SSP Research, Policy & Media Unit
Press Release: 04/03/04

The Scottish Socialist Party is this afternoon attempting to move an emergency resolution in the Scottish Parliament on the 3 Iranian Kurdish asylum seekers who are on hunger strike in Glasgow.
The motion reads;
Parliament expresses it's grave concern at today's developments in relation to; Faroq Haidari, Fariborz Gravindi and Mokhtar Haydary the Iranian, Kurdish Asylum seekers who are conducting a hunger strike and considers that the executive should exert every possible avenue of influence to avoid even more grave consequences for the health of all 3 men and to resolve the issues which have precipitated the hunger strike.