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Crimes Against Humanity By The Assad Regime In Syria

EDM number 949 in 2016-17, proposed by Roger Godsiff on 20/02/2017.
Categorised under the topics of Asylum, Human rights, International law, International politics and government, Middle East and Military operations.

That this House takes note of the recent evidence of crimes against humanity committed by the Assad regime against citizens in Syria at Saydnaya Military Prison; notes with great concern the compelling evidence that at this prison, the Syrian Government has systematically and deliberately murdered, starved, tortured and executed thousands of civilians who were thought to be opponents of the regime in an attempt to maintain power and crush resistance; further notes the utter brutality of conditions at Saydnaya; believes that the UK has a duty to oppose crimes against humanity; calls on the Government to urgently reappraise the number of refugees from Syria who have been accepted into the UK, and to do everything possible to provide a place of safety for more refugees who are fleeing from that murderous regime; further calls on the Government to reconsider its plans to reduce access to the UK for child refugees; calls on the Government to ensure that the UK does everything possible to bring to justice those responsible for this atrocity, and the many other atrocities committed by the Assad regime against the Syrian people; believes that the UK should raise with the UN Security Council the need for targeted sanctions, such as asset freezes, on members of the Syrian regime; and calls on the Government to raise with the UN Security Council the need to refer the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court.

This motion has been signed by a total of 31 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Roger Godsiff20/02/2017Birmingham, Hall GreenLabourProposed
Natalie McGarry21/02/2017Glasgow EastScottish National PartySeconded
Mark Durkan21/02/2017FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Kelvin Hopkins21/02/2017Luton NorthLabourSeconded
Chris Stephens21/02/2017Glasgow South WestScottish National PartySeconded
Alan Meale21/02/2017MansfieldLabourSeconded
Jim Shannon21/02/2017StrangfordDUPSigned
Alasdair McDonnell22/02/2017Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Jonathan Edwards22/02/2017Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Caroline Lucas22/02/2017Brighton, PavilionGreenSigned
Chris Law22/02/2017Dundee WestScottish National PartySigned
Ronnie Campbell22/02/2017Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Stephen Doughty22/02/2017Cardiff South and PenarthLabourSigned
Margaret Ritchie22/02/2017South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Michael Weir22/02/2017AngusScottish National PartySigned
David Simpson22/02/2017Upper BannDUPSigned
Gavin Robinson23/02/2017Belfast EastDUPSigned
Virendra Sharma23/02/2017Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Jim Cunningham23/02/2017Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Alex Salmond24/02/2017Signed
Carol Monaghan24/02/2017Glasgow North WestScottish National PartySigned
Angus MacNeil24/02/2017Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Brendan O'Hara24/02/2017Argyll and ButeScottish National PartySigned
Drew Hendry27/02/2017Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyScottish National PartySigned
Paul Monaghan27/02/2017Caithness, Sutherland and Easter RossScottish National PartySigned
Owen Thompson28/02/2017MidlothianScottish National PartySigned
John Nicolson01/03/2017East DunbartonshireScottish National PartySigned
Stephen Gethins02/03/2017North East FifeScottish National PartySigned
Alan Brown06/03/2017Kilmarnock and LoudounScottish National PartySigned
Tom Blenkinsop13/03/2017Middlesbrough South and East ClevelandLabourSigned
Rachael Maskell30/03/2017York CentralLabour/Co-operativeSigned

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