Mrs Sihem Ben Sedrine (EDM110)

Mrs Sihem Ben Sedrine

EDM number 110 in 2001-02, proposed by Virginia Bottomley on 10/07/2001.

That this House notes the Special Amnesty International UK Media award to Mrs Sihem Ben Sedrine, editor of the Tunisian Internet publication Kalima; regrets her arrest two weeks ago on Tuesday 26th June after a tour of Europe; notes her role as a journalist and a defender of human rights; calls on parliaments, people and governments around the world to express concern at her arrest, to ask for her immediate and unconditional release and to seek assurances that she will be treated humanely; asks the Tunisian authorities to allow all human rights defenders to work and campaign freely; and reminds all governments, including Tunisia, of the commitment to the Unilateral Declaration of Human Rights, in particular Article 19: everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression.

This motion has been signed by a total of 32 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Virginia Bottomley	10/07/2001	South West Surrey	Conservative	Proposed
Peter Bottomley	10/07/2001	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Bob Russell	11/07/2001	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	11/07/2001	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	11/07/2001	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kevin McNamara	11/07/2001	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	11/07/2001	Gower	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	11/07/2001	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	11/07/2001	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	11/07/2001	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	11/07/2001	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	11/07/2001	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Bacon	11/07/2001	South Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Harry Barnes	11/07/2001	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Chris Bryant	12/07/2001	Rhondda	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	12/07/2001	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	13/07/2001	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	16/07/2001	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	16/07/2001	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	16/07/2001	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Terry Lewis	17/07/2001	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	17/07/2001	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	17/07/2001	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	18/07/2001	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	18/07/2001	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	18/07/2001	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	19/07/2001	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	19/07/2001	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Harold Best	19/07/2001	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Bill Tynan	19/07/2001	Hamilton South	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	14/09/2001	Burton	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	14/09/2001	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed

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