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2003-04
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Samar Alami And Jawad Botmeh
John Austin
2003-11-26
That this House notes that Samar Alami and Jawad Botmeh have always protested their innocence and that their 1996 conviction in relation to the 1994 bombings of the Israeli Embassy and Balfour House has been widely questioned; further notes that there are unanswered questions about the bombings, including the identity of bombers; further notes that the prosecution scenerio of an intelligence vacuum contrasts with the Israeli and British authorities having received contemporaneous prior warnings about imminent attacks by parties unrelated to Samar or Jawad; further notes that the disclosure process has been plagued by the repeated use of public interest immunity certificates and by human errors conceded by the prosecution, police, M15 and M16, resulting in crucial information being withheld from the trial judge; further notes Amnesty International's concern that the pair were denied their right to a fair trial; further notes that the United Kingdom Government has received official representations from many politicians and Arab governments on this case; believes that winning the war against terror and the United Kingdom's reputation are ill-served by jailing the wrong peope and leaving the actual bombers free; and calls on the Government to re-open the investigation, make its results publicly known and address the human errors so that justice is done and seen to be done.
John Austin
2003-11-26
Proposed
Erith & Thamesmead
Labour
Robert Jackson
2003-11-26
Signed
Wantage
Conservative
Lynne Jones
2003-11-26
Signed
Birmingham, Selly Oak
Labour
Colin Breed
2003-11-26
Signed
South East Cornwall
Liberal Democrat
Richard Burden
2003-11-26
Signed
Birmingham, Northfield
Labour
Alan Meale
2003-11-27
Signed
Mansfield
Labour
Tom Brake
2003-11-27
Signed
Carshalton & Wallington
Liberal Democrat
Jeremy Corbyn
2003-11-27
Signed
Islington North
Labour
Sue Doughty
2003-12-02
Signed
Guildford
Liberal Democrat
Andrew George
2003-12-02
Signed
St Ives
Liberal Democrat
Neil Gerrard
2003-12-02
Signed
Walthamstow
Labour
David Lepper
2003-12-03
Signed
Brighton, Pavilion
Labour Co-operative
Jenny Tonge
2003-12-03
Signed
Richmond Park
Liberal Democrat
Matthew Green
2003-12-04
Signed
Ludlow
Liberal Democrat
Nigel Jones
2003-12-08
Signed
Cheltenham
Liberal Democrat
Bill Etherington
2003-12-09
Signed
Sunderland North
Labour
Rob Marris
2003-12-11
Signed
Wolverhampton South West
Labour
Win Griffiths
2003-12-11
Signed
Bridgend
Labour
Brian Sedgemore
2003-12-15
Signed
Hackney South & Shoreditch
Labour
Frank Cook
2003-12-15
Signed
Stockton North
Labour
Paul Marsden
2003-12-16
Signed
Shrewsbury & Atcham
Liberal Democrat
Marsha Singh
2003-12-17
Signed
Bradford West
Labour
Alan Simpson
2003-12-18
Signed
Nottingham South
Labour
Phil Sawford
2004-01-07
Signed
Kettering
Labour
Valerie Davey
2004-01-07
Signed
Bristol West
Labour
Mohammad Sarwar
2004-01-12
Signed
Glasgow, Govan
Labour
Mike Wood
2004-03-08
Signed
Batley & Spen
Labour
Tom Cox
2004-06-09
Signed
Tooting
Labour