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Imprisonment Of Journalists In Egypt

EDM number 170 in 2014-15, proposed by Jeremy Corbyn on 24/06/2014.
Categorised under the topics of Africa, International politics and government, Press and Prisons.

That this House condemns in the strongest possible terms the court case and sentences of the Al Jazeera journalists in Egypt: seven years for Peter Greste and Mohammed Fahmy and 10 years for Baher Mohamed, all of whom are suffering needlessly; condemns also the 10 year sentences in absentia for Alaa Bayoumi, Anas Abdel-Wahab Khalawi Hasan, Khaleel Aly Khaleel Bahnasy, Mohamed Fawzi, Dominic Kane, Rena Netjes and Sue Turton; notes the lack of respect these unjust sentences show for the democratic system; notes also the invaluable role these people carry out in briefing the international community regarding what is happening in other corners of the world; and calls on the Government to do everything in its power to convince the Egyptian authorities of the travesty of this case and the damage it is doing to the democratic process.

This motion has been signed by a total of 57 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Jeremy Corbyn24/06/2014Islington NorthLabourProposed
John McDonnell24/06/2014Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSeconded
David Simpson25/06/2014Upper BannDUPSeconded
Elfyn Llwyd25/06/2014Dwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid CymruSeconded
Mark Durkan25/06/2014FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Peter Bottomley25/06/2014Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Glenda Jackson25/06/2014Hampstead and KilburnLabourSigned
Caroline Lucas25/06/2014Brighton, PavilionGreenSigned
Crispin Blunt25/06/2014ReigateConservativeSigned
Ian Lavery25/06/2014WansbeckLabourSigned
David Ward25/06/2014Bradford EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Caton25/06/2014GowerLabourSigned
Julian Huppert25/06/2014CambridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Menzies Campbell25/06/2014North East FifeLiberal DemocratSigned
Kelvin Hopkins25/06/2014Luton NorthLabourSigned
Chris Williamson25/06/2014Derby NorthLabourSigned
Grahame Morris25/06/2014EasingtonLabourSigned
Angus MacNeil25/06/2014Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Jonathan Edwards25/06/2014Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Ronnie Campbell25/06/2014Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Virendra Sharma25/06/2014Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Bob Blackman26/06/2014Harrow EastConservativeSigned
Dennis Skinner26/06/2014BolsoverLabourSigned
Bob Russell26/06/2014ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Gerald Kaufman26/06/2014Manchester, GortonLabourSigned
Mary Glindon26/06/2014North TynesideLabourSigned
Roger Godsiff30/06/2014Birmingham, Hall GreenLabourSigned
Michael Connarty30/06/2014Linlithgow and East FalkirkLabourSigned
Alan Meale30/06/2014MansfieldLabourSigned
Katy Clark30/06/2014North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin30/06/2014Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Jim Shannon01/07/2014StrangfordDUPSigned
Paul Flynn01/07/2014Newport WestLabourSigned
Mike Hancock01/07/2014Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Murphy01/07/2014TorfaenLabourSigned
Lady Hermon01/07/2014North DownIndependentSigned
Julian Brazier01/07/2014CanterburyConservativeSigned
Diane Abbott02/07/2014Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Naomi Long02/07/2014Belfast EastAllianceSigned
Andrew George02/07/2014St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
John Leech02/07/2014Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Anne Begg02/07/2014Aberdeen SouthLabourSigned
Graham Brady02/07/2014Altrincham and Sale WestConservativeSigned
Tracey Crouch03/07/2014Chatham and AylesfordConservativeSigned
Nicholas Soames03/07/2014Mid SussexConservativeSigned
Mark Williams03/07/2014CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
William McCrea03/07/2014South AntrimDUPSigned
David Anderson03/07/2014BlaydonLabourSigned
Tony Cunningham07/07/2014WorkingtonLabourSigned
John Hemming08/07/2014Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Sarah Champion08/07/2014RotherhamLabourSigned
Jim McGovern08/07/2014Dundee WestLabourSigned
David Crausby08/07/2014Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Sandra Osborne10/07/2014Ayr, Carrick and CumnockLabourSigned
George Galloway10/07/2014Bradford WestRespectSigned
Andrew Stunell10/07/2014Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Hendrick14/07/2014PrestonLabourSigned

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