Jailing Of Reza Shahabi
EDM number 244 in 2017-19, proposed by Lloyd Russell-Moyle on 05/09/2017.
Categorised under the topics of Human rights, Industrial relations, Iran and Prisons.
That this House notes with great concern the repeated jailing of Reza Shahabi, a member of the Executive Committee of the Trade Union of the Tehran and Suburbs Vahed Bus Company; further notes that on 11 July 2017 Mr Shahabi began a hunger strike in protest against the arbitrary resumption of his imprisonment; notes that the Rejai Shahr prison infirmary reports that Mr Shahabi needs specialist medical attention and that no steps have been taken to provide such care; notes that many prisoners are currently on hunger strike against poor conditions in Rejai Shahr; notes that in September 2015 painters' union activist Shahrokh Zamani, a fellow prisoner of Mr Shahabi, died under suspicious circumstances; urges the Iranian Government to release Mr Shahabi; and calls on the Government to press the Iranian Government to respect trade union rights and International Labour Organization conventions.
This motion has been signed by a total of 10 MPs.
MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
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Lloyd Russell-Moyle | 05/09/2017 | Brighton, Kemptown | Labour/Co-operative | Proposed |
Ronnie Campbell | 06/09/2017 | Blyth Valley | Labour | Seconded |
Alex Sobel | 06/09/2017 | Leeds North West | Labour/Co-operative | Seconded |
Jim Shannon | 06/09/2017 | Strangford | DUP | Seconded |
Jim Cunningham | 06/09/2017 | Coventry South | Labour | Seconded |
Kelvin Hopkins | 06/09/2017 | Luton North | Labour | Seconded |
Laura Pidcock | 11/09/2017 | North West Durham | Labour | Signed |
Catherine West | 14/09/2017 | Hornsey and Wood Green | Labour | Signed |
David Linden | 09/10/2017 | Glasgow East | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Stephen McCabe | 12/10/2017 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Labour | Signed |
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