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Human Rights In The Gambia

EDM number 359 in 2016-17, proposed by Anne McLaughlin on 19/07/2016.
Categorised under the topics of Africa, Ethnic groups, Human rights and International politics and government.

That this House is very concerned about the situation in the Gambia with the continuing crack-down on freedom of expression, assembly and association, illustrated by the death in April of Solo Sandeng, Secretary of the opposition United Democratic Party, after being detained for participating in a protest in Banjul; is dismayed by reports of President Jammeh's recent comments, including his reference to the opposition as vermin and threats to bury them nine feet deep, and his threats to eliminate the Mandinka ethnic group; notes that the UN Special Advisor, on the Prevention of Genocide has expressed profound alarm at President Jammeh's public stigmatisation and dehumanisation of the Mandinka, and highlighted that hate speech constituting incitement to violence can be both a warning sign and a powerful trigger for atrocity crimes; further notes that President Jammeh has created a climate of fear since he seized power in a coup in 1994, resulting in thousands of Gambians fleeing the country; fears that repression could increase in the run-up to the Presidential elections scheduled at the end of 2016; and calls on the UK Government, together with the international community, to condemn the actions of the Jammeh Government, to seriously consider imposing punitive measures on President Jammeh and leading members of his regime, to secure support for a Special Rapporteur on the Gambia at the UN Human Rights Council, and to do more to assist and protect civil society in the Gambia.

This motion has been signed by a total of 44 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Anne McLaughlin19/07/2016Glasgow North EastScottish National PartyProposed
Mark Durkan19/07/2016FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Ann Clwyd19/07/2016Cynon ValleyLabourSeconded
Philippa Whitford19/07/2016Central AyrshireScottish National PartySeconded
Marion Fellows19/07/2016Motherwell and WishawScottish National PartySeconded
Patrick Grady19/07/2016Glasgow NorthScottish National PartySeconded
Carol Monaghan19/07/2016Glasgow North WestScottish National PartySigned
Ian Blackford19/07/2016Ross, Skye and LochaberScottish National PartySigned
Angela Crawley19/07/2016Lanark and Hamilton EastScottish National PartySigned
Brendan O'Hara19/07/2016Argyll and ButeScottish National PartySigned
Paul Monaghan20/07/2016Caithness, Sutherland and Easter RossScottish National PartySigned
Stephen Doughty20/07/2016Cardiff South and PenarthLabourSigned
John McNally20/07/2016FalkirkScottish National PartySigned
Tommy Sheppard20/07/2016Edinburgh EastScottish National PartySigned
Stuart McDonald20/07/2016Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch EastScottish National PartySigned
Alan Brown20/07/2016Kilmarnock and LoudounScottish National PartySigned
Margaret Ritchie20/07/2016South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Alison Thewliss20/07/2016Glasgow CentralScottish National PartySigned
Chris Stephens20/07/2016Glasgow South WestScottish National PartySigned
Martyn Day20/07/2016Linlithgow and East FalkirkScottish National PartySigned
Jim Shannon20/07/2016StrangfordDUPSigned
Peter Bottomley20/07/2016Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Alan Meale20/07/2016MansfieldLabourSigned
Michael Weir20/07/2016AngusScottish National PartySigned
Kirsten Oswald20/07/2016East RenfrewshireScottish National PartySigned
Margaret Ferrier21/07/2016Rutherglen and Hamilton WestScottish National PartySigned
Gavin Newlands21/07/2016Paisley and Renfrewshire NorthScottish National PartySigned
John Nicolson21/07/2016East DunbartonshireScottish National PartySigned
Mhairi Black21/07/2016Paisley and Renfrewshire SouthScottish National PartySigned
Chris Law21/07/2016Dundee WestScottish National PartySigned
Owen Thompson21/07/2016MidlothianScottish National PartySigned
Tasmina Sheikh05/09/2016Ochil and South PerthshireScottish National PartySigned
Peter Grant05/09/2016GlenrothesScottish National PartySigned
Stuart Donaldson05/09/2016West Aberdeenshire and KincardineScottish National PartySigned
Hannah Bardell05/09/2016LivingstonScottish National PartySigned
Drew Hendry05/09/2016Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyScottish National PartySigned
Joanna Cherry05/09/2016Edinburgh South WestScottish National PartySigned
Angus MacNeil05/09/2016Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Corri Wilson05/09/2016Ayr, Carrick and CumnockScottish National PartySigned
Lady Hermon05/09/2016North DownIndependentSigned
Hilary Benn07/09/2016Leeds CentralLabourSigned
Fiona Bruce07/09/2016CongletonConservativeSigned
Jim Cunningham07/09/2016Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Deidre Brock08/09/2016Edinburgh North and LeithScottish National PartySigned

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