Kesri Lehar Petition

EDM number 296 in 2012-13, proposed by John McDonnell on 28/06/2012.
Categorised under the topics of Asia and Human rights.

That this House welcomes the national petition launched by the Kesri Lehar campaign urging the UK Government to press the Indian government tosign and ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and the UNConvention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhumane or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, which encompasses the death penalty, with the result that India would abolish the death penalty and lift this threat from Balwant Singh Rajoana and others.

This motion has been signed by a total of 69 MPs.