Human Rights Watch have written an open letter to all the leaders of UK political leaders.
They write: "The outcome of the general election on 12 December has the potential to greatly affect human rights in the UK and through the UK’s foreign policy around the world. For that reason, we are keen to hear the position of your party on eight key human rights questions."
Some of their questions to party leaders include:
Gill Ogilvie (Walsall North)
Twitter: @GillOgilvie. More information can be found here.
1. Do you agree that the UK should recognise Palestine? What would be your reasons for and against recognition?
Yes - its a no brainer.
Over the past two years around 30 young people from 33 Bedouin communities in South Hebron Hills, occupied Palestinian territories, have interviewed older generations to gather intangible cultural heritage.
Caabu is pleased to be able to invite you to a briefing with representatives of the youth research team, Sameeha Huraini, Khalil Makhamra and Fatima Nawaja (details at the bottom of this email), will be visiting the UK to embark on a speaking tour, in order to share their work to preserve the heritage of Bedouin Palestinian communities for future generations.
Refugee Council has created an election pack and is encouraging people to write to General Election candidates about refugee issues. More details can be found here.
Here we will detail General Election campaigns and information from other organisations that may be useful.
Articles and reports on general UK foreign policy.
The impact of returning UKIP voters on Conservative foreign policy
Sophia Gaston, British Foreign Policy Group, 5 November 2019
According to research from the British Foreign Policy Group, there are five main findings on how Brexit Party/UKIP voters impact Conservative Party foreign policy.
Alex Armitage (Hackney North and Stoke Newington)
Twitter: @alexjarmitage. More information can be found here.
1. Do you agree that the UK should recognise Palestine? What would be your reasons for and against recognition?
This page will detail some of the correspondence recieved from election candidates, including from incumbent MPs, divided into the parties that they represent.
