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Attacks On Members Of Congress In The Philippines

EDM number 1882 in 2005-06, proposed by Neil Gerrard on 22/03/2006.

That this House notes with serious concern the detention of opposition politicians and trade union and community leaders during the recent State of Emergency declared by President Arroyo in the Philippines (Presidential Proclamation 1017); notes that many of those arrested remain in detention despite the lifting of the State of Emergency, and in particular Congress member Crispin Beltran, who is 73 years old and a long-time trade union leader and representative of workers and farmers in the Philippine Congress; notes with concern that five other members of the House of Representatives (Satur Ocampo, Teodor Casino, Joel Virador, Liza Maza and Rafael Mariano) are unable to leave the Congress building, which is surrounded by police under orders to arrest them, despite the fact that no judge has issued any arrest warrant; notes the rising number of disappearances and killings of trade union and community leaders in the Philippines, including Napoleon Pornasdoro, Secretary of the Teachers' Alliance in Southern Luzon, who was gunned down on 28th February, immediately after he criticised the government's proclamation of a State of Emergency; and urges the Government to express to President Arroyo and the government of the Philippines its deep concern at the ongoing attacks on human rights in the Philippines, the continued detention of Congressman Crispin Beltran, and the current harassment of senior opposition politicians.

This motion has been signed by a total of 42 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Neil Gerrard22/03/2006WalthamstowLabourProposed
Robert Wareing22/03/2006Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSeconded
Peter Bottomley23/03/2006Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Alan Simpson23/03/2006Nottingham SouthLabourSeconded
Martin Caton23/03/2006GowerLabourSeconded
John Pugh23/03/2006SouthportLiberal DemocratSeconded
Bob Spink23/03/2006Castle PointConservativeSigned
Lynne Jones27/03/2006Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Harry Cohen27/03/2006Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Frank Cook27/03/2006Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Ann Cryer27/03/2006KeighleyLabourSigned
David Drew27/03/2006StroudLabourSigned
Betty Williams27/03/2006ConwyLabourSigned
John Leech27/03/2006Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Jenkins28/03/2006TamworthLabourSigned
Diane Abbott28/03/2006Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Mark Durkan28/03/2006FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Albert Owen28/03/2006Ynys MLabourSigned
Jim Devine29/03/2006LivingstonLabourSigned
Rosie Cooper29/03/2006West LancashireLabourSigned
Katy Clark29/03/2006North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Alan Keen29/03/2006Feltham and HestonLabourSigned
Rudi Vis29/03/2006Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Jon Trickett29/03/2006HemsworthLabourSigned
John Grogan29/03/2006SelbyLabourSigned
Hywel Francis29/03/2006AberavonLabourSigned
Paul Flynn29/03/2006Newport WestLabourSigned
Nigel Evans29/03/2006Ribble ValleyConservativeSigned
Andrew Dismore29/03/2006HendonLabourSigned
Jon Cruddas29/03/2006DagenhamLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn29/03/2006Islington NorthLabourSigned
Michael Connarty29/03/2006Linlithgow and East FalkirkLabourSigned
Colin Burgon29/03/2006ElmetLabourSigned
John McDonnell29/03/2006Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty29/03/2006Calder ValleyLabourSigned
John MacDougall29/03/2006GlenrothesLabourSigned
Dai Havard29/03/2006Merthyr Tydfil and RhymneyLabourSigned
Jim Sheridan29/03/2006Paisley and Renfrewshire NorthLabourSigned
Anne Moffat29/03/2006East LothianLabourSigned
John Hemming20/04/2006Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Alasdair McDonnell24/04/2006Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
David Hamilton24/04/2006MidlothianLabourSigned

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