Venerable Palden Gyatso And Human Rights In Tibet (EDM998)

Venerable Palden Gyatso And Human Rights In Tibet

EDM number 998 in 2008-09, proposed by Harry Cohen on 05/03/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Asia and Human rights.

That this House welcomes the arrival to Britain, at the invitation of the Tibet Society, of the former political prisoner, the Venerable Palden Gyatso, to speak of his experiences; notes with deep regret the suffering and torture he endured during 33 years of imprisonment following detainment in 1959 for peaceful protest; commends his commitment to peacefully calling for the rights and freedom of his people; further notes with sadness that 50 years on the human rights situation in Palden's homeland of Tibet remains critical, with continuing oppressive measures being imposed upon the Tibetan people by Chinese government policies, such as patriotic re-education, arbitrary arrests and torture in detention and the use of brutal force against Tibetans who publicly demonstrate; and offers its support for a just and fair solution for the Tibetan people.

This motion has been signed by a total of 42 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Harry Cohen	05/03/2009	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Proposed
Norman Baker	05/03/2009	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Lynne Jones	09/03/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	09/03/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Neil Gerrard	09/03/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Seconded
Mike Hancock	09/03/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Ann Cryer	10/03/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	10/03/2009	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Rowen	10/03/2009	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Mulholland	10/03/2009	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Katy Clark	10/03/2009	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	10/03/2009	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Andrew George	10/03/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	10/03/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	10/03/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	10/03/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	10/03/2009	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Glenda Jackson	10/03/2009	Hampstead and Highgate	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	10/03/2009	Castle Point	Independent	Signed
Kate Hoey	11/03/2009	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	11/03/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Nigel Dodds	11/03/2009	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Michael Clapham	11/03/2009	Barnsley West and Penistone	Labour	Signed
Geraldine Smith	11/03/2009	Morecambe and Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	11/03/2009	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	11/03/2009	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Alan Simpson	12/03/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	12/03/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
John Leech	16/03/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	18/03/2009	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	18/03/2009	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Chris Mullin	19/03/2009	Sunderland South	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	19/03/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	20/03/2009	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Lady Hermon	23/03/2009	North Down	UUP	Signed
Paul Goodman	30/03/2009	Wycombe	Conservative	Signed
Bill Etherington	23/04/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	08/05/2009	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	01/06/2009	Glasgow South West	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	08/06/2009	North Southwark and Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jennifer Willott	22/06/2009	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julie Morgan	23/06/2009	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed

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