Daw Bawk Ja And The UN General Assembly Resolution On Human Rights In Myanmar (Burma)

EDM number 485 in 2013-14, proposed by Valerie Vaz on 05/09/2013.
Categorised under the topics of Asia and Human rights.

That this House notes that Daw Bawk Ja was arrested in July 2013, and that the charges against her are currently unknown to her or her lawyer, and her trial is still pending; further notes that Daw Bawk Ja has actively supported local Kachin farmers against illegal land grabbing in 2009 and the resulting trial sided against the farmers; further notes that Daw Bawk Ja ran as a National Democratic Force candidate in the November 2010 election and lost by under 8,000 votes after 13,255 votes were deemed invalid; welcomes the political reforms and progress that have been made in Burma since the 2012 UN General Assembly Resolution on Human Rights in Myanmar (Burma) but notes that there are still concerns that need to be addressed, including the detention of political prisoners; further notes that President Thein Sein is still discussing the opening of the UN Office of Human Rights in Burma; and calls on the Government to help facilitate the release of Daw Bawk Ja and to continue its support for the UN General Assembly Resolution on Human Rights in Myanmar (Burma).

This motion has been signed by a total of 7 MPs.