Actions and other activities
Letters
Letter to Secretary of State for Education Nadhim Zahawi from All Party Parliamentary Groups calling for inclusion of the Roma genocide as a mandatory part of Holocaust teaching in schools.
11 February 2022 | APPG for Gypsies, Travellers and Roma, APPG for the Prevention of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity, and APPG for Race Equality in Education | View letter | View coverage in The Independent
Letter to Netflix Co-CEOs from over 120 parliamentarians requesting removal of Jimmy Carr's 'His Dark Material' from the platform following a routine in which the Roma Genocide during the Holocaust was described as a 'positive' by the performer.
9 February 2022 | APPG for Gypsies, Travellers and Roma, and APPG for the Prevention of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity | View letter | View coverage in The National
Letter to Minister for Africa Vicky Ford from All Party Parliamentary Groups regarding the urgent issue of the conflict in Tigray.
16 December 2021 | APPG for the Prevention of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity, APPG on Eritrea, and the Parliamentary Human Rights Group | View letter.
Other activities
APPG Chair Fleur Anderson MP on the Peace at Risk in Bosnia podcast discussing peace-building in Bosnia-Herzegovina and parallels with the ongoing situation with Russia and Ukraine with Bosnian peace activists and NGO representatives.
11 March | Listen to podcast
Open letter to UN Special Rapporteurs for Minority Rights and Violence Against Women’s Rights on the targetting of Muslim women in India, signed by APPG Co-chair, The Lord Sheikh.
22 February | View letter
Letter co-ordinated by Co-Chair The Lord Sheikh to the Prime Minister asking for urgent action and intervention regarding human rights abuses and risk of genocide in India
1 February