ARREST OF MEMBERS OF THE BAHÁ'Í COMMUNITY IN IRAN

EDM number 1608 in 2007-08, proposed by Lembit Opik on 19/05/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Equality, Human rights, Iran, Middle East and Religion and faith communities.

That this House expresses grave alarm at the news of the arrest of six prominent Bahá'ís in Iran on 14th May 2008; notes that Mrs Fariba Kamalabadi, Mr Jamaloddin Khanjai, Mr Afif Naeimi, Mr Saeid Rezaie, Mr Behrouz Tavakkoli, and Mr Vahid Tizfah are members of the informal group known as the Friends in Iran that co-ordinate the activities of the Bahá'í community in Iran; further notes that another member of the Friends in Iran, Mrs Mahvash Sabet, has been held in custody since 5th March 2008; registers deepest concern at the mounting threats and persecution of the Iranian Bahá'í community; urges the Government to seek from the Iranian government guarantees for the safety of these individuals; and calls for their immediate unconditional release.

This motion has been signed by a total of 152 MPs, 4 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Lembit	19/05/2008	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Mark Durkan	19/05/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	20/05/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Nigel Evans	20/05/2008	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Seconded
Andrew Dismore	20/05/2008	Hendon	Labour	Seconded
David Drew	20/05/2008	Stroud	Labour	Seconded
Ann Cryer	20/05/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	20/05/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Weir	20/05/2008	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Angus MacNeil	20/05/2008	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	20/05/2008	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	20/05/2008	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	20/05/2008	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	20/05/2008	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	20/05/2008	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	20/05/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	20/05/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	20/05/2008	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	21/05/2008	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	21/05/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Francis	21/05/2008	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	21/05/2008	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	21/05/2008	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	21/05/2008	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Tim Loughton	21/05/2008	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	21/05/2008	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Ian Gibson	22/05/2008	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
John Leech	22/05/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	02/06/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	02/06/2008	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
John Battle	02/06/2008	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	02/06/2008	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	02/06/2008	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Dai Davies	02/06/2008	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Nigel Dodds	02/06/2008	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Edward Davey	02/06/2008	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Clapham	02/06/2008	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	02/06/2008	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Simpson	02/06/2008	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Bob Spink	02/06/2008	Castle Point	UKIP	Signed
Eddie McGrady	02/06/2008	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Tom Brake	02/06/2008	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	02/06/2008	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	03/06/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joe Benton	03/06/2008	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Peter Atkinson	03/06/2008	Hexham	Conservative	Signed
Martin Caton	03/06/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	03/06/2008	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Ian McCartney	03/06/2008	Makerfield	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	03/06/2008	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Jenkins	03/06/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Virendra Sharma	04/06/2008	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	04/06/2008	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	04/06/2008	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Katy Clark	04/06/2008	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	04/06/2008	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	04/06/2008	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Butterfill	04/06/2008	Bournemouth West	Conservative	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	05/06/2008	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	05/06/2008	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Clive Betts	05/06/2008	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	05/06/2008	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	05/06/2008	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Hammond	06/06/2008	Wimbledon	Conservative	Signed
Danny Alexander	06/06/2008	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Field	06/06/2008	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	06/06/2008	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Peter Luff	09/06/2008	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Robert Syms	09/06/2008	Poole	Conservative	Signed
Lorely Burt	09/06/2008	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lee Scott	09/06/2008	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
Susan Kramer	10/06/2008	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Taylor	10/06/2008	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	10/06/2008	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew MacKay	10/06/2008	Bracknell	Conservative	Signed
Louise Ellman	11/06/2008	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	11/06/2008	Dumfries & Galloway	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	11/06/2008	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Clare Short	11/06/2008	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
Joan Ryan	11/06/2008	Enfield North	Labour	Signed
Sally Keeble	12/06/2008	Northampton North	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	12/06/2008	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Horwood	12/06/2008	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Willie Rennie	12/06/2008	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Marsha Singh	13/06/2008	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	13/06/2008	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne Begg	16/06/2008	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Hugh Bayley	16/06/2008	York, City of	Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	17/06/2008	Paisley & Renfrewshire North	Labour	Signed
Bob Laxton	17/06/2008	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Simon Burns	17/06/2008	West Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
Keith Vaz	17/06/2008	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
David Howarth	18/06/2008	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Thurso	18/06/2008	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Baldry	18/06/2008	Banbury	Conservative	Signed
John Pugh	18/06/2008	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	19/06/2008	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Menzies Campbell	19/06/2008	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Taylor	19/06/2008	Esher & Walton	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Dorrell	20/06/2008	Charnwood	Conservative	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	20/06/2008	Medway	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	23/06/2008	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	23/06/2008	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Jennifer Willott	24/06/2008	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Cohen	24/06/2008	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	25/06/2008	Edmonton	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	25/06/2008	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Matthew Taylor	25/06/2008	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tim Farron	25/06/2008	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gary Streeter	26/06/2008	South West Devon	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Crabb	26/06/2008	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Conservative	Signed
Sian James	30/06/2008	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	30/06/2008	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	30/06/2008	Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	30/06/2008	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
George Howarth	30/06/2008	Knowsley North & Sefton East	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	01/07/2008	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	01/07/2008	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Burrowes	01/07/2008	Enfield, Southgate	Conservative	Signed
Stewart Hosie	01/07/2008	Dundee East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	02/07/2008	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	02/07/2008	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Patrick Hall	02/07/2008	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	02/07/2008	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	02/07/2008	North Down	UUP	Signed
David Curry	03/07/2008	Skipton & Ripon	Conservative	Signed
Tony Lloyd	07/07/2008	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Pete Wishart	07/07/2008	Perth & Perthshire North	Scottish National Party	Signed
John Hemming	08/07/2008	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Charles Kennedy	08/07/2008	Ross, Skye & Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	09/07/2008	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Oaten	10/07/2008	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Bailey	10/07/2008	West Bromwich West	Labour	Signed
Emily Thornberry	14/07/2008	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	15/07/2008	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	16/07/2008	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Sharon Hodgson	16/07/2008	Gateshead East & Washington West	Labour	Signed
John Heppell	17/07/2008	Nottingham East	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	21/07/2008	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	21/07/2008	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Martlew	22/07/2008	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	22/07/2008	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	06/10/2008	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Chris McCafferty	06/10/2008	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Martin Linton	06/10/2008	Battersea	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	06/10/2008	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	07/10/2008	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	21/10/2008	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Jon Trickett	Unknown			Withdrawn
Ann McKechin	Unknown			Withdrawn
Chris Bryant	Unknown			Withdrawn
Kevan Jones	Unknown			Withdrawn

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