Jailing Of David Tam Bayoh In Sierra Leone
EDM number 508 in 2014-15, proposed by George Galloway on 11/11/2014.
Categorised under the topics of Africa, Diseases, Human rights and International politics and government.
That this House condemns the jailing and beating of the campaigning radio journalist David Tam Bayoh in Sierra Leone, who criticised the Sierra Leonean government's Ebola response; notes that the country's state of emergency empowers President Ernest Bai Koroma to arrest any person without a court order and that Bayoh was arrested by an order signed by the President; further notes that Bayoh, who suffers from high blood pressure, is detained without charge in a hugely overcrowded jail; points out that around a third of the amount pledged by the EU to Sierra Leone to combat Ebola will come from the UK's £205 million aid package; and urges the Government to use its considerable influence with Sierra Leone to free Bayoh so that he and other journalists are free to work and keep track of the hundreds of millions in aid pouring into a country which ranks near the top of global corruption indexes.
This motion has been signed by a total of 14 MPs.
MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
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George Galloway | 11/11/2014 | Bradford West | Respect | Proposed |
Mike Hancock | 17/11/2014 | Portsmouth South | Liberal Democrat | Seconded |
Alan Meale | 17/11/2014 | Mansfield | Labour | Seconded |
John McDonnell | 17/11/2014 | Hayes and Harlington | Labour | Seconded |
Roger Godsiff | 18/11/2014 | Birmingham, Hall Green | Labour | Seconded |
Mark Durkan | 18/11/2014 | Foyle | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Seconded |
Jim Shannon | 18/11/2014 | Strangford | DUP | Signed |
Jim Cunningham | 18/11/2014 | Coventry South | Labour | Signed |
Jeremy Corbyn | 18/11/2014 | Islington North | Labour | Signed |
Ronnie Campbell | 19/11/2014 | Blyth Valley | Labour | Signed |
Alasdair McDonnell | 19/11/2014 | Belfast South | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Signed |
Elfyn Llwyd | 19/11/2014 | Dwyfor Meirionnydd | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
Kelvin Hopkins | 25/11/2014 | Luton North | Labour | Signed |
John Leech | 25/11/2014 | Manchester, Withington | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
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