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BahÁ'Í Faith In Iran

EDM number 1053 in 2010-12, proposed by Robert Halfon on 18/11/2010.
Categorised under the topics of Iran and Religion and faith communities.

That this House expresses grave alarm at the news of the trial and sentencing of the Bah' leadership in Iran; notes that Mrs Fariba Kamalabadi, Mr Jamaloddin Khanjani, Mr Afif Naeimi, Mr Saeid Rezaie, Mrs Mahvash Sabet, Mr Behrouz Tavakkoli and Mr Vahid Tizfahm are members of the informal leadership known as the Friends that co-ordinate the activities of the Bah' community in Iran; further notes that the defendants were each sentenced to 20 years in prison in a brief trial with limited access to legal counsel; urges the Government to seek from the Iranian government guarantees for the safety of these individuals;calls for their immediate unconditional release; registers deep concern at the mounting threats and persecution of the Iranian Bah' community; joins in the condemnation of the persecution of the Bah' faith; and supports freedom of religion as a basic human right under international law.

This motion has been signed by a total of 27 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Robert Halfon18/11/2010HarlowConservativeProposed
Peter Bottomley18/11/2010Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Nicholas Dakin22/11/2010ScunthorpeLabourSeconded
Michael Weir23/11/2010AngusScottish National PartySeconded
Virendra Sharma23/11/2010Ealing, SouthallLabourSeconded
John Leech23/11/2010Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSeconded
Jeffrey M Donaldson23/11/2010Lagan ValleyDUPSigned
Eric Illsley24/11/2010Barnsley CentralLabourWithdrawn
Jim Shannon24/11/2010StrangfordDUPSigned
Kelvin Hopkins24/11/2010Luton NorthLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin24/11/2010Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Angus MacNeil25/11/2010Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Clive Efford25/11/2010ElthamLabourSigned
John McDonnell25/11/2010Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Marsha Singh29/11/2010Bradford WestLabourSigned
Dan Rogerson29/11/2010North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Julian Huppert29/11/2010CambridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Caton30/11/2010GowerLabourSigned
Valerie Vaz30/11/2010Walsall SouthLabourSigned
Alan Beith07/12/2010Berwick-upon-TweedLiberal DemocratSigned
Alasdair McDonnell09/12/2010Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Nigel Dodds09/12/2010Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Tom Brake11/01/2011Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Aldous13/01/2011WaveneyConservativeSigned
Sammy Wilson17/01/2011East AntrimDUPSigned
Naomi Long08/02/2011Belfast EastAllianceSigned
Joe Benton17/02/2011BootleLabourSigned

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