Doctor Davinderpal Singh Bhullar

EDM number 1394 in 2005-06, proposed by John McDonnell on 17/01/2006.

That this House urges the President of India to intervene in the case of Doctor Davinderpal Singh Bhullar, who was deported from Germany in 1995 contrary to Article 3 of the European Human Rights Convention and who has been facing a sentence of death in India since 2001, despite the serious doubts expressed by many, including human rights bodies and the most senior judge on the bench in his trial, about the manner in which his conviction was obtained including the use of torture; and urges the United Kingdom Government to do all it can in conjunction with the German Government and the European Union in making representations to the Indian Government to secure justice in this case.

This motion has been signed by a total of 16 MPs.