Death Penalty In Tibet

EDM number 1373 in 2008-09, proposed by Kate Hoey on 28/04/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Asia and Human rights.

That this House opposes the use of the death penalty; condemns the recent imposition of the death penalty by the Lhasa Intermediate People's Court on Tibetans, Lobsang Gyaltsen and Loyak, having found them guilty of arson attacks in Lhasa in March 2008 which led to confirmed deaths; further condemns the recent imposition of the death penalty, each with a two year reprieve, by the same court on Tibetans Tenzin Phuntsok, Kangtsuk and on a 21-year-old Tibetan woman, Penkyi, also for arson attacks in Lhasa in March 2008, which led to confirmed deaths; is concerned that evidence against these individuals is unsound, with one of the convicted found guilty on the basis of a confession only months after the UN Committee Against Torture concluded that China regularly uses torture as a means of extracting confessions in criminal proceedings; is further concerned that the trials of those named above were not conducted in accordance with judicial standards and that the death sentences passed are therefore unsafe; calls on the relevant Chinese authorities to rescind the aforementioned death sentences and to provvide unfettered access to Tibet and all Tibetan-populated regions, including court proceedings, for journalists, consular staff based in Beijing and independent observers; and further calls on the British Government publicly to raise its concerns regarding the cases with the Chinese government.

This motion has been signed by a total of 130 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Kate Hoey	28/04/2009	Vauxhall	Labour	Proposed
Norman Baker	28/04/2009	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Frank Field	28/04/2009	Birkenhead	Labour	Seconded
John Mason	28/04/2009	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Seconded
Chris Mullin	28/04/2009	Sunderland South	Labour	Seconded
George Howarth	28/04/2009	Knowsley North & Sefton East	Labour	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	28/04/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Andrew George	28/04/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Durkan	28/04/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	28/04/2009	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	28/04/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Dismore	29/04/2009	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	29/04/2009	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
David Drew	29/04/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	29/04/2009	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
John Leech	29/04/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	29/04/2009	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	29/04/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	29/04/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	29/04/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	29/04/2009	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	29/04/2009	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	29/04/2009	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	29/04/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lady Hermon	29/04/2009	North Down	UUP	Signed
Glenda Jackson	29/04/2009	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	29/04/2009	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	29/04/2009	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Tim Farron	30/04/2009	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Weir	30/04/2009	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
John Battle	30/04/2009	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	30/04/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	30/04/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	30/04/2009	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Brian Jenkins	30/04/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	30/04/2009	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andy Reed	30/04/2009	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	05/05/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	05/05/2009	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paddy Tipping	05/05/2009	Sherwood	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	05/05/2009	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	05/05/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	05/05/2009	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Susan Kramer	05/05/2009	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Rowen	05/05/2009	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Godsiff	05/05/2009	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	05/05/2009	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	05/05/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	05/05/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Tim Loughton	05/05/2009	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Ian McCartney	05/05/2009	Makerfield	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	05/05/2009	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Bill Olner	05/05/2009	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	05/05/2009	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	05/05/2009	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Jennifer Willott	06/05/2009	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	06/05/2009	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	06/05/2009	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	06/05/2009	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	06/05/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	07/05/2009	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Mulholland	07/05/2009	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Horwood	07/05/2009	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	07/05/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	07/05/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	07/05/2009	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Doug Naysmith	07/05/2009	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Robert Smith	07/05/2009	Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	08/05/2009	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
John Gummer	08/05/2009	Suffolk Coastal	Conservative	Signed
Nigel Evans	08/05/2009	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Dorrell	08/05/2009	Charnwood	Conservative	Signed
Jim Dobbin	08/05/2009	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	08/05/2009	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	08/05/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
David Clelland	11/05/2009	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	11/05/2009	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Danny Alexander	12/05/2009	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Thurso	12/05/2009	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Connarty	12/05/2009	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Charles Kennedy	12/05/2009	Ross, Skye & Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	13/05/2009	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	13/05/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Linton	13/05/2009	Battersea	Labour	Signed
Helen Southworth	13/05/2009	Warrington South	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	13/05/2009	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	14/05/2009	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Emily Thornberry	14/05/2009	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	15/05/2009	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Laxton	18/05/2009	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Steve Webb	18/05/2009	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne Begg	19/05/2009	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Lorely Burt	20/05/2009	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eddie McGrady	20/05/2009	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Jim Cousins	21/05/2009	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	21/05/2009	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Soulsby	21/05/2009	Leicester South	Labour	Signed
John Austin	01/06/2009	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	01/06/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	01/06/2009	Glasgow South West	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	01/06/2009	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Albert Owen	01/06/2009	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	01/06/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Geraldine Smith	01/06/2009	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Angus Robertson	01/06/2009	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	02/06/2009	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	03/06/2009	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andy Slaughter	03/06/2009			Signed
Stewart Hosie	08/06/2009	Dundee East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Howard Stoate	08/06/2009	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Louise Ellman	08/06/2009	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour	Signed
Angela Smith	09/06/2009	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
Mark Todd	11/06/2009	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
James Plaskitt	15/06/2009	Warwick & Leamington	Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	16/06/2009	Paisley & Renfrewshire North	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	18/06/2009	Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adam Price	22/06/2009	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
John Barrett	24/06/2009	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Gidley	25/06/2009	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	30/06/2009	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Foster	07/07/2009	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	08/07/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Ainger	15/07/2009	Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
Paul Murphy	16/07/2009	Torfaen	Labour	Signed
David Howarth	20/07/2009	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Harris	21/07/2009	Glasgow South	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Browne	19/10/2009	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	28/10/2009	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Gibson	Unknown			Withdrawn
John Bercow	Unknown			Withdrawn

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