Democratic Rights In South Korea (EDM430)

Democratic Rights In South Korea

EDM number 430 in 2008-09, proposed by George Galloway on 13/01/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Asia and Human rights.

That this House is concerned that the South Korean authorities have arrested leading figures in the Candlelight movement, which is protesting over the risk of BSE from imported US beef; notes that in addition to the arrest of Lee Seok-haeng of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, the house of the only Candlelight movement leader to escape arrest, Kim Kwang-il, has been illegally searched, and his telephone records used to harass other activists; further notes that Amnesty International has voiced concern at these actions and is investigating; believes that South Korea took a huge step forward with the end of the decades of military rule in 1988; strongly condemns this new 1980s-style repression; and calls on the South Korean authorities to respect the right to freedom of assembly and expression.

This motion has been signed by a total of 31 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
George Galloway	13/01/2009	Bethnal Green and Bow	Respect	Proposed
Jeremy Corbyn	13/01/2009	Islington North	Labour	Seconded
John Hemming	13/01/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
John McDonnell	13/01/2009	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Seconded
Dai Davies	13/01/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Seconded
Robert Wareing	14/01/2009	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Seconded
Adrian Sanders	14/01/2009	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	14/01/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	14/01/2009	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	14/01/2009	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	14/01/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	14/01/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	14/01/2009	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	15/01/2009	Chorley	Labour	Signed
David Drew	15/01/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Ken Purchase	19/01/2009	Wolverhampton North East	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	19/01/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Katy Clark	20/01/2009	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
John Leech	20/01/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	21/01/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	22/01/2009	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	22/01/2009	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	22/01/2009	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	26/01/2009	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Bill Etherington	26/01/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	26/01/2009	Batley and Spen	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	27/01/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Jennifer Willott	27/01/2009	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	02/02/2009	Erith and Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	09/02/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	Unknown			Withdrawn

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