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Recent Arrest And Detention Of Ethnic Indian Human Rights Defenders In Malaysia

EDM number 1091 in 2007-08, proposed by Jeremy Corbyn on 03/03/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Asia and Human rights.

That this House notes with concern the recent arrest and detention without trial in Malaysia of five ethnic Indian human rights defenders from the organisation Hindraf following a peaceful gathering demanding basic rights; further notes that these men are being held by the Internal Security Act which allows detention without trial for an unspecified period; further notes that these arrests come on top of other actions taken by the Malaysian government to curtail the human rights of the minority Indian community in Malaysia including the freedom of religion; calls on the Government to make representations to the government of Malaysia on serious human rights violations against the ethnic minority Indian community; calls on Malaysia to ensure that the internationally protected rights of ethnic minority community, to peaceful assembly, expression and freedom of thought, conscience and religion are protected in accordance with international standards; and calls for the immediate release of the five held without trial.

This motion has been signed by a total of 44 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Jeremy Corbyn03/03/2008Islington NorthLabourProposed
John McDonnell03/03/2008Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSeconded
Bob Spink03/03/2008Castle PointConservativeSeconded
Peter Bottomley03/03/2008Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Lynne Jones03/03/2008Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
Bob Russell03/03/2008ColchesterLiberal DemocratSeconded
Ann Cryer04/03/2008KeighleyLabourSigned
Jim Devine04/03/2008LivingstonLabourSigned
Andrew George04/03/2008St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
David Drew04/03/2008StroudLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore04/03/2008HendonLabourSigned
Paul Keetch04/03/2008HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Kelvin Hopkins04/03/2008Luton NorthLabourSigned
Paul Holmes04/03/2008ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson04/03/2008Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Robert Wareing05/03/2008Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSigned
Mark Hunter05/03/2008CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
John Leech05/03/2008Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Katy Clark05/03/2008North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Michael Weir05/03/2008AngusScottish National PartySigned
Desmond Turner05/03/2008Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Mark Durkan05/03/2008FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Jim Dobbin05/03/2008Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Martin Caton05/03/2008GowerLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell05/03/2008Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Greg Pope05/03/2008HyndburnLabourSigned
Mike Hancock05/03/2008Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Jo Swinson06/03/2008East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Tony Lloyd10/03/2008Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Eddie McGrady10/03/2008South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Harry Cohen10/03/2008Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Bill Etherington11/03/2008Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Simon Hughes11/03/2008North Southwark and BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Alasdair McDonnell12/03/2008Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Hywel Francis12/03/2008AberavonLabourSigned
Phil Willis12/03/2008Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Dan Rogerson13/03/2008North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Jabez Foster14/03/2008Hastings and RyeLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell17/03/2008Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Clive Efford20/03/2008ElthamLabourSigned
Sarah Teather16/07/2008Brent EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Neil Gerrard17/07/2008WalthamstowLabourSigned
Lorely Burt06/11/2008SolihullLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi VisUnknownWithdrawn

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