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ARREST AND TRIAL OF BAHÁ'ÍS IN IRAN

EDM number 937 in 2008-09, proposed by Lembit Opik on 02/03/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Iran and Religious discrimination.

That this House notes the arrests in March and May 2008 of Mahvash Sabet, Fariba Kamalabadi, Jamaloddin Khanjani, Afif Naeimi, Saeid Rezaie, Behrouz Tavakkoli and Vahid Tizfahm, members of an informal leadership council of the Iranian Bahá'i community; further notes with concern the announcement of 12 February 2009 by the deputy-prosecutor of Tehran that these seven Bahá'is are to face a revolutionary court to answer charges including, espionage for Israel, insulting religious sanctities and propaganda against the Islamic republic, despite no evidence produced against them to date; observes that such accusations can merit capital punishment under Iranian law; is concerned that the charges against these Bahá'i community leaders may be motivated by a growing culture of anti-Bahá'i repression in Iran; and calls on the Government to protest to the Iranian authorities and press for the immediate release of these seven individuals.

This motion has been signed by a total of 125 MPs, 3 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Lembit 02/03/2009MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratProposed
Peter Luff02/03/2009Mid WorcestershireConservativeSeconded
David Lepper02/03/2009Brighton, PavilionLabourSeconded
Ian Stewart02/03/2009EcclesLabourSeconded
Peter Bottomley02/03/2009Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Andrew George02/03/2009St IvesLiberal DemocratSeconded
Bob Russell02/03/2009ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Spink02/03/2009Castle PointIndependentSigned
Paul Holmes02/03/2009ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Adrian Sanders03/03/2009TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Jones03/03/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Gregory Campbell03/03/2009East LondonderryDUPSigned
David Drew03/03/2009StroudLabourSigned
Mark Durkan03/03/2009FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Graham Stringer03/03/2009Manchester, BlackleyLabourSigned
David Taylor03/03/2009North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Rudi Vis03/03/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Nicholas Winterton03/03/2009MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
Mark Hunter03/03/2009CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson04/03/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
David Simpson04/03/2009Upper BannDUPSigned
Tim Loughton04/03/2009East Worthing and ShorehamConservativeSigned
William McCrea04/03/2009South AntrimDUPSigned
Ronnie Campbell04/03/2009Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Martin Caton04/03/2009GowerLabourSigned
Ann Cryer04/03/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore04/03/2009HendonLabourSigned
Angus MacNeil04/03/2009Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Dan Rogerson04/03/2009North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
John Pugh05/03/2009SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Russell Brown05/03/2009Dumfries and GallowayLabourSigned
Harry Cohen05/03/2009Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Mark Lazarowicz06/03/2009Edinburgh North and LeithLabourSigned
Greg Mulholland06/03/2009Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Colin Breed09/03/2009South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Neil Gerrard09/03/2009WalthamstowLabourSigned
John Hemming09/03/2009Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Rowen09/03/2009RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Eric Illsley10/03/2009Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins10/03/2009TamworthLabourSigned
Alistair Carmichael10/03/2009Orkney and ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Janet Dean10/03/2009BurtonLabourSigned
Louise Ellman10/03/2009Liverpool, RiversideLabourSigned
Katy Clark10/03/2009North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
John Leech10/03/2009Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Williams10/03/2009CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Marsha Singh11/03/2009Bradford WestLabourSigned
David Maclean11/03/2009Penrith and The BorderConservativeSigned
Alasdair McDonnell11/03/2009Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Michael Clapham11/03/2009Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Edward Davey11/03/2009Kingston and SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Iris Robinson16/03/2009StrangfordDUPSigned
