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Trial Of Opposition Leader In Uganda

EDM number 2385 in 2005-06, proposed by Andrew Love on 16/06/2006.

That this House notes with grave concern the ongoing trial of the main Ugandan opposition leader Dr Kizza Besigye, the decision by the Ugandan authorities to produce as a state witness a former Lords Resistance Army commander, Mr Onen Kamdulu, the payment of £1 million as legal fees to a top private British law firm to lead the prosecution in a case that carries the death penalty, the re-arrest and continued detention of Dr Besigye's co-accused, who have twice been given bail by the High Court, and the declaration by the Presidential Adviser on Military Affairs, General David Tinyefunza, that `the army will not respect High Court rulings because the judges were hiding under their beds when the generals were fighting in the bush war' that brought Museveni to power; fears that as a result Dr Besigye may not receive a fair trial; and calls on the UK Government to work with its allies in the European Union, the Commonwealth and the United Nations to ensure that the trial conforms to the international standards, treaties and conventions to which Uganda is a signatory.

This motion has been signed by a total of 39 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Andrew Love16/06/2006EdmontonLabourProposed
Bob Spink19/06/2006Castle PointConservativeSeconded
Martin Caton19/06/2006GowerLabourSeconded
Kelvin Hopkins19/06/2006Luton NorthLabourSeconded
Bob Russell19/06/2006ColchesterLiberal DemocratSeconded
Lyn Brown20/06/2006West HamLabourSeconded
Andrew George20/06/2006St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Derek Wyatt20/06/2006Sittingbourne and SheppeyLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley20/06/2006Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Harry Cohen20/06/2006Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd20/06/2006Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Lynne Jones20/06/2006Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Paul Holmes20/06/2006ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Corbyn21/06/2006Islington NorthLabourSigned
Janet Dean21/06/2006BurtonLabourSigned
David Drew21/06/2006StroudLabourSigned
Mike Hancock21/06/2006Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Evans22/06/2006Ribble ValleyConservativeSigned
John Hemming22/06/2006Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Betty Williams22/06/2006ConwyLabourSigned
Rudi Vis22/06/2006Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Michael Clapham22/06/2006Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Rob Marris22/06/2006Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Janet Anderson22/06/2006Rossendale and DarwenLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins26/06/2006TamworthLabourSigned
Vincent Cable26/06/2006TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Dismore26/06/2006HendonLabourSigned
Bill Etherington26/06/2006Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell26/06/2006Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
David Borrow27/06/2006South RibbleLabourSigned
James Duddridge27/06/2006Rochford and Southend EastConservativeSigned
Alan Simpson27/06/2006Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Ann Cryer28/06/2006KeighleyLabourSigned
John Pugh29/06/2006SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Alasdair McDonnell29/06/2006Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Julie Morgan03/07/2006Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Paul Rowen03/07/2006RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Neil Gerrard04/07/2006WalthamstowLabourSigned
John McDonnell06/11/2006Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned

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