Marzieh Vafamehr And Free Speech In Iran (EDM2268)

Marzieh Vafamehr And Free Speech In Iran

EDM number 2268 in 2010-12, proposed by Michael Connarty on 18/10/2011.
Categorised under the topics of Human rights, International politics and government, Iran and Performing arts.

That this House condemns the conviction of Marzieh Vafamehr, an Iranian actress who has been sentenced to 90 lashes and one year in jail for her role in starring in the film My Tehran for Sale, an Australian film about an actress whose theatre work is banned in Iran; notes that Marzieh Vafamehr is not the only member of the Iranian film industry who has been arrested in recent years; further notes that Pegah Ahangarani, a popular Iranian actor was released from jail in July 2011, Jafar Panahi, an Iranian director received a six year prison sentence and a 20 year ban from film-making in 2010 and Ramin Parchami, an actor who voiced support for the Iranian opposition, remains in jail; believes that it is completely unacceptable that Marzieh Vafamehr and other members of the Iranian film industry are being imprisoned for their artistic activities; and calls on the Government to make representations to the Iranian authorities so that Marzieh and other Iranian actors and directors are released from prison immediately.

This motion has been signed by a total of 38 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Michael Connarty	18/10/2011	Linlithgow and East Falkirk	Labour	Proposed
John McDonnell	18/10/2011	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Seconded
Andrew George	18/10/2011	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Mark Durkan	18/10/2011	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	18/10/2011	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Bob Russell	18/10/2011	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Jim Shannon	19/10/2011	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	19/10/2011	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	19/10/2011	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	19/10/2011	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	19/10/2011	Gower	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	19/10/2011	Islington North	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	19/10/2011	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Robert Halfon	19/10/2011	Harlow	Conservative	Signed
Margaret Ritchie	20/10/2011	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Glenda Jackson	20/10/2011	Hampstead and Kilburn	Labour	Signed
Julian Lewis	20/10/2011	New Forest East	Conservative	Signed
Tony Lloyd	20/10/2011	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
John Leech	24/10/2011	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Naomi Long	24/10/2011	Belfast East	Alliance	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	25/10/2011	Dwyfor Meirionnydd	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Sandra Osborne	25/10/2011	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	25/10/2011	Birmingham, Hall Green	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	25/10/2011	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Caroline Lucas	26/10/2011	Brighton, Pavilion	Green	Signed
Graeme Morrice	26/10/2011	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	27/10/2011	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Mike Weatherley	27/10/2011	Hove	Conservative	Signed
Katy Clark	27/10/2011	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
Clive Betts	27/10/2011	Sheffield South East	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	27/10/2011	Lewisham West and Penge	Labour	Signed
Graham Brady	27/10/2011	Altrincham and Sale West	Conservative	Signed
Jim Sheridan	27/10/2011	Paisley and Renfrewshire North	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	31/10/2011	Arfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Valerie Vaz	31/10/2011	Walsall South	Labour	Signed
Simon Wright	31/10/2011	Norwich South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Louise Ellman	02/11/2011	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	12/01/2012	Ilford South	Labour	Signed

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