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This motion has been signed by a total of 28 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Anas Sarwar06/12/2010Glasgow CentralLabourProposed
Ian Davidson06/12/2010Glasgow South WestLabourSeconded
Jim Sheridan06/12/2010Paisley and Renfrewshire NorthLabourSeconded
John Robertson06/12/2010Glasgow North WestLabourSeconded
Mike Hancock06/12/2010Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSeconded
Marsha Singh07/12/2010Bradford WestLabourSeconded
John Leech07/12/2010Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Durkan07/12/2010FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Jeremy Corbyn07/12/2010Islington NorthLabourSigned
Jim Shannon08/12/2010StrangfordDUPSigned
Stephen Hepburn08/12/2010JarrowLabourSigned
Gregory Campbell08/12/2010East LondonderryDUPSigned
Tom Blenkinsop08/12/2010Middlesbrough South and East ClevelandLabourSigned
Ian Lavery08/12/2010WansbeckLabourSigned
Margaret Ritchie09/12/2010South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Michael Connarty09/12/2010Linlithgow and East FalkirkLabourSigned
John McDonnell09/12/2010Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Naomi Long09/12/2010Belfast EastAllianceSigned
Elfyn Llwyd09/12/2010Dwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid CymruSigned
Lady Hermon09/12/2010North DownIndependentSigned
Tony Lloyd13/12/2010Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Martin Caton13/12/2010GowerLabourSigned
Eric Illsley16/12/2010Barnsley CentralLabourWithdrawn
Cathy Jamieson16/12/2010Kilmarnock and LoudounLabourSigned
Virendra Sharma20/12/2010Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Katy Clark21/12/2010North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Sandra Osborne10/01/2011Ayr, Carrick and CumnockLabourSigned
David Crausby08/02/2011Bolton North EastLabourSigned

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