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
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
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”
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
