Un Resolution On Treatment Of Minorities In Iran

EDM number 337 in 2009-10, proposed by Mark Durkan on 02/12/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Ethnic groups, Human rights and Iran.

That this House notes with grave concern the continuing human rights violations against ethnic and religious minorities in Iran; strongly condemns the discrimination against Bahá'is, Arabs, Azeris, Baluchis, Kurds, Christians, Jews, Sufis and Sunni Muslims in Iran; further condemns the persistent harassment, intimidation and persecution of human rights defenders, political opponents, ethnic and religious minorities and other groups by the Islamic authorities; welcomes and supports the resolution passed by the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly on 20 November 2009 strongly condemning the continuing abuse of the fundamental human rights of these groups and Iran's failure to comply with international standards in the administration of justice; and urges the Government to further support this Resolution, to work with international partners and use every influence to ensure that the rights of Bahá'is and all the other minority groups are upheld by the Iranian authorities.

This motion has been signed by a total of 46 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Mark Durkan	02/12/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Proposed
Andrew Dismore	03/12/2009	Hendon	Labour	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	03/12/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
David Drew	03/12/2009	Stroud	Labour	Seconded
Lynne Jones	03/12/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Seconded
Derek Wyatt	03/12/2009	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Seconded
Nigel Dodds	03/12/2009	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	03/12/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	07/12/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	07/12/2009	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Mike Hancock	07/12/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Evans	07/12/2009	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Ann Cryer	07/12/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	07/12/2009	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	07/12/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	07/12/2009	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	07/12/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	08/12/2009	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	08/12/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	08/12/2009	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Colin Breed	08/12/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Pope	08/12/2009	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
John Leech	09/12/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Flynn	09/12/2009	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	09/12/2009	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	09/12/2009	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	09/12/2009	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Dai Havard	09/12/2009	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	09/12/2009	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Iris Robinson	10/12/2009	Strangford	DUP	Withdrawn
Eric Illsley	10/12/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	10/12/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	10/12/2009	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	10/12/2009	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Willie Rennie	14/12/2009	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	14/12/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Palmer	14/12/2009	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	15/12/2009	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Graham Brady	16/12/2009	Altrincham & Sale West	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Stunell	05/01/2010	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	07/01/2010	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	18/01/2010	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Bill Etherington	19/01/2010	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	21/01/2010	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	21/01/2010	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lembit	22/02/2010	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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