Nigeria And Recent Speech Of General Abacha
EDM number 1460 in 1994-95, proposed by Tony Lloyd on 16/10/1995.
That this House notes the seizure of power by a brutal military dictatorship in Nigeria after the annulled presidential elections in 1993; notes the flagrant abuse of human, civil and political rights in the country; recognises the international concern over the imprisonment of critics of the regime, including Chief Abiola, widely seen as the victor of the June 1993 elections; notes international appeals for clemency in the cases of alleged coup plotters; notes the speech of General Abacha on 1st October 1995 and welcomes positive indications as to clemency from the death penalty for the alleged coup plotters in response to widespread and united international appeals; urges the military dictatorship to free all political prisoners including Chief Abiola and former head of state General Obasanjo; and further urges the regime to institute a fair and open judicial process within the country.
This motion has been signed by a total of 81 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
Tony Lloyd | 16/10/1995 | Stretford | | Proposed |
David Hanson | 16/10/1995 | Delyn | | Signed |
Audrey Wise | 16/10/1995 | Preston | | Signed |
John Gunnell | 16/10/1995 | Leeds South and Morley | | Signed |
John Evans | 16/10/1995 | St Helens North | | Signed |
Kenneth Eastham | 16/10/1995 | Manchester, Blackley | | Signed |
Ian Davidson | 16/10/1995 | Glasgow, Govan | | Signed |
Frank Cook | 16/10/1995 | Stockton North | | Signed |
Ann Clwyd | 16/10/1995 | Cynon Valley | | Signed |
Thomas McAvoy | 16/10/1995 | Glasgow, Rutherglen | | Signed |
Piara S Khabra | 16/10/1995 | Ealing, Southall | | Signed |
Helen Jackson | 16/10/1995 | Sheffield, Hillsborough | | Signed |
Peter Hardy | 16/10/1995 | Wentworth | | Signed |
Peter Pike | 16/10/1995 | Burnley | | Signed |
Colin Pickthall | 16/10/1995 | West Lancashire | | Signed |
Richard Caborn | 16/10/1995 | Sheffield Central | | Signed |
Jeremy Corbyn | 17/10/1995 | Islington North | | Signed |
Jim Dowd | 17/10/1995 | Lewisham West | | Signed |
Norman Godman | 17/10/1995 | Greenock and Port Glasgow | | Signed |
Peter Hain | 17/10/1995 | Neath | | Signed |
Harry Barnes | 17/10/1995 | North East Derbyshire | | Signed |
John Battle | 17/10/1995 | Leeds West | | Signed |
Jack Thompson | 17/10/1995 | Wansbeck | | Signed |
Paddy Tipping | 17/10/1995 | Sherwood | | Signed |
Dennis Turner | 17/10/1995 | Wolverhampton South East | | Signed |
Bill Michie | 17/10/1995 | Sheffield, Heeley | | Signed |
Richard Burden | 17/10/1995 | Birmingham, Northfield | | Signed |
Bridget Prentice | 17/10/1995 | Lewisham East | | Signed |
Adam Ingram | 17/10/1995 | East Kilbride | | Signed |
Glenda Jackson | 17/10/1995 | Hampstead & Highgate | | Signed |
Jon Owen Jones | 17/10/1995 | Cardiff Central | | Signed |
Lynne Jones | 17/10/1995 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | | Signed |
Martyn Jones | 17/10/1995 | Clwyd South West | | Signed |
Chris Mullin | 17/10/1995 | Sunderland South | | Signed |
Keith Bradley | 17/10/1995 | Manchester, Withington | | Signed |
Menzies Campbell | 17/10/1995 | Fife North East | | Signed |
Ernie Ross | 18/10/1995 | Dundee West | | Signed |
Hugh Bayley | 18/10/1995 | York, City of | | Signed |
Win Griffiths | 18/10/1995 | Bridgend | | Signed |
Nick Ainger | 18/10/1995 | Pembroke | | Signed |
Paul Flynn | 18/10/1995 | Newport West | | Signed |
Bill Etherington | 18/10/1995 | Sunderland North | | Signed |
Jimmy Dunnachie | 18/10/1995 | Glasgow, Pollok | | Signed |
John Cummings | 18/10/1995 | Easington | | Signed |
Jean Corston | 18/10/1995 | Bristol East | | Signed |
John McAllion | 18/10/1995 | Dundee East | | Signed |
William McKelvey | 18/10/1995 | Kilmarnock & Loudoun | | Signed |
Robert Parry | 18/10/1995 | Liverpool, Riverside | | Signed |
Gordon Prentice | 18/10/1995 | Pendle | | Signed |
Dawn Primarolo | 18/10/1995 | Bristol South | | Signed |
Martin Redmond | 18/10/1995 | Don Valley | | Signed |
Ken Livingstone | 18/10/1995 | Brent East | | Signed |
Calum MacDonald | 18/10/1995 | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | | Signed |
Nick Harvey | 19/10/1995 | North Devon | | Signed |
Anne Campbell | 19/10/1995 | Cambridge | | Signed |
Ronnie Campbell | 19/10/1995 | Blyth Valley | | Signed |
Michael Clapham | 19/10/1995 | Barnsley West & Penistone | | Signed |
Michael Connarty | 19/10/1995 | Falkirk East | | Signed |
Tom Cox | 19/10/1995 | Tooting | | Signed |
John Fraser | 19/10/1995 | Norwood | | Signed |
Roger Godsiff | 19/10/1995 | Birmingham Small Heath | | Signed |
Janet Anderson | 23/10/1995 | Rossendale & Darwen | | Signed |
Eddie Loyden | 23/10/1995 | Liverpool, Garston | | Signed |
Roy Hughes | 23/10/1995 | Newport East | | Signed |
Allan Rogers | 23/10/1995 | Rhondda | | Signed |
Clive Soley | 23/10/1995 | Hammersmith | | Signed |
Keith Hill | 24/10/1995 | Streatham | | Signed |
Alan Howarth | 24/10/1995 | Stratford-on-Avon | | Signed |
Andrew Faulds | 24/10/1995 | Warley East | | Signed |
George Foulkes | 25/10/1995 | Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | | Signed |
Tony Banks | 25/10/1995 | Newham North West | | Signed |
Bruce George | 25/10/1995 | Walsall South | | Signed |
Angela Eagle | 25/10/1995 | Wallasey | | Signed |
Edward O'Hara | 25/10/1995 | Knowsley South | | Signed |
Rachel Squire | 25/10/1995 | Dunfermline West | | Signed |
Eric Illsley | 26/10/1995 | Barnsley Central | | Signed |
Mike Hall | 26/10/1995 | Warrington South | | Signed |
Gerry Steinberg | 26/10/1995 | Durham, City of | | Signed |
Diane Abbott | 27/10/1995 | Hackney North & Stoke Newington | | Signed |
Simon Hughes | 07/11/1995 | Southwark and Bermondsey | | Signed |
Derek Enright | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
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