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Death Of Gerry Conlon Of The Guildford Four

EDM number 168 in 2014-15, proposed by Roger Godsiff on 24/06/2014.
Categorised under the topics of Administration of justice, Death, Human rights and Prisons.

That this House notes with regret that Mr Gerry Conlon, who was wrongly convicted of being an IRA bomber and imprisoned for 14 years, died on 21 June 2014; remembers that his conviction was based on the intimidation of witnesses and the suppression of evidence; expresses sympathy for his suffering during his time in prison, when he was subjected to solitary confinement and torture, and after he was released, when he experienced trauma resulting from the ill-treatment he endured while in prison; celebrates his achievements after being released, when he campaigned for other victims of miscarriages of justice and human rights abuses around the world; further notes with approval that in 2005 Tony Blair apologised for the ordeal and injustice Gerry Conlon suffered; regrets that the police officers who falsified evidence against Gerry Conlon never stood trial, and that Gerry Conlon did not believe that he received justice; further notes that there is a 75-year immunity order on the case; offers Gerry Conlon's family and friends condolences on their loss; further expresses the hope that the miscarriage of justice which Gerry Conlon suffered from will serve as a reminder of the importance of fair trials and access to justice for all, as Gerry Conlon campaigned for; and further expresses the belief that terrorism cannot be fought by eroding human rights.

This motion has been signed by a total of 23 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Roger Godsiff24/06/2014Birmingham, Hall GreenLabourProposed
Peter Bottomley25/06/2014Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Margaret Ritchie25/06/2014South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Mark Durkan25/06/2014FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Ronnie Campbell25/06/2014Blyth ValleyLabourSeconded
Alasdair McDonnell25/06/2014Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Angus MacNeil25/06/2014Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Kelvin Hopkins25/06/2014Luton NorthLabourSigned
Martin Caton25/06/2014GowerLabourSigned
John McDonnell25/06/2014Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Bob Russell26/06/2014ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Mary Glindon26/06/2014North TynesideLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner26/06/2014BolsoverLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin30/06/2014Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
John Hemming30/06/2014Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Meale30/06/2014MansfieldLabourSigned
Michael Connarty30/06/2014Linlithgow and East FalkirkLabourSigned
Greg Mulholland01/07/2014Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Murphy01/07/2014TorfaenLabourSigned
Linda Riordan02/07/2014HalifaxLabourSigned
John Leech02/07/2014Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim McGovern08/07/2014Dundee WestLabourSigned
David Crausby08/07/2014Bolton North EastLabourSigned

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