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Religious Restrictions, Discrimination And Persecution In Burma

EDM number 658 in 2006-07, proposed by Stephen Crabb on 17/01/2007.

That this House notes the evidence of the widespread restrictions on religious freedom, discrimination against religious minorities and in some places violent persecution of Christians and Muslims in Burma; welcomes the publication of a comprehensive new report Carrying the Cross: the military regime's campaign of restriction, discrimination and persecution against Christians in Burma by Christian Solidarity Worldwide, which complements past reports of the persecution of Muslims and the imprisonment of Buddhist monks and nuns; further notes the military regime's persecution of Christians among the Chin, Kachin, Naga, Karen, Karenni and other ethnic nationalities and the persecution of the Rohingya Muslims; calls on the Government to raise concerns about religious freedom and specifically the persecution of Christians and Muslims in Burma with the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC); urges the United Nations Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Religion and Belief to investigate violations of religious freedom in Burma; and calls on the UN Security Council to pass a binding resolution requiring the SPDC to cease its widespread violation of human rights, including violations of religious freedom, to release all political prisoners, to open all parts of the country to unhindered access for international humanitarian organisations, and to engage in meaningful tripartite dialogue with the National League for Democracy and the ethnic nationalities.

This motion has been signed by a total of 152 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Stephen Crabb17/01/2007Preseli PembrokeshireConservativeProposed
John Bercow17/01/2007BuckinghamConservativeSeconded
Steve Webb17/01/2007NorthavonLiberal DemocratSeconded
Alistair Carmichael17/01/2007Orkney and ShetlandLiberal DemocratSeconded
David Drew17/01/2007StroudLabourSeconded
Jim Dobbin17/01/2007Heywood and MiddletonLabourSeconded
Bob Russell17/01/2007ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
John Pugh18/01/2007SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Rosindell18/01/2007RomfordConservativeSigned
Alan Simpson18/01/2007Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Paul Holmes18/01/2007ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Lindsay Hoyle18/01/2007ChorleyLabourSigned
Peter Luff18/01/2007Mid WorcestershireConservativeSigned
Alan Meale18/01/2007MansfieldLabourSigned
Annette Brooke18/01/2007Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Caton18/01/2007GowerLabourSigned
David Taylor18/01/2007North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Stewart Jackson18/01/2007PeterboroughConservativeSigned
Mark Hunter18/01/2007CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Evan Harris19/01/2007Oxford West and AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Dismore19/01/2007HendonLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley19/01/2007Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Stephen Williams19/01/2007Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Spink22/01/2007Castle PointConservativeSigned
Nick Harvey22/01/2007North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Keetch22/01/2007HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
David Lepper22/01/2007Brighton, PavilionLabourSigned
Harry Cohen22/01/2007Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn22/01/2007Islington NorthLabourSigned
Andrew Pelling22/01/2007Croydon CentralConservativeSigned
Andrew MacKay23/01/2007BracknellConservativeSigned
Chris Mullin23/01/2007Sunderland SouthLabourSigned
Colin Breed23/01/2007South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Derek Conway23/01/2007Old Bexley & SidcupConservativeSigned
Ann Cryer23/01/2007KeighleyLabourSigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson23/01/2007Lagan ValleyDUPSigned
Mike Hancock23/01/2007Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Don Touhig23/01/2007IslwynLabourSigned
Willie Rennie23/01/2007Dunfermline and West FifeLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Selous24/01/2007South West BedfordshireConservativeSigned
Nicholas Soames24/01/2007Mid SussexConservativeSigned
Robert Key24/01/2007SalisburyConservativeSigned
Elfyn Llwyd24/01/2007Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Rob Marris24/01/2007Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Gregory Campbell24/01/2007East LondonderryDUPSigned
Edward Davey24/01/2007Kingston and SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Durkan24/01/2007FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Andrew Stunell24/01/2007Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Viggers24/01/2007GosportConservativeSigned
John Whittingdale24/01/2007Maldon and East ChelmsfordConservativeSigned
John Hemming24/01/2007Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Featherstone24/01/2007Hornsey and Wood GreenLiberal DemocratSigned
Daniel Kawczynski24/01/2007Shrewsbury and AtchamConservativeSigned
Jeremy Wright24/01/2007Rugby and KenilworthConservativeSigned
Greg Pope25/01/2007HyndburnLabourSigned
Stephen Pound25/01/2007Ealing NorthLabourSigned
Adrian Sanders25/01/2007TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Marsha Singh25/01/2007Bradford WestLabourSigned
Lynne Jones25/01/2007Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Andrew Murrison25/01/2007WestburyConservativeSigned
