Treatment Of Women In Gujarat
EDM number 1148 in 2001-02, proposed by Caroline Spelman on 17/04/2002.
That this House notes the report produced by a women's panel in India called 'How the Gujarat massacre affected minority women. The survivors speak'; also notes their conclusion that many Muslim women suffered the worst forms of sexual violence, including gang rape, and that many were burned alive; further notes the allegations that police refused to file complaints by the victims and that many women have been denied justice; condemns those who committed these crimes; calls upon the Indian Government to bring those responsible to justice; recognises that India is the largest recipient of UK bilateral aid; and calls upon the British Government to make representations to the Government of India regarding the violence against women in Gujarat state.
This motion has been signed by a total of 48 MPs.
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