAnn1066 @BimAfolami

16. Sir Geoffrey Nice “No well-ordered state would want to be trading with a genocidal state.” Vote against genocide! #GenocideAmendment #TigrayGenocide @EmilyThornberry @DianaJohnsonMP @JanetDaby @elliereeves @vickyfoxcroft @BBradley_Mans @GlindonMary @Michael_Ellis1

17. Send the world a clear message; Britain won’t be complicit with the “crime of crimes”

Vote against genocide! #GenocideAmendment #TigrayGenocide
@NadiaWhittomeMP @SirGrahamBrady @MarkTamiMP @leicesterliz @coyleneil @annietrev @John2Win @EmmaHardyMP @CatSmithMP

18. Britain needs to make the 1948 Genocide Convention mean something more than words. Vote against genocide! #GenocideAmendment #TigrayGenocide
@RachelReevesMP @margarethodge @UKParliament @churchstate @SKinnock @JamesDuddridge @10DowningStreet

19. Lord Stevenson of Balmacara “If we care about our moral values as a nation, we should have no grounds not to support the amendment”
Vote against genocide! #GenocideAmendment #TigrayGenocide
@SallyAnn1066 @jon_trickett @BimAfolami @sallykeeble @DougChapmanSNP @Bambos_MP

20. @MPIainDS “too long, we have allowed ourselves to walk away from the issue of genocide without ever managing to hold any country guilty of this”
Vote against genocide! #GenocideAmendment #TigrayGenocide
@dominicraab @JamesDuddridge @FelicityBuchan @GregHands

21. The UK has set precedence by bringing this bill forward; the US senate are now planning to do the same. Vote against genocide! #GenocideAmendment #TigrayGenocide @annemclaughlin @keeleyMP @BorisJohnson @carolineLucas @CatSmithMP @CGreenUK

22. The House of Lords seem to deem this Amendment necessary; question is will The Commons give it the same importance?
Vote against genocide! #GenocideAmendment #TigrayGenocide
@dean4watford @Douglas4Moray @LiamFox @elliereeves @PutneyFleur @FeryalClark

23. We believe in a rules-based international order and we espouse liberal democracy.
Vote against genocide! #GenocideAmendment #TigrayGenocide @karenPBuckMP @JohnnyMercerUK @KarlTurnerMP @justinmadders @KerryMP @KevanJonesMP @LaylaMoran @lisanandy

24. @Lordalton “We will put our belief in the quest for human freedom before menacing intimidation, brutal suppression of human rights and trade based on slave labour”
Vote against genocide! #GenocideAmendment #TigrayGenocide @MariaMillerUK @MpHendrick @DJWarburton

25. MP’s must vote with their Conscience!
Vote against genocide! #GenocideAmendment #TigrayGenocide @michaelgove @NatalieElphicke @nigelmp @patmcfaddenmp @OliverDowden @RuthCadbury @LabourSJ @simonfell @BrineMP

26. Genocide can’t simply be a ‘matter for the courts’ if the courts themselves have no power to act.
Vote against genocide! #GenocideAmendment #TigrayGenocide @SteveBakerHW @TaiwoOwatemi @TanDhesi @ZarahSultana @BillCashMP @MattHancock @LouHaigh @coyleneil

27. Reliance on the international judicial bodies to rule genocide neglects the issue that often there are no appropriate bodies to engage with the matter. Vote against genocide! #GenocideAmendment #TigrayGenocide
@NadineDorries @munirawilson @peterkyle @Gibbo4Darlo @PeterBoneUK

28. The UK can’t take part in denying the occurrence of genocide aimed at denying justice to the victims and belittling their suffering
Vote against genocide! #GenocideAmendment #TigrayGenocide @SeemaMalhotra1 @SamTarry @willquince @vickyford @JackieDP @JanetDaby

29. Governments seek to strike trade deals with nations with which they share common values, what will aligning with governments of genocide say about our values?
Vote against genocide! #GenocideAmendment #TigrayGenocide
@karinsmyth @Lee4Ned @marionfellows @nadhimzahawi

30. The #GenocideAmendment is a way of dealing with the lack of international action in addressing human rights abuses.
Vote against genocide! #GenocideAmendment #TigrayGenocide
@NeilDotObrien @mimsdavies @mikejwood @KevanJonesMP @Khalid4PB @DrLisaCameron

31. Why would the commons be against supporting best human rights practices, when the Lords are clearly in support?
Vote against genocide! #GenocideAmendment #TigrayGenocide
@NazShahBfd @MikeHillMP @Offord4Hendon @GlindonMary @MattRodda

32. @Dominicraab has repeatedly ignored the cries of the #TigrayGenocide, are Human Rights far from the government’s priority?
Vote against genocide! #GenocideAmendment #TigrayGenocide
@JonAshworth @spellar @JamesSunderl @JGray @EstherMcVey1 @jeremycorbyn @FelicityBuchan

33. Which side of history will the UK be on, that of the oppressor or that of the justified?
Vote against genocide! #GenocideAmendment #TigrayGenocide
@jeremycorbyn @EdwardJDavey @trussliz @DanielZeichner @DerekTwiggMP @LiamFox @DrRosena

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