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Christians In Afghanistan

EDM number 418 in 2010-12, proposed by Timothy Farron on 06/07/2010.
Categorised under the topics of Afghanistan and Religion and faith communities.

That this House is alarmed by the current treatment of converts from Islam to other religions in Afghanistan; notes with concern that following the airing of the controversial television documentary on Afghan Christian converts by a local television station in Afghanistan on 27 May 2010, there has been an anti-Christian reaction in the country; is deeply troubled by the statements made by Afghanistan government officials instructing the Afghan intelligence agency to take immediate and serious action to prevent further conversions from Islam; is saddened by the suspension of two church-based aid organisations on alleged charges of proselytising and is disturbed by the crackdown on converts from Islam which signifies a non-tolerant attitude toward religious freedom; calls on the Afghan government to take all necessary action to safeguard the lives and the rights of all Afghans and expatriates working in Afghanistan; and urges the Government to hold the Afghan government to account and ensure it upholds freedom of religion as guaranteed by the UN Declaration on Human Rights.

This motion has been signed by a total of 72 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Tim Farron06/07/2010Westmorland and LonsdaleLiberal DemocratProposed
Andrew George06/07/2010St IvesLiberal DemocratSeconded
Bob Russell06/07/2010ColchesterLiberal DemocratSeconded
Mike Hancock07/07/2010Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSeconded
Angus MacNeil07/07/2010Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySeconded
Ronnie Campbell07/07/2010Blyth ValleyLabourSeconded
Adrian Sanders07/07/2010TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Shannon07/07/2010StrangfordDUPSigned
Naomi Long07/07/2010Belfast EastAllianceSigned
Alan Meale07/07/2010MansfieldLabourSigned
Gregory Campbell07/07/2010East LondonderryDUPSigned
Martin Caton07/07/2010GowerLabourSigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson07/07/2010Lagan ValleyDUPSigned
John Leech07/07/2010Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Therese Coffey07/07/2010Suffolk CoastalConservativeSigned
Chris Bryant08/07/2010RhonddaLabourSigned
Virendra Sharma08/07/2010Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Mark Durkan08/07/2010FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Glenda Jackson08/07/2010Hampstead and KilburnLabourSigned
Marsha Singh08/07/2010Bradford WestLabourSigned
Andrew Rosindell08/07/2010RomfordConservativeSigned
Annette Brooke08/07/2010Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Pound12/07/2010Ealing NorthLabourSigned
John Pugh12/07/2010SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Hepburn12/07/2010JarrowLabourSigned
Paul Flynn12/07/2010Newport WestLabourSigned
Duncan Hames12/07/2010ChippenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
William McCrea13/07/2010South AntrimDUPSigned
Fiona Bruce13/07/2010CongletonConservativeSigned
Andrew Gwynne13/07/2010Denton and ReddishLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley13/07/2010Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Alan Beith13/07/2010Berwick-upon-TweedLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Dobbin13/07/2010Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
David Simpson14/07/2010Upper BannDUPSigned
Mark Williams14/07/2010CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Mary Glindon14/07/2010North TynesideLabourSigned
Nigel Dodds15/07/2010Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Tom Blenkinsop15/07/2010Middlesbrough South and East ClevelandLabourSigned
John McDonnell19/07/2010Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Tom Brake19/07/2010Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Cunningham20/07/2010Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Hywel Francis20/07/2010AberavonLabourSigned
Heidi Alexander20/07/2010Lewisham EastLabourSigned
Alex Cunningham20/07/2010Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Gary Streeter21/07/2010South West DevonConservativeSigned
Lindsay Roy21/07/2010GlenrothesLabourSigned
Gordon Banks21/07/2010Ochil and South PerthshireLabourSigned
Jon Cruddas21/07/2010Dagenham and RainhamLabourSigned
Albert Owen21/07/2010Ynys MLabourSigned
Greg Mulholland22/07/2010Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Glyn Davies26/07/2010MontgomeryshireConservativeSigned
Graham Stringer26/07/2010Blackley and BroughtonLabourSigned
Dan Rogerson26/07/2010North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Simon Kirby26/07/2010Brighton, KemptownConservativeSigned
David Heyes27/07/2010Ashton-under-LyneLabourSigned
Julian Huppert27/07/2010CambridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Linda Riordan27/07/2010HalifaxLabourSigned
Nicholas Soames06/09/2010Mid SussexConservativeSigned
Tom Harris06/09/2010Glasgow SouthLabourSigned
Eric Joyce06/09/2010FalkirkLabourSigned
Michael Meacher06/09/2010Oldham West and RoytonLabourSigned
Don Foster06/09/2010BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Tami06/09/2010Alyn and DeesideLabourSigned
Joan Walley06/09/2010Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Sammy Wilson06/09/2010East AntrimDUPSigned
John Woodcock06/09/2010Barrow and FurnessLabourSigned
Ian Swales06/09/2010RedcarLiberal DemocratSigned
Jessica Lee06/09/2010ErewashConservativeSigned
Richard Ottaway07/09/2010Croydon SouthConservativeSigned
Hugh Bayley11/10/2010York CentralLabourSigned
David Morris29/11/2010Morecambe and LunesdaleConservativeSigned
Paul Murphy04/04/2011TorfaenLabourSigned

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