Imprisonment Of Human Rights Defenders In Vietnam (EDM1537)

Imprisonment Of Human Rights Defenders In Vietnam

EDM number 1537 in 2006-07, proposed by David Drew on 22/05/2007.

That this House notes with concern the current crackdown on human rights defenders and pro-democracy activists in Vietnam; notes specifically the recent sentencing of lawyers Nguyen-Van Dai and Le Thi Cong Nhan, medical doctor Le Nguyen Sang, journalist Huynh Nguyen Dao, lawyer Nguyen Bac Truyen and Catholic Father Nguyen Van Ly under Article 88 of Vietnam's penal code; highlights that these arrests have all taken place since Vietnam's hosting of the APEC Summit in November 2006 and her ascendance to the World Trade Organisation; regrets the severe shortcomings in due legal process, including the consistent denial of access to a lawyer for Nguyen Van Dai and Le Thi Cong Nhan, in contravention of Vietnamese law; and calls on the UK Government to make representations to the Vietnamese authorities to urge the immediate and unconditional release of these prisoners of conscience.

This motion has been signed by a total of 63 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
David Drew	22/05/2007	Stroud	Labour	Proposed
David Burrowes	22/05/2007	Enfield, Southgate	Conservative	Seconded
Andrew George	22/05/2007	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	23/05/2007	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Mike Hancock	23/05/2007	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Andrew Dismore	23/05/2007	Hendon	Labour	Seconded
Gordon Prentice	23/05/2007	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	23/05/2007	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lady Hermon	23/05/2007	North Down	UUP	Signed
Paul Holmes	23/05/2007	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	23/05/2007	Gower	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	23/05/2007	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Stephen Crabb	24/05/2007	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Conservative	Signed
Mark Hunter	24/05/2007	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	24/05/2007	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Neil Gerrard	24/05/2007	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	24/05/2007	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	24/05/2007	Orkney and Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	24/05/2007	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	04/06/2007	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	04/06/2007	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	04/06/2007	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	04/06/2007	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	04/06/2007	Hastings and Rye	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	04/06/2007	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	04/06/2007	Brecon and Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	04/06/2007	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
John Hemming	04/06/2007	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Austin	04/06/2007	Dudley North	Labour	Signed
Lyn Brown	04/06/2007	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	05/06/2007	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Angus MacNeil	05/06/2007	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Ann Cryer	05/06/2007	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	05/06/2007	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	05/06/2007	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Jeff Ennis	05/06/2007	Barnsley East and Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	06/06/2007	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Chris Mole	07/06/2007	Ipswich	Labour	Signed
Clive Betts	07/06/2007	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	11/06/2007	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	11/06/2007	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eddie McGrady	11/06/2007	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
John Bercow	11/06/2007	Buckingham	Conservative	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	12/06/2007	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	12/06/2007	Edinburgh North and Leith	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	12/06/2007	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	13/06/2007	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	13/06/2007	Sutton and Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Gummer	14/06/2007	Suffolk Coastal	Conservative	Signed
Mark Durkan	15/06/2007	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Dan Rogerson	15/06/2007	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Doug Naysmith	19/06/2007	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	25/06/2007	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	25/06/2007	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	25/06/2007	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Bill Etherington	28/06/2007	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Mark Todd	05/07/2007	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	16/07/2007	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Thurso	26/07/2007	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Luff	08/10/2007	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Tom Brake	09/10/2007	Carshalton and Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Rowen	29/10/2007	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Ruddock	Unknown			Withdrawn

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