Edneth Gotora

EDM number 852 in 2004-05, proposed by Frank Cook on 08/03/2005.

That this House is dismayed that the Government has resumed deportations to Zimbabwe despite increasing intimidation and brutality by ZANU-PF gangs; is alarmed that individuals who escaped with their lives should be reconsigned to threatening circumstances; notes that one such is Edneth Gotora whose husband was beaten to death by ZANU-PF thugs for no more than distributing leaflets, whilst her infant daughter was injured so badly that she died weeks later from injuries sustained during the attack; further notes that the culprits were apprehended but released immediately on bail whereupon they returned and abducted Edneth to a rehabilitation camp where she was raped and brutalised by the `commandant' and his henchmen such that she had to be hospitalised; further notes that, with assistance from an orderly, Edneth escaped and hid herself prior to making her way successfully to England; regrets that Edneth's plea for asylum was refused on the grounds that her husband was now dead and that she is now safe; is aware that a petition of 17,500 signatures is to be presented to the Home Office by the Reverend Sheila Maxey, Moderator of the General Assembly of the United Reform Church; recognises that, while the Government pays lip service to the issues of domestic violence there is violence on a national scale in Zimbabwe, yet Edneth seems destined to be despatched to the same dangerous circumstances from which she escaped; and therefore calls upon the Home Secretary to exercise his discretion under the law to grant this much wronged lady the shelter she so desperately needs.

This motion has been signed by a total of 64 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Frank Cook	08/03/2005	Stockton North	Labour	Proposed
David Drew	08/03/2005	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Robert Wareing	09/03/2005	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	09/03/2005	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Andrew George	09/03/2005	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Huw Edwards	09/03/2005	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	09/03/2005	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	09/03/2005	Gower	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	09/03/2005	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	09/03/2005	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	09/03/2005	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Tyler	10/03/2005	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jenny Tonge	10/03/2005	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harold Best	10/03/2005	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	10/03/2005	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Sydney Chapman	10/03/2005	Chipping Barnet	Conservative	Signed
Colin Breed	10/03/2005	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Jones	10/03/2005	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	10/03/2005	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Edward Garnier	14/03/2005	Harborough	Conservative	Signed
Mike Hancock	14/03/2005	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Barnes	14/03/2005	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	14/03/2005	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	14/03/2005	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	14/03/2005	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Tony Colman	14/03/2005	Putney	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	14/03/2005	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	14/03/2005	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	14/03/2005	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	14/03/2005	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Marion Roe	14/03/2005	Broxbourne	Conservative	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	15/03/2005	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Richard Burden	15/03/2005	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	16/03/2005	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	16/03/2005	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
John Taylor	16/03/2005	Solihull	Conservative	Signed
Roy Beggs	16/03/2005	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Clive Efford	16/03/2005	Eltham	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	16/03/2005	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	16/03/2005	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Helen Jackson	16/03/2005	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
Tony Wright	17/03/2005	Cannock Chase	Labour	Signed
Parmjit Gill	17/03/2005	Leicester South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Geraldine Smith	18/03/2005	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Andrew Hunter	21/03/2005	Basingstoke	DUP	Signed
Janet Anderson	22/03/2005	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Barbara Roche	23/03/2005	Hornsey & Wood Green	Labour	Signed
Steve Webb	24/03/2005	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Walter	24/03/2005	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Jim Cunningham	24/03/2005	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Andrew Mitchell	24/03/2005	Sutton Coldfield	Conservative	Signed
Tony Lloyd	24/03/2005	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	24/03/2005	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
David Heath	24/03/2005	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	04/04/2005	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	04/04/2005	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Patsy Calton	04/04/2005	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Iddon	04/04/2005	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Christine Russell	05/04/2005	Chester, City of	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	05/04/2005	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Khalid Mahmood	05/04/2005	Birmingham, Perry Barr	Labour	Signed
Richard Ottaway	05/04/2005	Croydon South	Conservative	Signed
David Winnick	05/04/2005	Walsall North	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	06/04/2005	Northampton South	Labour	Signed

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