John Butterfill25/01/2007Bournemouth WestConservativeSigned
Janet Dean25/01/2007BurtonLabourSigned
Nigel Dodds25/01/2007Belfast NorthDUPSigned
David Amess25/01/2007Southend WestConservativeSigned
Ben Wallace25/01/2007Lancaster and WyreConservativeSigned
Angela Watkinson25/01/2007UpminsterConservativeSigned
Tim Farron25/01/2007Westmorland and LonsdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Kerry McCarthy25/01/2007Bristol EastLabourSigned
Humfrey Malins26/01/2007WokingConservativeSigned
Frank Field26/01/2007BirkenheadLabourSigned
Peter Lilley29/01/2007Hitchin and HarpendenConservativeSigned
Eddie McGrady29/01/2007South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Vincent Cable29/01/2007TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Evans29/01/2007Ribble ValleyConservativeSigned
David Burrowes29/01/2007Enfield, SouthgateConservativeSigned
James Duddridge29/01/2007Rochford and Southend EastConservativeSigned
Andrew Love30/01/2007EdmontonLabourSigned
Ann McKechin30/01/2007Glasgow NorthLabourSigned
Chris Mole30/01/2007IpswichLabourSigned
Denis Murphy30/01/2007WansbeckLabourSigned
Tom Brake30/01/2007Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Flynn30/01/2007Newport WestLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard30/01/2007WalthamstowLabourSigned
Anne Begg30/01/2007Aberdeen SouthLabourSigned
Paddy Tipping30/01/2007SherwoodLabourSigned
Roberta Blackman-Woods30/01/2007City of DurhamLabourSigned
Greg Hands30/01/2007Hammersmith and FulhamConservativeSigned
Edward Vaizey30/01/2007WantageConservativeSigned
William McCrea31/01/2007South AntrimDUPSigned
Julia Goldsworthy31/01/2007Falmouth and CamborneLiberal DemocratSigned
Jo Swinson31/01/2007East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Mates01/02/2007East HampshireConservativeSigned
Alasdair McDonnell01/02/2007Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Howard Stoate01/02/2007DartfordLabourSigned
Greg Clark01/02/2007Tunbridge WellsConservativeSigned
Chris McCafferty02/02/2007Calder ValleyLabourSigned
John Gummer02/02/2007Suffolk CoastalConservativeSigned
Michael Gove02/02/2007Surrey HeathConservativeSigned
Martin Horwood02/02/2007CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Rob Wilson02/02/2007Reading EastConservativeSigned
Mark Oaten05/02/2007WinchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Frank Dobson05/02/2007Holborn and St PancrasLabourSigned
Linda Gilroy05/02/2007Plymouth, SuttonLabourSigned
Rudi Vis05/02/2007Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Robert Walter05/02/2007North DorsetConservativeSigned
Peter Bone05/02/2007WellingboroughConservativeSigned
Brian Jenkins06/02/2007TamworthLabourSigned
Tim Yeo06/02/2007South SuffolkConservativeSigned
Robert Smith07/02/2007West Aberdeenshire and KincardineLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Moore07/02/2007Berwickshire, Roxburgh and SelkirkLiberal DemocratSigned
Doug Naysmith07/02/2007Bristol North WestLabourSigned
Paul Burstow07/02/2007Sutton and CheamLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Cousins07/02/2007Newcastle upon Tyne CentralLabourSigned
Madeleine Moon07/02/2007BridgendLabourSigned
Mark Williams07/02/2007CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Binley08/02/2007Northampton SouthConservativeSigned
Stephen Hammond08/02/2007WimbledonConservativeSigned
David Laws19/02/2007YeovilLiberal DemocratSigned
John Maples19/02/2007Stratford-on-AvonConservativeSigned
David Hamilton19/02/2007MidlothianLabourSigned
John Barrett19/02/2007Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Clive Betts19/02/2007Sheffield, AttercliffeLabourSigned
Gary Streeter19/02/2007South West DevonConservativeSigned
Ann Widdecombe19/02/2007Maidstone and The WealdConservativeSigned
Betty Williams19/02/2007ConwyLabourSigned
Katy Clark19/02/2007North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Charles Hendry20/02/2007WealdenConservativeSigned
Tim Boswell20/02/2007DaventryConservativeSigned
Nigel Waterson20/02/2007EastbourneConservativeSigned
James Paice21/02/2007South East CambridgeshireConservativeSigned
Lyn Brown22/02/2007West HamLabourSigned
Mark Field23/02/2007Cities of London and WestminsterConservativeSigned
Christopher Fraser23/02/2007South West NorfolkConservativeSigned
Sandra Gidley23/02/2007RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Syms28/02/2007PooleConservativeSigned
Lembit 05/03/2007MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Julie Morgan08/03/2007Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Crispin Blunt08/03/2007ReigateConservativeSigned
Joan Walley09/03/2007Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
David Jones14/03/2007Clwyd WestConservativeSigned
Nick Hurd14/03/2007Ruislip - NorthwoodConservativeSigned
Robert Marshall-Andrews19/03/2007MedwayLabourSigned
John Thurso19/03/2007Caithness, Sutherland and Easter RossLiberal DemocratSigned
James Gray16/04/2007North WiltshireConservativeSigned
Greg Mulholland16/04/2007Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Lorely Burt18/04/2007SolihullLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Rowen18/04/2007RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Emily Thornberry23/07/2007Islington South and FinsburyLabourSigned
Clive Efford25/07/2007ElthamLabourSigned
Sarah Teather25/07/2007Brent EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Nicholas BrownUnknownWithdrawn
Joan RuddockUnknownWithdrawn

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