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Detention Of Trade Unionists And Students In Iran

EDM number 1476 in 2008-09, proposed by John McDonnell on 12/05/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Human rights, International politics and government and Iran.

That this House notes with concern that during the May Day rally in Laleh Park, Tehran over 100 participants were physically attacked and arrested, including leading members of the Free Trade Union, and that at the May Day rally in Sanandaj in western Iran a further attack took place with 10 arrested; further notes that the Iranian authorities continue to detain Mr Mansour Osaloo, the President of the Tehran Bus Drivers Syndicate and students from the Freedom and Equality Seeking Activists movement; and calls on the Government to condemn these human rights abuses and to urge the Iranian government for the release of these detainees.

This motion has been signed by a total of 48 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
John McDonnell12/05/2009Hayes and HarlingtonLabourProposed
Harry Cohen12/05/2009Leyton and WansteadLabourSeconded
Peter Bottomley12/05/2009Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Mark Durkan12/05/2009FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Robert Wareing13/05/2009Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSeconded
Jeremy Corbyn13/05/2009Islington NorthLabourSeconded
Andrew Dismore13/05/2009HendonLabourSigned
Phil Willis13/05/2009Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis13/05/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
David Taylor13/05/2009North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
David Drew13/05/2009StroudLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin13/05/2009Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
John Cummings13/05/2009EasingtonLabourSigned
Martin Caton13/05/2009GowerLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell13/05/2009Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Lynne Jones13/05/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins13/05/2009TamworthLabourSigned
Glenda Jackson13/05/2009Hampstead and HighgateLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins13/05/2009Luton NorthLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle14/05/2009ChorleyLabourSigned
John Hemming14/05/2009Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Devine14/05/2009LivingstonLabourSigned
Ann Cryer18/05/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
Roger Godsiff18/05/2009Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small HeathLabourSigned
David Lepper19/05/2009Brighton, PavilionLabourSigned
Lindsay Roy19/05/2009GlenrothesLabourSigned
Hywel Francis19/05/2009AberavonLabourSigned
Mike Hancock19/05/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
David Hamilton20/05/2009MidlothianLabourSigned
John Leech20/05/2009Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Linda Riordan20/05/2009HalifaxLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard21/05/2009WalthamstowLabourSigned
Mark Williams01/06/2009CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Etherington01/06/2009Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Eddie McGrady01/06/2009South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
William McCrea01/06/2009South AntrimDUPSigned
Nick Harvey01/06/2009North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Marsha Singh01/06/2009Bradford WestLabourSigned
Andrew MacKinlay02/06/2009ThurrockLabourSigned
David Crausby04/06/2009Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell10/06/2009Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Alan Simpson11/06/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Adrian Bailey12/06/2009West Bromwich WestLabourSigned
Adam Price22/06/2009Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Greg Mulholland22/06/2009Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Connarty01/07/2009Linlithgow and East FalkirkLabourSigned
David Cairns02/07/2009InverclydeLabourSigned
Michael Jabez FosterUnknownWithdrawn

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