36322
2007-08
1991
Use Of Music As An Instrument Of Torture
Janet Anderson
2008-07-08
That this House notes the use of recorded music by United States interrogators, involving the incessant playing of high volume music in order to break resistance through sleep deprivation and exposure to lyrics that prisoners would find culturally offensive; further notes this practice has been acknowledged by the US's Psychological Operations Company; defends the human rights of all human beings as laid out by the Geneva Convention; and therefore believes that torture, including this practice of using music, is inhumane and a breach of these rights; further believes that the particular practice of using music as an instrument of torture is an infringement of creator's rights; supports the Musicians' Union's principled protest against such a practice; and urges the Government to exert whatever available diplomatic pressure to end the practice of torture in all countries.
Human rights
North America
Prisons
Janet Anderson
2008-07-08
Proposed
Rossendale and Darwen
Labour
Peter Luff
2008-07-08
Seconded
Mid Worcestershire
Conservative
Evan Harris
2008-07-08
Seconded
Oxford West and Abingdon
Liberal Democrat
Neil Gerrard
2008-07-08
Seconded
Walthamstow
Labour
Pete Wishart
2008-07-08
Seconded
Perth and North Perthshire
Scottish National Party
Kelvin Hopkins
2008-07-08
Seconded
Luton North
Labour
Frank Cook
2008-07-08
Signed
Stockton North
Labour
Ian Gibson
2008-07-08
Signed
Norwich North
Labour
David Drew
2008-07-08
Signed
Stroud
Labour
Ann Cryer
2008-07-08
Signed
Keighley
Labour
Harry Cohen
2008-07-08
Signed
Leyton and Wanstead
Labour
John McDonnell
2008-07-08
Signed
Hayes and Harlington
Labour
Bob Russell
2008-07-08
Signed
Colchester
Liberal Democrat
Julie Morgan
2008-07-08
Signed
Cardiff North
Labour
Alan Meale
2008-07-09
Signed
Mansfield
Labour
Stephen Williams
2008-07-09
Signed
Bristol West
Liberal Democrat
Angus MacNeil
2008-07-09
Signed
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Scottish National Party
Rudi Vis
2008-07-09
Signed
Finchley and Golders Green
Labour
Desmond Turner
2008-07-09
Signed
Brighton, Kemptown
Labour
Paul Flynn
2008-07-09
Signed
Newport West
Labour
Mark Durkan
2008-07-09
Signed
Foyle
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Andrew Dismore
2008-07-09
Signed
Hendon
Labour
Janet Dean
2008-07-09
Signed
Burton
Labour
Jeremy Corbyn
2008-07-09
Signed
Islington North
Labour
Ronnie Campbell
2008-07-09
Signed
Blyth Valley
Labour
Karen Buck
2008-07-09
Signed
Regent's Park and Kensington North
Labour
Gordon Prentice
2008-07-09
Signed
Pendle
Labour
John Pugh
2008-07-10
Signed
Southport
Liberal Democrat
Dai Davies
2008-07-10
Signed
Blaenau Gwent
Independent
Mark Williams
2008-07-10
Signed
Ceredigion
Liberal Democrat
Mike Hancock
2008-07-10
Signed
Portsmouth South
Liberal Democrat
Glenda Jackson
2008-07-10
Signed
Hampstead and Highgate
Labour
Brian Iddon
2008-07-10
Signed
Bolton South East
Labour
David Lepper
2008-07-10
Signed
Brighton, Pavilion
Labour
Dennis Skinner
2008-07-14
Signed
Bolsover
Labour
Lynne Jones
2008-07-14
Signed
Birmingham, Selly Oak
Labour
Jim Dowd
2008-07-14
Signed
Lewisham West
Labour
Bill Etherington
2008-07-14
Signed
Sunderland North
Labour
Robert Wareing
2008-07-14
Signed
Liverpool, West Derby
Independent
Betty Williams
2008-07-14
Signed
Conwy
Labour
Martin Caton
2008-07-15
Signed
Gower
Labour
Eric Illsley
2008-07-16
Signed
Barnsley Central
Labour
John Leech
2008-07-16
Signed
Manchester, Withington
Liberal Democrat
Frank Doran
2008-07-16
Signed
Aberdeen North
Labour
Doug Naysmith
2008-07-16
Signed
Bristol North West
Labour
Adrian Sanders
2008-07-16
Signed
Torbay
Liberal Democrat
Alan Simpson
2008-07-17
Signed
Nottingham South
Labour
Austin Mitchell
2008-07-17
Signed
Great Grimsby
Labour
John Hemming
2008-07-17
Signed
Birmingham, Yardley
Liberal Democrat
Nick Harvey
2008-07-21
Signed
North Devon
Liberal Democrat
Jim Cunningham
2008-07-21
Signed
Coventry South
Labour
Ian Stewart
2008-07-22
Signed
Eccles
Labour
Jo Swinson
2008-07-22
Signed
East Dunbartonshire
Liberal Democrat
Alasdair McDonnell
2008-10-06
Signed
Belfast South
Social Democratic and Labour Party