Imprisonment Of Human Rights Lawyers In The United Arab Emirates

EDM number 1237 in 2013-14, proposed by Katy Clark on 01/04/2014.
Categorised under the topics of Human rights, Legal profession, Middle East and Prisons.

That this House expresses concern at the conviction and imprisonment of human rights lawyers Doctors Mohamed al-Mansoori and Mohamed al-Roken in the United Arab Emirates; notes with concern that both men have been sentenced to 10-year prison sentences after being convicted of 'plotting to seize power'; highlights the International Commission of Jurists has described both men's trial as 'manifestly unfair' and that Amnesty International defines the pair as prisoners of conscience; believes that Doctors Mohamed al-Mansoori and Mohamed al-Roken have been imprisoned simply for their work in defending human rights and representing activists in political trials; further believes that both men should be released immediately; and calls on the Government to put every diplomatic pressure on the government of the United Arab Emirates to secure this.

This motion has been signed by a total of 24 MPs.