Attacks On Journalists In Pakistan (EDM975)

Attacks On Journalists In Pakistan

EDM number 975 in 2008-09, proposed by Virendra Kumar Sharma on 04/03/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Asia and Press.

That this House condemns the recent murderous attack on journalists by unknown armed gunmen in Pakistan including the recent brutal killing of Maulana Iftikhar Ahmed Habibi, the renowned scholar and leader of Jamaat Ahl-e-Sunnat Wal Jamaat-Noorani province and regular Islamic commentator on Pakistan TV; and calls for the British Government to urge the Pakistan government to do all it can to catch and punish the perpetrators of these attacks, to devise a strategy and policy to ensure journalists' safety and to protect essential freedoms of the press in a democratic society.

This motion has been signed by a total of 48 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Virendra Sharma	04/03/2009	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Proposed
Mohammad Sarwar	04/03/2009	Glasgow Central	Labour	Seconded
Andrew George	04/03/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Marsha Singh	04/03/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Seconded
Ann Cryer	04/03/2009	Keighley	Labour	Seconded
Andrew Dismore	05/03/2009	Hendon	Labour	Seconded
Lynne Jones	05/03/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	05/03/2009	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
David Drew	05/03/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	05/03/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Greg Mulholland	05/03/2009	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	06/03/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	06/03/2009	Edinburgh North and Leith	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	09/03/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Willie Rennie	09/03/2009	Dunfermline and West Fife	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angus MacNeil	09/03/2009	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Betty Williams	09/03/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	09/03/2009	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Mike Hancock	09/03/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	09/03/2009	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Paul Rowen	10/03/2009	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Weir	10/03/2009	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Janet Dean	10/03/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	10/03/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	10/03/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	10/03/2009	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	10/03/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	10/03/2009	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	10/03/2009	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	11/03/2009	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Michael Clapham	11/03/2009	Barnsley West and Penistone	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	11/03/2009	Kingston and Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Dodds	11/03/2009	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Phil Willis	11/03/2009	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim McGovern	11/03/2009	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	12/03/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	12/03/2009	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adam Price	13/03/2009	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Gregory Campbell	16/03/2009	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
John Leech	16/03/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	18/03/2009	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Linda Riordan	18/03/2009	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	23/03/2009	North Down	UUP	Signed
Mark Fisher	20/04/2009	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	22/04/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kim Howells	23/04/2009	Pontypridd	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	23/04/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	28/04/2009	Aberavon	Labour	Signed

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