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Persecution Of Turkish Journalist Perihan Magden

EDM number 2012 in 2005-06, proposed by Andrew Dismore on 24/04/2006.

That this House expresses its extreme concern over the issue of a warrant for the arrest under the notorious Article 301 of the Turkish penal code of Istanbul-based Turkish journalist Perihan Magden, over her article in Aktuel magazine in defence of Mehmet Tarhan, a conscientious objector imprisoned in Turkey for refusal to do compulsory military service; notes the military's demand for the harshest possible sentence by recommending a minimum of three years; is concerned that her case is due to be heard on 7th June 2006; endorses Perihan Magden's article in which she suggests that in a modern country with ambitions of joining the European Union there should be options for humanitarians other than joining the army; and calls upon the UK Government to make urgent representations on behalf of both Perihan Magden and Mehmet Tarhan to the government in Turkey.

This motion has been signed by a total of 38 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Andrew Dismore24/04/2006HendonLabourProposed
Bob Russell24/04/2006ColchesterLiberal DemocratSeconded
Lynne Jones25/04/2006Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
Tom Brake25/04/2006Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratSeconded
Lyn Brown25/04/2006West HamLabourSeconded
Alan Meale25/04/2006MansfieldLabourSeconded
Jeremy Corbyn25/04/2006Islington NorthLabourSigned
Mark Durkan26/04/2006FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Jim Devine26/04/2006LivingstonLabourSigned
Katy Clark26/04/2006North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Robert Wareing26/04/2006Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Rudi Vis26/04/2006Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley26/04/2006Worthing WestConservativeSigned
David Drew26/04/2006StroudLabourSigned
Martin Caton26/04/2006GowerLabourSigned
David Lepper26/04/2006Brighton, PavilionLabourSigned
Paul Holmes26/04/2006ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
David Anderson27/04/2006BlaydonLabourSigned
Paul Flynn27/04/2006Newport WestLabourSigned
Rob Marris27/04/2006Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins27/04/2006TamworthLabourSigned
Alan Simpson27/04/2006Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Richard Burden27/04/2006Birmingham, NorthfieldLabourSigned
Ann Cryer02/05/2006KeighleyLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard02/05/2006WalthamstowLabourSigned
Angus MacNeil03/05/2006Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Derek Wyatt03/05/2006Sittingbourne and SheppeyLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell03/05/2006Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Elfyn Llwyd03/05/2006Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Kelvin Hopkins03/05/2006Luton NorthLabourSigned
Janet Dean04/05/2006BurtonLabourSigned
Betty Williams08/05/2006ConwyLabourSigned
Eric Illsley10/05/2006Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Bill Etherington11/05/2006Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Hywel Williams11/05/2006CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Andrew Stunell12/05/2006Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
John Hemming12/05/2006Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Julie Morgan07/06/2006Cardiff NorthLabourSigned

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