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Egyptian Crackdown On The Gay Community

EDM number 668 in 2014-15, proposed by Diane Abbott on 07/01/2015.
Categorised under the topics of Africa, Equality and Human rights.

That this House condemns in the strongest possible terms the arrest of 26 men in Cairo by the Egyptian government on the charge of debauchery; notes with concern the stigma the ensuing trial will place upon the men involved, causing detriment to their careers and families; believes that this latest arrest is part of a worrying trend of human rights abuses resulting in the restriction of basic rights and freedoms of the gay community in Egypt; recognises the alarming implications that such action has for human rights and freedom within wider Egyptian society; and calls on the Government to work with international partners and all relevant aspects of civil society to do everything in its power to press the Egyptian government to take urgent action in order to guarantee the fundamental human rights of all Egyptian citizens regardless of sexuality, gender, ethnicity or creed.

This motion has been signed by a total of 23 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Mike Hancock05/01/2015Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Virendra Sharma05/01/2015Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Diane Abbott07/01/2015Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourProposed
Mark Durkan07/01/2015FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Kelvin Hopkins08/01/2015Luton NorthLabourSeconded
Jeremy Corbyn08/01/2015Islington NorthLabourSeconded
Peter Bottomley09/01/2015Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Hugh Bayley12/01/2015York CentralLabourSeconded
Alan Meale12/01/2015MansfieldLabourSigned
Lady Hermon12/01/2015North DownIndependentSigned
David Anderson13/01/2015BlaydonLabourSigned
Glenda Jackson13/01/2015Hampstead and KilburnLabourSigned
Andrew George13/01/2015St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Evans13/01/2015Ribble ValleyConservativeSigned
Margaret Ritchie13/01/2015South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Tim Farron14/01/2015Westmorland and LonsdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
David Ward14/01/2015Bradford EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Crispin Blunt14/01/2015ReigateConservativeSigned
Roger Godsiff14/01/2015Birmingham, Hall GreenLabourSigned
John Leech15/01/2015Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Stunell15/01/2015Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Steve Rotheram21/01/2015Liverpool, WaltonLabourSigned
Naomi Long21/01/2015Belfast EastAllianceSigned

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