Closure Of Churches In Rangoon

EDM number 671 in 2008-09, proposed by Alistair Carmichael on 03/02/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Asia and Religious discrimination.

That this House expresses deep concern at recent events in Burma with authorities in Rangoon ordering that services cease in at least a 100 local churches with a threat of prison for non-compliance; notes the concern of some of the local Christians who believe that the immediate cause of the crackdown is church involvement in providing relief for victims of Cyclone Nargis; further notes continued widespread discrimination against religious minorities and in some places violent persecution of Christians and Muslims in other parts of Burma; calls on the Government to raise concerns about religious freedom with the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC); urges the United Nations Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Religion and Belief to investigate violations of religious freedom in Burma; and calls on the United Nations Secretary General to increase and intensify efforts to urge the SPDC to cease its widespread violation of human rights, including violations of religious freedom, to release all political prisoners, to open all parts of the country to unhindered access for international humanitarian organisations and to engage in meaningful tripartite dialogue with the National League for Democracy and the ethnic nationalities.

This motion has been signed by a total of 125 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Alistair Carmichael	03/02/2009	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Peter Bottomley	03/02/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Lindsay Hoyle	03/02/2009	Chorley	Labour	Seconded
Bob Russell	03/02/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Bob Spink	03/02/2009	Castle Point	Independent	Seconded
Stephen Crabb	03/02/2009	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Conservative	Seconded
Robert Smith	03/02/2009	Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	04/02/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	04/02/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	04/02/2009	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	04/02/2009	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Phil Willis	04/02/2009	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	04/02/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	04/02/2009	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Dismore	04/02/2009	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	04/02/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	04/02/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	04/02/2009	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Humble	04/02/2009	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	04/02/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	04/02/2009	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	04/02/2009	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	04/02/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Burgon	04/02/2009	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	05/02/2009	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	05/02/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	05/02/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Weir	05/02/2009	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	05/02/2009	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Edward Davey	05/02/2009	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andy Reed	05/02/2009	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	05/02/2009	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Rowen	09/02/2009	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	09/02/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Neil Gerrard	09/02/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	09/02/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	09/02/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	09/02/2009	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	09/02/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	10/02/2009	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	10/02/2009	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	10/02/2009	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	10/02/2009	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	11/02/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	11/02/2009	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	11/02/2009	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
David Simpson	11/02/2009	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Simon Burns	23/02/2009	West Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
Michael Connarty	23/02/2009	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Michael Fallon	23/02/2009	Sevenoaks	Conservative	Signed
Roger Godsiff	23/02/2009	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	23/02/2009	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Paddy Tipping	23/02/2009	Sherwood	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	23/02/2009	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne Main	23/02/2009	St Albans	Conservative	Signed
Sandra Osborne	23/02/2009	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	23/02/2009	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Julie Morgan	23/02/2009	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
James Plaskitt	23/02/2009	Warwick & Leamington	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	23/02/2009	Dover	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	23/02/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lady Hermon	23/02/2009	North Down	UUP	Signed
David Heyes	23/02/2009	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Peter Luff	23/02/2009	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
William McCrea	23/02/2009	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Greg Mulholland	24/02/2009	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	24/02/2009	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Evans	24/02/2009	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Brian Jenkins	24/02/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
John Austin	25/02/2009	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Richard Caborn	25/02/2009	Sheffield Central	Labour	Signed
Andrew Mitchell	25/02/2009	Sutton Coldfield	Conservative	Signed
Eric Joyce	25/02/2009	Falkirk	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Soames	25/02/2009	Mid Sussex	Conservative	Signed
Alan Simpson	25/02/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Tim Farron	26/02/2009	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annette Brooke	27/02/2009	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Doug Naysmith	27/02/2009	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	27/02/2009	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Chris Ruane	27/02/2009	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
John Whittingdale	02/03/2009	Maldon & East Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
Hugo Swire	02/03/2009	East Devon	Conservative	Signed
Paul Keetch	02/03/2009	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Sheridan	02/03/2009	Paisley & Renfrewshire North	Labour	Signed
Clive Betts	03/03/2009	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	03/03/2009	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Brian Binley	03/03/2009	Northampton South	Conservative	Signed
Nigel Dodds	04/03/2009	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Russell Brown	05/03/2009	Dumfries & Galloway	Labour	Signed
Stephen Dorrell	06/03/2009	Charnwood	Conservative	Signed
Norman Lamb	06/03/2009	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Cousins	09/03/2009	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	09/03/2009	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Gummer	09/03/2009	Suffolk Coastal	Conservative	Signed
Hugh Bayley	09/03/2009	York, City of	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Browne	09/03/2009	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andy Slaughter	09/03/2009			Signed
Mark Hunter	11/03/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Clarke	12/03/2009	Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill	Labour	Signed
Richard Ottaway	12/03/2009	Croydon South	Conservative	Signed
Tom Harris	13/03/2009	Glasgow South	Labour	Signed
Parmjit Dhanda	16/03/2009	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	16/03/2009	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Peter Robinson	16/03/2009	Belfast East	DUP	Signed
David Howarth	16/03/2009	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Maria Miller	19/03/2009	Basingstoke	Conservative	Signed
Alan Reid	20/03/2009	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	23/03/2009	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Keith Simpson	27/03/2009	Mid Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
David Laws	31/03/2009	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	22/04/2009	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Nick Ainger	22/04/2009	Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
Mark Pritchard	07/05/2009	Wrekin, The	Conservative	Signed
Nick Palmer	02/06/2009	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
David Burrowes	02/06/2009	Enfield, Southgate	Conservative	Signed
Brooks Newmark	16/06/2009	Braintree	Conservative	Signed
Robert Key	01/07/2009	Salisbury	Conservative	Signed
Jon Cruddas	02/07/2009	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
John Penrose	03/07/2009	Weston-Super-Mare	Conservative	Signed
David Ruffley	13/07/2009	Bury St Edmunds	Conservative	Signed
Anne Moffat	13/10/2009	East Lothian	Labour	Signed
Helen Southworth	13/10/2009	Warrington South	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	13/10/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Sammy Wilson	13/10/2009	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
Simon Hughes	11/11/2009	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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