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Safety Of Journalists In Somalia

EDM number 2638 in 2010-12, proposed by Jeremy Corbyn on 24/01/2012.
Categorised under the topics of Africa and Media.

That this House is concerned about the ongoing threats to, and arrests and killing of journalists in Somalia; condemns the mass arrest of journalists without charge in Somaliland; believes that these arrests are an attempt to intimidate journalists into notcovering news stories critical of the governing authorities; is appalled at the killing of journalist Abdisalan Sheik Hassan, who was shot dead on 18 December 2011; equally condemns the killing of journalists Farah Hasan Sahel, Noramfaizul Mohd Nor and Abdiaziz Ahmed Aden, who were killed in 2011; supports the efforts of the National Union of Somali Journalists andits members who perform a crucial role in reporting in Somalia against a background of violence and intimidation for carrying out their jobs; and urges the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to raise the issues of organised and continuing threats against journalists in Somalia as a matter of urgency with the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia.

This motion has been signed by a total of 47 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Jeremy Corbyn24/01/2012Islington NorthLabourProposed
Peter Bottomley24/01/2012Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Bob Russell24/01/2012ColchesterLiberal DemocratSeconded
Mark Durkan24/01/2012FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Andrew George24/01/2012St IvesLiberal DemocratSeconded
Margaret Ritchie25/01/2012South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
John McDonnell25/01/2012Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Alex Cunningham25/01/2012Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Katy Clark25/01/2012North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
David Anderson25/01/2012BlaydonLabourSigned
Martin Caton25/01/2012GowerLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell25/01/2012Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd25/01/2012Dwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid CymruSigned
Kelvin Hopkins25/01/2012Luton NorthLabourSigned
David Simpson25/01/2012Upper BannDUPSigned
Jim Shannon25/01/2012StrangfordDUPSigned
Naomi Long26/01/2012Belfast EastAllianceSigned
Don Foster26/01/2012BathLiberal DemocratSigned
John Leech30/01/2012Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Hancock30/01/2012Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
David Crausby30/01/2012Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Tony Lloyd30/01/2012Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Barry Sheerman30/01/2012HuddersfieldLabourSigned
Alan Meale30/01/2012MansfieldLabourSigned
Joan Ruddock31/01/2012Lewisham, DeptfordLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner31/01/2012BolsoverLabourSigned
William McCrea31/01/2012South AntrimDUPSigned
Jim Dobbin31/01/2012Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Paul Flynn31/01/2012Newport WestLabourSigned
Mark Williams01/02/2012CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Ian Lavery01/02/2012WansbeckLabourSigned
Bill Esterson01/02/2012Sefton CentralLabourSigned
Sandra Osborne02/02/2012Ayr, Carrick and CumnockLabourSigned
Michael Connarty02/02/2012Linlithgow and East FalkirkLabourSigned
Tony Cunningham07/02/2012WorkingtonLabourSigned
Lady Hermon08/02/2012North DownIndependentSigned
Mike Gapes20/02/2012Ilford SouthLabourSigned
Lindsay Roy20/02/2012GlenrothesLabourSigned
Caroline Lucas23/02/2012Brighton, PavilionGreenSigned
Frank Doran23/02/2012Aberdeen NorthLabourSigned
Ian Davidson28/02/2012Glasgow South WestLabourSigned
John Hemming28/02/2012Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Graeme Morrice28/02/2012LivingstonLabourSigned
Hywel Williams08/03/2012ArfonPlaid CymruSigned
Jonathan Edwards13/03/2012Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Linda Riordan21/03/2012HalifaxLabourSigned
Mike Wood16/04/2012Batley and SpenLabourSigned

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