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This motion has been signed by a total of 130 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Kate Hoey28/04/2009VauxhallLabourProposed
Norman Baker28/04/2009LewesLiberal DemocratSeconded
Frank Field28/04/2009BirkenheadLabourSeconded
John Mason28/04/2009Glasgow EastScottish National PartySeconded
Chris Mullin28/04/2009Sunderland SouthLabourSeconded
George Howarth28/04/2009Knowsley North & Sefton EastLabourSeconded
Peter Bottomley28/04/2009Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Andrew George28/04/2009St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Durkan28/04/2009FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Lindsay Hoyle28/04/2009ChorleyLabourSigned
Bob Russell28/04/2009ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Dismore29/04/2009HendonLabourSigned
Jim Dowd29/04/2009Lewisham WestLabourSigned
David Drew29/04/2009StroudLabourSigned
Graham Stringer29/04/2009Manchester, BlackleyLabourSigned
John Leech29/04/2009Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Williams29/04/2009Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Hunter29/04/2009CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Cryer29/04/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
Martin Caton29/04/2009GowerLabourSigned
David Lepper29/04/2009Brighton, PavilionLabourSigned
Julie Morgan29/04/2009Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Adrian Sanders29/04/2009TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Harvey29/04/2009North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Lady Hermon29/04/2009North DownUUPSigned
Glenda Jackson29/04/2009Hampstead & HighgateLabourSigned
Peter Kilfoyle29/04/2009Liverpool, WaltonLabourSigned
Mark Lazarowicz29/04/2009Edinburgh North & LeithLabourSigned
Tim Farron30/04/2009Westmorland & LonsdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Weir30/04/2009AngusScottish National PartySigned
John Battle30/04/2009Leeds WestLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard30/04/2009WalthamstowLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn30/04/2009Islington NorthLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd30/04/2009Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Brian Jenkins30/04/2009TamworthLabourSigned
Simon Hughes30/04/2009North Southwark & BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Andy Reed30/04/2009LoughboroughLabourSigned
Mike Hancock05/05/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Stunell05/05/2009Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Paddy Tipping05/05/2009SherwoodLabourSigned
Joan Walley05/05/2009Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Betty Williams05/05/2009ConwyLabourSigned
Roger Williams05/05/2009Brecon & RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Susan Kramer05/05/2009Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Rowen05/05/2009RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Roger Godsiff05/05/2009Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small HeathLabourSigned
Frank Cook05/05/2009Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins05/05/2009Luton NorthLabourSigned
Lynne Jones05/05/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Tim Loughton05/05/2009East Worthing & ShorehamConservativeSigned
Ian McCartney05/05/2009MakerfieldLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell05/05/2009Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Bill Olner05/05/2009NuneatonLabourSigned
Michael Clapham05/05/2009Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Harry Cohen05/05/2009Leyton & WansteadLabourSigned
Jennifer Willott06/05/2009Cardiff CentralLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis06/05/2009Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Sandra Osborne06/05/2009Ayr, Carrick & CumnockLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn06/05/2009JarrowLabourSigned
Alan Simpson06/05/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Mark Williams07/05/2009CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Greg Mulholland07/05/2009Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Horwood07/05/2009CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
John Hemming07/05/2009Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Janet Dean07/05/2009BurtonLabourSigned
Alistair Carmichael07/05/2009Orkney & ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Doug Naysmith07/05/2009Bristol North WestLabourSigned
Robert Smith07/05/2009Aberdeenshire West & KincardineLiberal DemocratSigned
Fabian Hamilton08/05/2009Leeds North EastLabourSigned
John Gummer08/05/2009Suffolk CoastalConservativeSigned
Nigel Evans08/05/2009Ribble ValleyConservativeSigned
Stephen Dorrell08/05/2009CharnwoodConservativeSigned
Jim Dobbin08/05/2009Heywood & MiddletonLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty08/05/2009Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Marsha Singh08/05/2009Bradford WestLabourSigned
David Clelland11/05/2009Tyne BridgeLabourSigned
Linda Riordan11/05/2009HalifaxLabourSigned
Danny Alexander12/05/2009Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & StrathspeyLiberal DemocratSigned
John Thurso12/05/2009Caithness, Sutherland & Easter RossLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Connarty12/05/2009Linlithgow & Falkirk EastLabourSigned
Charles Kennedy12/05/2009Ross, Skye & LochaberLiberal DemocratSigned
Daniel Rogerson13/05/2009North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Colin Breed13/05/2009South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Linton13/05/2009BatterseaLabourSigned
Helen Southworth13/05/2009Warrington SouthLabourSigned
Mohammad Sarwar13/05/2009Glasgow CentralLabourSigned
John McDonnell14/05/2009Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Emily Thornberry14/05/2009Islington South & FinsburyLabourSigned
Menzies Campbell15/05/2009Fife North EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Laxton18/05/2009Derby NorthLabourSigned
Steve Webb18/05/2009NorthavonLiberal DemocratSigned
Anne Begg19/05/2009Aberdeen SouthLabourSigned
Lorely Burt20/05/2009SolihullLiberal DemocratSigned
Eddie McGrady20/05/2009South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Jim Cousins21/05/2009Newcastle upon Tyne CentralLabourSigned
Phil Willis21/05/2009Harrogate & KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Soulsby21/05/2009Leicester SouthLabourSigned
John Austin01/06/2009Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Bill Etherington01/06/2009Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Ian Davidson01/06/2009Glasgow South WestLabourSigned
Vincent Cable01/06/2009TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Albert Owen01/06/2009Ynys MLabourSigned
Eric Illsley01/06/2009Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Geraldine Smith01/06/2009Morecambe & LunesdaleLabourSigned
Angus Robertson01/06/2009MorayScottish National PartySigned
Gerald Kaufman02/06/2009Manchester, GortonLabourSigned
John Pugh03/06/2009SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Andy Slaughter03/06/2009Signed
Stewart Hosie08/06/2009Dundee EastScottish National PartySigned
Howard Stoate08/06/2009DartfordLabourSigned
Louise Ellman08/06/2009Liverpool, RiversideLabourSigned
Angela Smith09/06/2009Sheffield, HillsboroughLabourSigned
Mark Todd11/06/2009South DerbyshireLabourSigned
James Plaskitt15/06/2009Warwick & LeamingtonLabourSigned
Jim Sheridan16/06/2009Paisley & Renfrewshire NorthLabourSigned
Michael Moore18/06/2009Berwickshire, Roxburgh & SelkirkLiberal DemocratSigned
Adam Price22/06/2009Carmarthen East & DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
John Barrett24/06/2009Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Sandra Gidley25/06/2009RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Younger-Ross30/06/2009TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Don Foster07/07/2009BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Jo Swinson08/07/2009East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Ainger15/07/2009Carmarthen West & South PembrokeshireLabourSigned
Paul Murphy16/07/2009TorfaenLabourSigned
David Howarth20/07/2009CambridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Tom Harris21/07/2009Glasgow SouthLabourSigned
Jeremy Browne19/10/2009TauntonLiberal DemocratSigned
Evan Harris28/10/2009Oxford West & AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Ian GibsonUnknownWithdrawn
John BercowUnknownWithdrawn

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