Human Rights In The Gambia

EDM number 1140 in 2010-12, proposed by Anas Sarwar on 06/12/2010.
Categorised under the topics of Africa and Human rights.

That this House notes with concern continuing reports of human rights abuses in the Gambia; further notes that according to an independent report by Amnesty International the alleged abuses include arbitrary arrest, torture, incommunicado detention, unfair trials, rape, disappearance and extra-judicial executions; reaffirms its support for the recognition of fundamental human rights across the world; applauds members of the Gambian Human Rights Campaign in Scotland for continuing to raise awareness of this tremendously important issue; expresses its solidarity with the people of the Gambia in light of the reported human rights abuses being committed in their country; and calls on the coalition Government to do everything it can to place international pressure on the Gambian government in support of fundamental human rights.

This motion has been signed by a total of 28 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.