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Human Rights In Tibet And China

EDM number 1171 in 2015-16, proposed by Tom Brake on 01/03/2016.
Categorised under the topics of Asia, Human rights and International politics and government.

This House notes with grave concern that Tibet has been ranked the 208th worst place out of 209 for freedom and human rights in 2015 in a report by the US-based pressure group Freedom House, behind countries with notoriously poor human rights records, such as North Korea, Somalia and Saudi Arabia, and ahead only of Syria; further notes that the report strongly criticises the Chinese state's use of torture, noting it is widespread in practice and is used for the purpose of extracting confessions or forcing political and religious dissidents to recant their beliefs, and reports that conditions in detention are harsh and that the estimated three to five million detainees are subject to regular beatings, inadequate food and the deprivation of medical care; calls on the Government to use its bilateral connections with China and its leverage in international forums to highlight this appalling situation; and regrets that the Government's desire to improve trade and economic links with China has of late resulted in a much more muted response to human rights abuses in China.

This motion has been signed by a total of 13 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Tom Brake01/03/2016Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratProposed
Mark Durkan01/03/2016FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Margaret Ritchie02/03/2016South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Alan Meale02/03/2016MansfieldLabourSeconded
Jonathan Edwards02/03/2016Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSeconded
Jim Shannon02/03/2016StrangfordDUPSeconded
Bob Blackman02/03/2016Harrow EastConservativeSigned
Mark Williams03/03/2016CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Julian Lewis03/03/2016New Forest EastConservativeSigned
Caroline Lucas09/03/2016Brighton, PavilionGreenSigned
Greg Mulholland10/03/2016Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Roger Godsiff14/03/2016Birmingham, Hall GreenLabourSigned
Paul Flynn15/03/2016Newport WestLabourSigned

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