Human Rights Abuses In Eritrea (EDM209)

Human Rights Abuses In Eritrea

EDM number 209 in 2003-04, proposed by David Drew on 04/12/2003.

That this House recognises the achievements of the Government and people of Eritrea in nation-building at the time of independence and subsequently; notes, however, that over recent years the Government of Eritrea has been responsible for widespread human rights abuses; notes with concern that this has included the targeting by the Government of Eritrea of journalists, politicians and students for holding dissident views, with a number being arrested and detained without trial, and that since September 2001 there has been no independent media in Eritrea; expresses grave concern over the arrest, beatings and torture and death threats meted out to hundreds of evangelical, charismatic and Pentecostal Christians, especially during 2003; notes that examples of this include one group of Christians held for 15 days in metal containers designed to serve as severe punishment cells, leading to near suffocation; notes with particular concern reports that several young Christians in the armed forces have been shot after being discovered reading the Bible; is further concerned that other punishments suffered by Christian conscripts in the military include severe beatings, sexual assault and being rolled in 44 gallon drums, leading in some cases to partial paralysis; further notes the enforced closure of dozens of churches since May 2002; calls upon the Government of Eritrea to honour the international human rights treaties to which it is a party; and urges the British Government to place these concerns at the heart of bilaterial talks with Eritrea.

This motion has been signed by a total of 107 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
David Drew	04/12/2003	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Proposed
Andy King	04/12/2003	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
Alistair Burt	04/12/2003	North East Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Win Griffiths	04/12/2003	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Steve Webb	04/12/2003	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Russell	08/12/2003	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Spink	08/12/2003	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Lady Hermon	08/12/2003	North Down	UUP	Signed
Paul Holmes	08/12/2003	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	08/12/2003	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	08/12/2003	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	08/12/2003	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	08/12/2003	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	08/12/2003	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Martin Smyth	09/12/2003	Belfast South	Independent Ulster Unionist	Signed
Paul Keetch	09/12/2003	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Terry Lewis	09/12/2003	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	09/12/2003	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	09/12/2003	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Sue Doughty	09/12/2003	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Green	09/12/2003	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joe Benton	09/12/2003	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	09/12/2003	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	09/12/2003	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Pope	10/12/2003	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	10/12/2003	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Martin Caton	10/12/2003	Gower	Labour	Signed
Brian Cotter	10/12/2003	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Cox	10/12/2003	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	10/12/2003	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	10/12/2003	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	10/12/2003	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	10/12/2003	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	10/12/2003	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	10/12/2003	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Rob Marris	11/12/2003	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	11/12/2003	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	11/12/2003	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julie Morgan	15/12/2003	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	15/12/2003	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Frank Cook	15/12/2003	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	15/12/2003	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	15/12/2003	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	16/12/2003	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Selous	18/12/2003	South West Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Alan Simpson	18/12/2003	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	05/01/2004	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Andy Reed	07/01/2004	Loughborough	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Tom Brake	12/01/2004	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	12/01/2004	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
Bill Tynan	15/01/2004	Hamilton South	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	19/01/2004	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Adrian Bailey	21/01/2004	West Bromwich West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
John Burnett	27/01/2004	Torridge & West Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gary Streeter	03/03/2004	South West Devon	Conservative	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	04/03/2004	Glasgow, Govan	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	11/03/2004	Burton	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	25/03/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Connarty	01/04/2004	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	01/04/2004	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward O'Hara	19/04/2004	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	19/04/2004	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Teddy Taylor	19/04/2004	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Alice Mahon	20/04/2004	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	20/04/2004	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Marsha Singh	21/04/2004	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	21/04/2004	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
David Heyes	22/04/2004	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Adrian Flook	22/04/2004	Taunton	Conservative	Signed
Nick Harvey	23/04/2004	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Smith	26/04/2004	West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Iris Robinson	27/04/2004	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Howard Stoate	27/04/2004	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Andrew Hunter	29/04/2004	Basingstoke	Independent Conservative	Signed
Peter Luff	29/04/2004	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Jim Cunningham	29/04/2004	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Richard Allan	29/04/2004	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Thurso	29/04/2004	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
James Gray	04/05/2004	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Christine Russell	05/05/2004	Chester, City of	Labour	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	05/05/2004	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Parmjit Dhanda	06/05/2004	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	06/05/2004	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annabelle Ewing	10/05/2004	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	12/05/2004	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Lamb	19/05/2004	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gavin Strang	21/05/2004	Edinburgh East & Musselburgh	Labour	Signed
Marion Roe	25/05/2004	Broxbourne	Conservative	Signed
John Randall	26/05/2004	Uxbridge	Conservative	Signed
Jim Dobbin	26/05/2004	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Austin Mitchell	27/05/2004	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
David Atkinson	27/05/2004	Bournemouth East	Conservative	Signed
Robert Wareing	27/05/2004	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Peter Robinson	07/06/2004	Belfast East	DUP	Signed
Barry Sheerman	07/06/2004	Huddersfield	Labour Co-operative	Signed
John Wilkinson	09/06/2004	Ruislip - Northwood	Conservative	Signed
Charles Hendry	10/06/2004	Wealden	Conservative	Signed
David Amess	16/06/2004	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Russell Brown	18/06/2004	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Lembit	21/06/2004	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angela Watkinson	21/06/2004	Upminster	Conservative	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	23/06/2004	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
John Cryer	07/07/2004	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
Julia Drown	19/07/2004	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
Nigel Evans	20/07/2004	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	22/07/2004	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Louise Ellman	15/09/2004	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour Co-operative	Signed

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