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Execution Of Mehdi Dibaj In Iran

EDM number 317 in 1993-94, proposed by David Alton on 11/01/1994.

That this House notes the decision of the Iranian courts to impose a sentence of capital punishment on the prisoner of conscience, the Reverend Mehdi Dibaj, who is due to be executed this week; notes that he was found guilty of converting to the Christian faith; that he was subsequently imprisoned for eight years, two of which were in solitary confinement in cells without natural daylight; further notes that he has been subjected to mock executions; believes that the right to freely determine personal religious faith must be a matter for each individual; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to make immediate representations to secure the commutation of this harsh and inhuman decision.

This motion has been signed by a total of 55 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
David Alton11/01/1994Liverpool Mossley HillProposed
Simon Hughes11/01/1994Southwark and BermondseySigned
Jimmy Dunnachie12/01/1994Glasgow, PollokSigned
David Winnick12/01/1994Walsall NorthSigned
Roy Beggs12/01/1994East AntrimSigned
Hugh Bayley12/01/1994York, City ofSigned
Harry Barnes12/01/1994North East DerbyshireSigned
David Atkinson12/01/1994Bournemouth EastSigned
Win Griffiths12/01/1994BridgendSigned
Norman Godman12/01/1994Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Clifford Forsythe12/01/1994South AntrimSigned
John Evans12/01/1994St Helens NorthSigned
Michael Connarty12/01/1994Falkirk EastSigned
Eric Clarke12/01/1994MidlothianSigned
Alan Meale12/01/1994MansfieldSigned
Ken Livingstone12/01/1994Brent EastSigned
James Kilfedder12/01/1994North DownSigned
Lynne Jones12/01/1994Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
John Heppell12/01/1994Nottingham EastSigned
Peter Hardy12/01/1994WentworthSigned
William Ross12/01/1994East LondonderrySigned
Robert Parry12/01/1994Liverpool, RiversideSigned
Bill Etherington13/01/1994Sunderland NorthSigned
Mike Hall13/01/1994Warrington SouthSigned
John Gunnell13/01/1994Leeds South and MorleySigned
Mike Gapes13/01/1994Ilford SouthSigned
John Cummings13/01/1994EasingtonSigned
Edward O'Hara13/01/1994Knowsley SouthSigned
Nigel Jones13/01/1994CheltenhamSigned
Martin Smyth13/01/1994Belfast SouthSigned
Russell Johnston14/01/1994Inverness, Nairn and LochaberSigned
Tessa Jowell17/01/1994DulwichSigned
Alex Carlile17/01/1994MontgomerySigned
Ian Davidson17/01/1994Glasgow, GovanSigned
Terry Davis17/01/1994Birmingham, Hodge HillSigned
John Denham17/01/1994Southampton, ItchenSigned
Jim Wallace17/01/1994Orkney & ShetlandSigned
Audrey Wise17/01/1994PrestonSigned
Liz Lynne18/01/1994RochdaleSigned
Paul Tyler18/01/1994North CornwallSigned
John Garrett18/01/1994Norwich SouthSigned
Jim Dowd18/01/1994Lewisham WestSigned
Max Madden18/01/1994Bradford WestSigned
Andrew Rowe19/01/1994Kent MidSigned
Tom Cox19/01/1994TootingSigned
Michael Alison19/01/1994SelbySigned
Chris Mullin20/01/1994Sunderland SouthSigned
James Couchman20/01/1994GillinghamSigned
Jack Thompson21/01/1994WansbeckSigned
Barbara Roche25/01/1994Hornsey & Wood GreenSigned
Donald Anderson31/01/1994Swansea EastSigned
Roland Boyes03/02/1994Houghton and WashingtonSigned
Tommy Graham03/02/1994Renfrew West and InverclydeSigned
William McCrea04/02/1994Mid UlsterSigned
Martyn Jones08/02/1994Clwyd South WestSigned

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