Bahrain (No. 2)

EDM number 805 in 1998-99, proposed by Jeremy Corbyn on 08/07/1999.

That this House condemns the 10 year jail sentence and 15 million dollar fine handed out by the Bahrain State Security Court to CPP member and human rights activist Sheikh Al-Jamri on 7th July; notes that Amnesty International recognised him as a prisoner-of-conscience and that he is also a prominent Shi'ite Muslim cleric, former judge and member of the parliament which was illegally dissolved by the Bahrain Government in 1975; deplores the fact that, despite appeals by Amnesty International and other human rights organisations to observe his trial, Sheikh Al-Jamri was tried in-camera in the Bahrain State Security Court with no right of appeal before a judge who is a member of Bahrain's ruling royal family; notes that his release from prison has only been as a result of huge international pressure; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to press the Government in Bahrain to release immediately the other opposition leaders who are still in jail in Bahrain and to solve the ongoing political crisis by reinstating all elements of the Bahraini constitution.

This motion has been signed by a total of 6 MPs.