Death Sentences On Chinese Christians

EDM number 975 in 2001-02, proposed by Andy King on 11/03/2002.

That this House expresses its strong concern over the sentencing to death in China of five Christian leaders from the South China Church; notes that two of the death sentences have been suspended for two years, but that other members of the Church have been sentenced to life or lengthy imprisonment; is concerned that a number of women from the Church were subjected to torture and assault, including sexual assault, in an attempt to force them to testify against one of the leaders; is further concerned that two Chinese Christians have been imprisoned for three years and fined heavily for transporting Bibles; notes that over 50 Catholic clerics are being detained or kept under surveillance; further notes that the Chinese authorities continue to clamp down on other religious movements, including the Falun Gong; and urges that Her Majesty's Government makes high level representations on behalf of all those imprisoned for their faith in China and ensures that religious freedom is given high priority in human rights dialogue with China.

This motion has been signed by a total of 126 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Andy King	11/03/2002	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Proposed
Mark Oaten	11/03/2002	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alistair Burt	11/03/2002	North East Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
David Drew	11/03/2002	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Win Griffiths	11/03/2002	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Joe Benton	11/03/2002	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	12/03/2002	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	12/03/2002	Gower	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	12/03/2002	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Adrian Flook	12/03/2002	Taunton	Conservative	Signed
Andrew George	12/03/2002	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Marsden	12/03/2002	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Lilley	12/03/2002	Hitchin & Harpenden	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Ladyman	12/03/2002	South Thanet	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	12/03/2002	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	12/03/2002	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	12/03/2002	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	12/03/2002	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	12/03/2002	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annabelle Ewing	13/03/2002	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Paul Flynn	13/03/2002	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	13/03/2002	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	13/03/2002	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	13/03/2002	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	13/03/2002	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	13/03/2002	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	13/03/2002	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Lucas	13/03/2002	Wrexham	Labour	Signed
Tim Loughton	13/03/2002	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Julian Lewis	13/03/2002	New Forest East	Conservative	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	13/03/2002	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Paul Holmes	13/03/2002	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Spink	13/03/2002	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Paul Tyler	14/03/2002	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jenny Tonge	14/03/2002	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Dismore	14/03/2002	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	14/03/2002	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	14/03/2002	North Down	UUP	Signed
David Wilshire	15/03/2002	Spelthorne	Conservative	Signed
Betty Williams	18/03/2002	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	18/03/2002	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	18/03/2002	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Barrett	18/03/2002	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Banks	18/03/2002	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Vera Baird	18/03/2002	Redcar	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	18/03/2002	Lagan Valley	UUP	Signed
Ann Cryer	18/03/2002	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Martin Smyth	18/03/2002	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
John Robertson	18/03/2002	Glasgow, Anniesland	Labour	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	19/03/2002	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
Roy Beggs	19/03/2002	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Harry Barnes	19/03/2002	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
David Atkinson	19/03/2002	Bournemouth East	Conservative	Signed
David Amess	19/03/2002	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Matthew Green	19/03/2002	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McWilliam	19/03/2002	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	19/03/2002	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	20/03/2002	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	20/03/2002	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	20/03/2002	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	20/03/2002	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	20/03/2002	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Sydney Chapman	20/03/2002	Chipping Barnet	Conservative	Signed
Gregory Campbell	20/03/2002	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
David Marshall	20/03/2002	Glasgow, Shettleston	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	20/03/2002	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adam Price	20/03/2002	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Sue Doughty	21/03/2002	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	21/03/2002	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
David Stewart	21/03/2002	Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	21/03/2002	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Colin Breed	21/03/2002	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann McKechin	21/03/2002	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	21/03/2002	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	21/03/2002	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Richard Shepherd	21/03/2002	Aldridge-Brownhills	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Selous	21/03/2002	South West Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Greg Pope	21/03/2002	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Teddy Taylor	25/03/2002	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
David Borrow	25/03/2002	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	25/03/2002	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Cunningham	25/03/2002	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
David Burnside	25/03/2002	South Antrim	UUP	Signed
David Lidington	25/03/2002	Aylesbury	Conservative	Signed
Nick Harvey	25/03/2002	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Marion Roe	25/03/2002	Broxbourne	Conservative	Signed
Sandra Gidley	26/03/2002	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Fabricant	26/03/2002	Lichfield	Conservative	Signed
Simon Hughes	26/03/2002	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Field	03/04/2002	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	03/04/2002	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Jim Dobbin	03/04/2002	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Tony Colman	03/04/2002	Putney	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	03/04/2002	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Eric Martlew	03/04/2002	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Joyce Quin	03/04/2002	Gateshead East & Washington West	Labour	Signed
Angela Watkinson	10/04/2002	Upminster	Conservative	Signed
Meg Munn	10/04/2002	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Edward Leigh	10/04/2002	Gainsborough	Conservative	Signed
Boris Johnson	10/04/2002	Henley	Conservative	Signed
Barry Sheerman	10/04/2002	Huddersfield	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	10/04/2002	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Evan Harris	11/04/2002	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	11/04/2002	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Oona King	15/04/2002	Bethnal Green & Bow	Labour	Signed
Andrew Hunter	16/04/2002	Basingstoke	Conservative	Signed
John Battle	16/04/2002	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
John Wilkinson	17/04/2002	Ruislip - Northwood	Conservative	Signed
Norman Baker	17/04/2002	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Russell Brown	17/04/2002	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	18/04/2002	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Brian Mawhinney	18/04/2002	North West Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Steve Webb	18/04/2002	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Iris Robinson	24/04/2002	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Peter Robinson	24/04/2002	Belfast East	DUP	Signed
Norman Lamb	24/04/2002	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Taylor	30/04/2002	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Patrick Mercer	01/05/2002	Newark	Conservative	Signed
Bill Tynan	02/05/2002	Hamilton South	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	08/05/2002	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Kate Hoey	13/05/2002	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
George Stevenson	14/05/2002	Stoke-on-Trent South	Labour	Signed
Simon Thomas	22/05/2002	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Chris Ruane	23/05/2002	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Parmjit Dhanda	10/06/2002	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
Ann Winterton	24/06/2002	Congleton	Conservative	Signed

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