Death Sentences In India

EDM number 1867 in 2010-12, proposed by John McDonnell on 07/06/2011.
Categorised under the topic of Asia.

That this House expresses its deep regret at the decision by India's President to approve the country's first executions since 2004, having rejected the mercy petitions of death row prisoners, Professor D. P. Singh Bhullar and Mahrendra Nath Das; and calls on the UK Government to urge the Indian government to ensure that these executions do not take place and to end the death penalty in India.

This motion has been signed by a total of 27 MPs.