Falun Gong

EDM number 544 in 2010-12, proposed by Julian Huppert on 19/07/2010.
Categorised under the topics of Asia, Human rights and Religion and faith communities.

That this House notes the 11th anniversary on 20 July 2010 of the start of the persecution of Falun Gong in China; calls for the release from detention and imprisonment of all Falun Gong practitioners held for peaceful practice of their beliefs; recognises that the Chinese government divides people by class, politics, religion and economic backgrounds; and expresses its concern about this infringement of human rights.

This motion has been signed by a total of 23 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Julian Huppert	19/07/2010	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Peter Bottomley	19/07/2010	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Andrew George	19/07/2010	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Martin Caton	20/07/2010	Gower	Labour	Seconded
Glenda Jackson	20/07/2010	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Seconded
John Leech	22/07/2010	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Alasdair McDonnell	26/07/2010	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Simon Hughes	27/07/2010	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dowd	27/07/2010	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Heidi Alexander	06/09/2010	Lewisham East	Labour	Signed
James McGovern	06/09/2010	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Helen Goodman	06/09/2010	Bishop Auckland	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	07/09/2010	Barnsley Central	Labour	Withdrawn
Jim Shannon	07/09/2010	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Yasmin Qureshi	14/09/2010	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Julie Hilling	14/09/2010	Bolton West	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	15/09/2010	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne Begg	13/10/2010	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Paul Blomfield	14/10/2010	Sheffield Central	Labour	Signed
Mary Glindon	18/10/2010	North Tyneside	Labour	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	20/10/2010	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Wright	26/04/2011	Norwich South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Walley	05/05/2011	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed

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