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Father Of The Sindhi Nation

EDM number 1615 in 1993-94, proposed by Robert Parry on 19/10/1994.

That this House is greatly concerned at the continued house arrest and detention without trial of G. M. Syed, the 92 year old Chairman of the World Sindhi Congress and Father of the modern Sindhi Nation; notes that he has been declared a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International and his case was submitted to the Commission of Human Rights at the United Nations earlier this year; further notes that G. M. Syed's health is deteriorating and his eyesight is failing; and calls for Her Majesty's Government to make urgent representations to the Pakistan Government for his immediate release for him to receive medical attention in the United Kingdom or the United States of America.

This motion has been signed by a total of 28 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Robert Parry19/10/1994Liverpool, RiversideProposed
Peter Hardy20/10/1994WentworthSigned
Lynne Jones20/10/1994Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Ronnie Campbell20/10/1994Blyth ValleySigned
Harry Cohen20/10/1994LeytonSigned
John Cummings20/10/1994EasingtonSigned
Jim Dowd20/10/1994Lewisham WestSigned
Tony Banks20/10/1994Newham North WestSigned
Harry Barnes20/10/1994North East DerbyshireSigned
Dennis Turner20/10/1994Wolverhampton South EastSigned
Neil Gerrard21/10/1994WalthamstowSigned
Audrey Wise27/10/1994PrestonSigned
Terry Davis27/10/1994Birmingham, Hodge HillSigned
Ken Livingstone27/10/1994Brent EastSigned
Dennis Skinner27/10/1994BolsoverSigned
Tony Benn31/10/1994ChesterfieldSigned
David Young31/10/1994Bolton South EastSigned
Terry Patchett01/11/1994Barnsley EastSigned
Tony Lloyd01/11/1994StretfordSigned
Eddie Loyden01/11/1994Liverpool, GarstonSigned
Chris Mullin01/11/1994Sunderland SouthSigned
James Callaghan01/11/1994Heywood & MiddletonSigned
Mildred Gordon01/11/1994Bow and PoplarSigned
Max Madden02/11/1994Bradford WestSigned
Alan Simpson02/11/1994Nottingham SouthSigned
Bill Michie02/11/1994Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Kenneth Eastham02/11/1994Manchester, BlackleySigned
Bill Etherington02/11/1994Sunderland NorthSigned

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