Norman Baker17/03/2009LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Stunell18/03/2009Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Lady Hermon23/03/2009North DownUUPSigned
Nick Harvey26/03/2009North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Jo Swinson22/04/2009East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Annette Brooke19/05/2009Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
David Curry19/05/2009Skipton and RiponConservativeSigned
Michael Weir19/05/2009AngusScottish National PartySigned
Nigel Evans20/05/2009Ribble ValleyConservativeSigned
Francis Maude21/05/2009HorshamConservativeSigned
Nigel Dodds21/05/2009Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Gavin Strang21/05/2009Edinburgh EastLabourSigned
Tony Wright21/05/2009Cannock ChaseLabourSigned
Peter Soulsby21/05/2009Leicester SouthLabourSigned
Nicholas Soames01/06/2009Mid SussexConservativeSigned
Frank Field01/06/2009BirkenheadLabourSigned
James Gray01/06/2009North WiltshireConservativeSigned
Patrick Hall01/06/2009BedfordLabourSigned
Fabian Hamilton01/06/2009Leeds North EastLabourSigned
Mike Hancock01/06/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Anne Begg01/06/2009Aberdeen SouthLabourSigned
Gary Streeter01/06/2009South West DevonConservativeSigned
Matthew Taylor01/06/2009Truro and St AustellLiberal DemocratSigned
Desmond Turner01/06/2009Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Sammy Wilson01/06/2009East AntrimDUPSigned
Dai Davies01/06/2009Blaenau GwentIndependentSigned
Sarah Teather02/06/2009Brent EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Joan Walley02/06/2009Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Parmjit Dhanda03/06/2009GloucesterLabourSigned
Jim Sheridan03/06/2009Paisley and Renfrewshire NorthLabourSigned
Phyllis Starkey03/06/2009Milton Keynes South WestLabourSigned
Peter Ainsworth03/06/2009East SurreyConservativeSigned
Peter Atkinson03/06/2009HexhamConservativeSigned
Hywel Williams03/06/2009CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Roger Williams03/06/2009Brecon and RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim McGovern04/06/2009Dundee WestLabourSigned
Mohammad Sarwar08/06/2009Glasgow CentralLabourSigned
John Horam08/06/2009OrpingtonConservativeSigned
Mark Field08/06/2009Cities of London and WestminsterConservativeSigned
Sandra Gidley08/06/2009RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Keetch09/06/2009HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Tom Brake09/06/2009Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Don Touhig09/06/2009IslwynLabourSigned
Tim Farron09/06/2009Westmorland and LonsdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Malcolm Bruce10/06/2009GordonLiberal DemocratSigned
Frank Doran10/06/2009Aberdeen NorthLabourSigned
Jim Dowd10/06/2009Lewisham WestLabourSigned
Mark Fisher10/06/2009Stoke-on-Trent CentralLabourSigned
Martin Horwood11/06/2009CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Robinson15/06/2009Belfast EastDUPSigned
Gerald Kaufman15/06/2009Manchester, GortonLabourSigned
Eric Martlew15/06/2009CarlisleLabourSigned
Jim Cunningham16/06/2009Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Hugh Bayley22/06/2009City of YorkLabourSigned
Jennifer Willott22/06/2009Cardiff CentralLiberal DemocratSigned
Don Foster24/06/2009BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Williams01/07/2009Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
David Cairns02/07/2009InverclydeLabourSigned
Angela Smith06/07/2009Sheffield, HillsboroughLabourSigned
Brooks Newmark07/07/2009BraintreeConservativeSigned
Jim Cousins08/07/2009Newcastle upon Tyne CentralLabourSigned
Lorely Burt15/07/2009SolihullLiberal DemocratSigned
Susan Kramer20/07/2009Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Stewart Hosie12/10/2009Dundee EastScottish National PartySigned
Geoffrey Robinson13/10/2009Coventry North WestLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins13/10/2009Luton NorthLabourSigned
Frank Cook13/10/2009Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Greg Hands14/10/2009Hammersmith and FulhamConservativeSigned
Stephen Dorrell22/10/2009CharnwoodConservativeSigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson03/11/2009Lagan ValleyDUPSigned
Michael Jabez FosterUnknownWithdrawn
John BercowUnknownWithdrawn
George MudieUnknownWithdrawn

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