Death Sentence Verdict In Case Of Hamed Bin Haydara

EDM number 778 in 2017-19, proposed by Mary Glindon on 10/01/2018.
Categorised under the topics of Human rights, Middle East, Prisons and Religion and faith communities.

That this House notes the death sentence verdict in Sana'a on 2 January 2018 in the case of Hamed bin Haydara, a Yemeni Baha'i; observes reports that Mr bin Haydara was convicted on grounds of communication with the international governing body of the Baha'i faith, located in Haifa, Israel and that Mr bin Haydara endured over four years of detention, including torture, before this verdict; and requests the UK ­Government to call on the Houthi authorities to overturn the verdict against Mr bin Haydara and to release him and all Baha'i prisoners in Yemen.

This motion has been signed by a total of 29 MPs.