Restrictions On Christians In Vietnam (EDM512)

Restrictions On Christians In Vietnam

EDM number 512 in 2015-16, proposed by Jim Shannon on 13/10/2015.
Categorised under the topics of Asia, Religion and faith communities and Religious discrimination.

That this House calls on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) to urge the Vietnam government to relax restrictions on Christians, who are subject to beatings, harassment, intimidation and registration policies; notes that a number of Christian prisoners remain behind bars because of their religious beliefs; further notes that under Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights burdensome registration requirements need to be eliminated; and urges the FCO to call on the Vietnam government to bring its laws on religious matters into conformity with international standards.

This motion has been signed by a total of 30 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Jim Shannon	13/10/2015	Strangford	DUP	Proposed
Mark Durkan	13/10/2015	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Seconded
Martyn Day	14/10/2015	Linlithgow and East Falkirk	Scottish National Party	Seconded
David Simpson	14/10/2015	Upper Bann	DUP	Seconded
Gavin Robinson	14/10/2015	Belfast East	DUP	Seconded
Margaret Ritchie	14/10/2015	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Seconded
Bob Blackman	14/10/2015	Harrow East	Conservative	Signed
Alan Meale	14/10/2015	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Richard Arkless	14/10/2015	Dumfries and Galloway	Scottish National Party	Signed
Tom Elliott	15/10/2015	Fermanagh and South Tyrone	UUP	Signed
Mary Glindon	15/10/2015	North Tyneside	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	15/10/2015	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Gordon Marsden	16/10/2015	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Alan Brown	19/10/2015	Kilmarnock and Loudoun	Scottish National Party	Signed
Martin Docherty	19/10/2015	West Dunbartonshire	Scottish National Party	Signed
Brendan O'Hara	20/10/2015	Argyll and Bute	Scottish National Party	Signed
Lady Hermon	20/10/2015	North Down	Independent	Signed
Chris Law	20/10/2015	Dundee West	Scottish National Party	Signed
Julian Lewis	20/10/2015	New Forest East	Conservative	Signed
Michael Weir	21/10/2015	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Lisa Cameron	21/10/2015	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow	Scottish National Party	Signed
Roger Mullin	21/10/2015	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath	Scottish National Party	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	21/10/2015	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	21/10/2015	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Carol Monaghan	22/10/2015	Glasgow North West	Scottish National Party	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	22/10/2015	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	22/10/2015	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Stuart Donaldson	22/10/2015	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	Scottish National Party	Signed
Marie Rimmer	29/10/2015	St Helens South and Whiston	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	04/11/2015	Ynys M	Labour	Signed

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