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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2016-11-16more like thismore than 2016-11-16
answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept id 16 more like this
answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
hansard heading Turkey: Non-governmental Organisations more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they are making to the government of Turkey following reports of the shutting down of non-governmental organisations and associations, including women's groups, lawyers' associations and cultural societies; and what justifications, if any, they have received for such action. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Hylton more like this
uin HL3286 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2016-11-29more like thismore than 2016-11-29
answer text <p>We are aware that a number of Non-Governmental Organisations and other organisations in Turkey have had their operations halted for three months by the authorities on the grounds of suspected terror links. Civil society is an extremely important component of any democratic society and we are monitoring developments closely, as well as regularly raising our human rights concerns with the Turkish authorities.</p> more like this
answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns more like this
question first answered
less than 2016-11-29T17:44:50.317Zmore like thismore than 2016-11-29T17:44:50.317Z
answering member
3474
label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns more like this
tabling member
2018
label Biography information for Lord Hylton more like this