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Iwao Hakamada And The Death Penalty In Japan

EDM number 746 in 2008-09, proposed by Alistair Carmichael on 10/02/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Asia and Human rights.

That this House notes with concern Japan's continued and increasing use of the death penalty; further notes the particular case of Mr Iwao Hakamada who will turn 73 on 10 March 2009; is concerned to hear that Mr Hakamada has spent almost 43 years in detention, including 29 years in solitary confinement on death row and as a consequence is suffering from serious mental illness; further notes the serious concerns raised about the manner of Mr Hakamada's conviction; further notes that former Judge Kumamoto, one of the judges in the original trial, has stated he believes Mr Hakamada to be innocent; further notes that former Judge Kumamoto travelled to the UN office in New York in 2008 where he further voiced his concerns regarding Mr Hakamada's case; commends Amnesty International and a range of other organisations in raising the profile of Iwao Hakamada and other death row inmates; calls on the Japanese Minister of Justice to review the case and order a retrial; and further calls on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to raise these concerns with its Japanese counterparts and continue its valuable work with all governments and the United Nations to achieve a global moratorium on executions.

This motion has been signed by a total of 96 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Alistair Carmichael10/02/2009Orkney and ShetlandLiberal DemocratProposed
Angus MacNeil11/02/2009Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySeconded
Elfyn Llwyd11/02/2009Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSeconded
Chris McCafferty11/02/2009Calder ValleyLabourSeconded
Andrew Dismore11/02/2009HendonLabourSeconded
Lynne Jones11/02/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
Jeremy Corbyn11/02/2009Islington NorthLabourSigned
Rudi Vis11/02/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Stephen Williams11/02/2009Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Glenda Jackson11/02/2009Hampstead and HighgateLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins12/02/2009Luton NorthLabourSigned
David Lepper12/02/2009Brighton, PavilionLabourSigned
John Leech12/02/2009Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Dai Davies12/02/2009Blaenau GwentIndependentSigned
David Drew23/02/2009StroudLabourSigned
Paul Rowen23/02/2009RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Betty Williams23/02/2009ConwyLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley23/02/2009Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Mike Hancock23/02/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Neil Gerrard23/02/2009WalthamstowLabourSigned
Ann Cryer23/02/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
Nick Harvey23/02/2009North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Durkan24/02/2009FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Jo Swinson24/02/2009East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Greg Mulholland24/02/2009Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson25/02/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
John McDonnell27/02/2009Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Bill Etherington04/03/2009Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Eric Illsley10/03/2009Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Lady Hermon11/03/2009North DownUUPSigned
Janet Dean12/03/2009BurtonLabourSigned
Colin Breed13/03/2009South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Tony Baldry13/03/2009BanburyConservativeSigned
Bob Laxton16/03/2009Derby NorthLabourSigned
Robert Walter16/03/2009North DorsetConservativeSigned
Frank Cook17/03/2009Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Danny Alexander17/03/2009Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Truswell17/03/2009PudseyLabourSigned
Gavin Strang17/03/2009Edinburgh EastLabourSigned
Paul Holmes17/03/2009ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Clare Short18/03/2009Birmingham, LadywoodIndependent LabourSigned
Tim Farron18/03/2009Westmorland and LonsdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Jennifer Willott18/03/2009Cardiff CentralLiberal DemocratSigned
James Plaskitt19/03/2009Warwick and LeamingtonLabourSigned
John Thurso19/03/2009Caithness, Sutherland and Easter RossLiberal DemocratSigned
Anne Main19/03/2009St AlbansConservativeSigned
Nigel Evans20/03/2009Ribble ValleyConservativeSigned
Stephen Pound20/03/2009Ealing NorthLabourSigned
John Horam20/03/2009OrpingtonConservativeSigned
Nick Palmer23/03/2009BroxtoweLabourSigned
Ian McCartney23/03/2009MakerfieldLabourSigned
Chris Mullin23/03/2009Sunderland SouthLabourSigned
Fabian Hamilton23/03/2009Leeds North EastLabourSigned
Dan Rogerson23/03/2009North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Russell24/03/2009ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Doug Naysmith24/03/2009Bristol North WestLabourSigned
Annette Brooke24/03/2009Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Browne24/03/2009TauntonLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Keetch25/03/2009HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Lazarowicz25/03/2009Edinburgh North and LeithLabourSigned
Sandra Gidley26/03/2009RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Emily Thornberry26/03/2009Islington South and FinsburyLabourSigned
Roger Williams26/03/2009Brecon and RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Taylor26/03/2009Wyre ForestIndependentSigned
David Crausby27/03/2009Bolton North EastLabourSigned
John Gummer27/03/2009Suffolk CoastalConservativeSigned
Mark Williams27/03/2009CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Fraser Kemp30/03/2009Houghton and Washington EastLabourSigned
Richard Younger-Ross30/03/2009TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
David Heath31/03/2009Somerton & FromeLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Beith31/03/2009Berwick-upon-TweedLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Marshall-Andrews01/04/2009MedwayLabourSigned
Matthew Taylor01/04/2009Truro and St AustellLiberal DemocratSigned
Harry Cohen01/04/2009Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Norman Lamb02/04/2009North NorfolkLiberal DemocratSigned
Tom Levitt02/04/2009High PeakLabourSigned
David Howarth02/04/2009CambridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Reid20/04/2009Argyll and ButeLiberal DemocratSigned
Eddie McGrady20/04/2009South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Vincent Cable20/04/2009TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew George20/04/2009St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Pete Wishart20/04/2009Perth and North PerthshireScottish National PartySigned
Sarah Teather21/04/2009Brent EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Ainger22/04/2009Carmarthen West and South PembrokeshireLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell22/04/2009Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Michael Weir23/04/2009AngusScottish National PartySigned
Robert Wareing27/04/2009Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSigned
Julia Goldsworthy27/04/2009Falmouth and CamborneLiberal DemocratSigned
Sandra Osborne06/05/2009Ayr, Carrick and CumnockLabourSigned
Menzies Campbell15/05/2009North East FifeLiberal DemocratSigned
Tom Harris18/05/2009Glasgow SouthLabourSigned
George Galloway04/06/2009Bethnal Green and BowRespectSigned
Stewart Hosie08/06/2009Dundee EastScottish National PartySigned
Judy Mallaber12/10/2009Amber ValleyLabourSigned
Simon Hughes04/11/2009North Southwark and BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
John BercowUnknownWithdrawn

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