Human Rights In Afghanistan (EDM1857)

Human Rights In Afghanistan

EDM number 1857 in 2008-09, proposed by Paul Flynn on 13/07/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Afghanistan and Human rights.

That this House condemns the deteriorating human rights record of President Karzai; regrets his refusal to pardon a young man sentenced to 20 years in prison for accessing an internet article on women's rights, while pardoning a group of young men guilty of gang-raping a 13 year old girl; notes his support for a new law that legalises marital rape; applauds the suspended Afghan woman MP and human rights' prize winner Malalai Joya who said that the rights of women in Afghanistan now are worse than under the Taliban; and regrets NATO's uncritical support of Karzai's regime.

This motion has been signed by a total of 26 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Paul Flynn	13/07/2009	Newport West	Labour	Proposed
Martin Caton	14/07/2009	Gower	Labour	Seconded
Alan Simpson	14/07/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Seconded
Jeremy Corbyn	14/07/2009	Islington North	Labour	Seconded
Mark Durkan	14/07/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Seconded
Ann Cryer	14/07/2009	Keighley	Labour	Seconded
Kelvin Hopkins	14/07/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	14/07/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	14/07/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	15/07/2009	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	15/07/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Robert Wareing	15/07/2009	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
David Drew	15/07/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	15/07/2009	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	15/07/2009	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	15/07/2009	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Iris Robinson	16/07/2009	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Brian Jenkins	16/07/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	16/07/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	16/07/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	20/07/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	20/07/2009	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	21/07/2009	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	21/07/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
John Leech	21/07/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	21/07/2009	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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