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Suspension Of Operations Of The Al-Wefaq Group In Bahrain

EDM number 223 in 2016-17, proposed by Ann Clwyd on 15/06/2016.
Categorised under the topics of Human rights, International politics and government and Middle East.

That this House is seriously concerned about the suspension in Bahrain of the operations of the main political opposition group, Al-Wefaq, and the freezing of its assets following a request to the Bahraini Courts from the Bahraini Ministry of Justice, which alleged the action was necessary to safeguard the security of the kingdom; is dismayed by the increase of the jail sentence of Al-Wefaq's leader, Sheikh Ali Salman, from four to nine years for matters relating to his right to peaceful expression, at appeal proceedings in May 2016; is worried about what appears to be a further crackdown on political opposition and civil society in Bahrain, with the arrest of Nabeel Rajab, the President of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights and the departure of human rights defender Zainab Al Khawaja from the country after facing further threats from the government; deplores the continuing revocation of nationality of Bahraini citizens, rendering many of them stateless; fears that if the Government does not clearly and publicly express its disappointment and concern about these developments, the Bahraini government will continue further down the path of repression which could result in growing conflict, increasing radicalisation and, possibly, even further violence; and calls on the Government therefore to make a statement and to reconsider its technical co-operation programme with the Bahraini government.

This motion has been signed by a total of 37 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Ann Clwyd15/06/2016Cynon ValleyLabourProposed
Mark Durkan15/06/2016FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Margaret Ritchie20/06/2016South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Alasdair McDonnell27/06/2016Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Margaret Ferrier27/06/2016Rutherglen and Hamilton WestScottish National PartySeconded
Chris Law27/06/2016Dundee WestScottish National PartySeconded
Angus MacNeil27/06/2016Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Jim Shannon28/06/2016StrangfordDUPSigned
Jim Cunningham28/06/2016Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Stewart McDonald28/06/2016Glasgow SouthScottish National PartySigned
Paul Monaghan28/06/2016Caithness, Sutherland and Easter RossScottish National PartySigned
Chris Stephens28/06/2016Glasgow South WestScottish National PartySigned
Martin Docherty28/06/2016West DunbartonshireScottish National PartySigned
John Nicolson28/06/2016East DunbartonshireScottish National PartySigned
Alan Meale28/06/2016MansfieldLabourSigned
Stuart McDonald29/06/2016Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch EastScottish National PartySigned
Lady Hermon29/06/2016North DownIndependentSigned
Stephen Gethins29/06/2016North East FifeScottish National PartySigned
Tasmina Sheikh04/07/2016Ochil and South PerthshireScottish National PartySigned
Angela Crawley05/07/2016Lanark and Hamilton EastScottish National PartySigned
Patricia Gibson18/07/2016North Ayrshire and ArranScottish National PartySigned
Alan Brown18/07/2016Kilmarnock and LoudounScottish National PartySigned
Brendan O'Hara19/07/2016Argyll and ButeScottish National PartySigned
Angus Robertson19/07/2016MorayScottish National PartySigned
Peter Bottomley19/07/2016Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Julie Cooper19/07/2016BurnleyLabourSigned
Martyn Day20/07/2016Linlithgow and East FalkirkScottish National PartySigned
Tommy Sheppard20/07/2016Edinburgh EastScottish National PartySigned
Andy Slaughter20/07/2016HammersmithLabourSigned
Tom Brake21/07/2016Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Anne McLaughlin21/07/2016Glasgow North EastScottish National PartySigned
Douglas Chapman05/09/2016Dunfermline and West FifeScottish National PartySigned
Ronnie Campbell05/09/2016Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Helen Goodman05/09/2016Bishop AucklandLabourSigned
Drew Hendry05/09/2016Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyScottish National PartySigned
Hilary Benn10/10/2016Leeds CentralLabourSigned
Geraint Davies10/10/2016Swansea WestLabourSigned

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