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Release Of Palestinian Mp Marwan Barghouthi

EDM number 1378 in 2015-16, proposed by Tommy Sheppard on 13/04/2016.
Categorised under the topics of International politics and government, Middle East and Prisons.

That this House notes that the Palestinian politician and elected Member of the Palestinian Legislative Authority Marwan Barghouthi has been held in an Israeli prison continuously since 15 April 2002; further notes that, despite spending the last 14 years in jail, he is still the candidate in the strongest position to win a presidential election to succeed Mahmoud Abbas, according to a recent poll by the Palestinian Centre for Policy and Survey Research; recalls that President De Klerk approved the release of Nelson Mandela in 1990 so that he could take part in negotiations, leading to majority rule and that British colonial authorities released Gandhi and Nehru from prison in the 1940s so that they could negotiate Indian independence; believes it would show statesmanship as well as a serious commitment to peace if the Israeli parliament were to approve Barghouthi's release so that he could play a part in the process of reconciliation, unification and negotiation that will be needed before Palestine achieves its independence; and further believes the time is overdue for a settlement of this conflict, now 68 years old, and the end of the occupation of the Palestinian territories, nearly 50 years old, which will necessarily include forgiveness for past actions and the release of conflict­-related prisoners.

This motion has been signed by a total of 38 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Tommy Sheppard13/04/2016Edinburgh EastScottish National PartyProposed
Peter Bottomley13/04/2016Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Geraint Davies13/04/2016Swansea WestLabourSeconded
Jonathan Edwards13/04/2016Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSeconded
Mark Durkan13/04/2016FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Crispin Blunt13/04/2016ReigateConservativeSeconded
Gerald Kaufman13/04/2016Manchester, GortonLabourSigned
Calum Kerr13/04/2016Berwickshire, Roxburgh and SelkirkScottish National PartySigned
Martyn Day13/04/2016Linlithgow and East FalkirkScottish National PartySigned
Alan Duncan13/04/2016Rutland and MeltonConservativeSigned
Marie Rimmer13/04/2016St Helens South and WhistonLabourSigned
Martin Docherty13/04/2016West DunbartonshireScottish National PartySigned
Margaret Ferrier13/04/2016Rutherglen and Hamilton WestScottish National PartySigned
Paul Monaghan13/04/2016Caithness, Sutherland and Easter RossScottish National PartySigned
Ruth Cadbury13/04/2016Brentford and IsleworthLabourSigned
Stephen Gethins13/04/2016North East FifeScottish National PartySigned
Philippa Whitford13/04/2016Central AyrshireScottish National PartySigned
Paul Flynn14/04/2016Newport WestLabourSigned
Chris Stephens14/04/2016Glasgow South WestScottish National PartySigned
Phil Boswell18/04/2016Coatbridge, Chryston and BellshillScottish National PartySigned
Liz Saville Roberts19/04/2016Dwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid CymruSigned
Mark Williams19/04/2016CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Caroline Lucas19/04/2016Brighton, PavilionGreenSigned
Jim Cunningham19/04/2016Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Margaret Ritchie19/04/2016South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Kelvin Hopkins20/04/2016Luton NorthLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell20/04/2016Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Ian Mearns20/04/2016GatesheadLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell21/04/2016Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Fiona Mactaggart25/04/2016SloughLabourSigned
John McNally25/04/2016FalkirkScottish National PartySigned
Alan Meale25/04/2016MansfieldLabourSigned
Yasmin Qureshi25/04/2016Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Valerie Vaz25/04/2016Walsall SouthLabourSigned
Clive Betts25/04/2016Sheffield South EastLabourSigned
Roger Mullin03/05/2016Kirkcaldy and CowdenbeathScottish National PartySigned
Alan Brown11/05/2016Kilmarnock and LoudounScottish National PartySigned
Angela Crawley11/05/2016Lanark and Hamilton EastScottish National PartySigned

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