Petition · past parliament
Declare the actions of Daesh against minorities as genocide
Closed
251 signatures
What the petition asks
Daesh is committing genocide against those who do not subscribe to their mis-interpretation of Islam. Notably against the minority: Christians, Yezidi, Turkmen, Shabak, Kurds & Shia. The UK must follow the example of the European Parliament and formally acknowledge the genocide, so it can be stopped
Genocide is any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, by:
-Killing members of the group;
-Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
-Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to
bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;
-Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
-Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.
-Killing members of the group;
-Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
-Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to
bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;
-Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
-Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.
Timeline
| 25 Feb 2016 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 25 Aug 2016 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
251
Status
Closed
Opened
25 Feb 2016
Closed
25 Aug 2016
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.