47292
2014-15
453
Iran And The Persecution Of Religious Minorities
Jeffrey Donaldson
2014-10-30
That this House condemns the persecution of Christians, Bahá'Ãs and other religious minorities in the Islamic Republic of Iran which has increased under the leadership of President Rouhani and calls on the Iranian government to release prisoners incarcerated on account of their faith such as Farshid Fathi, Benham Irani, Alireza Seyyedian, Homayoun Shokouhi, Vahid Hakkani, Mojtaba Seyyed Alaedin Hossein, Abdolreza Ali Haghnejad, Silas Rabbani, Shahin Lahooti, Suroush Saraie, Ebrahim Firouzi, Maryam Naghash Zargaran and Rasoul Abdollahi; is concerned by Iran's refusal to allow entry to a delegation of UK parliamentarians to open positive and respectful dialogue on these matters; notes the recent comments of President Rouhani's Advisor on Religious Affairs that underlined the illegality of religious conversion in Iran which sits contrary to Iran's obligations under international law; urges the UK and the 46 other member states of the UN Human Rights Council, to raise the cases of individual Christian prisoners of conscience during Iran's Universal Periodic Review on 31 October 2014, and to recommend their release; and further urges Ministers to recognises the significance the UK population places on putting human rights and religious liberty at the heart of the UK's international relations, noting the Iranian government's eagerness to see its embassy reopened in London.
Human rights
Iran
Religion and faith communities
Jeffrey M Donaldson
2014-10-30
Proposed
Lagan Valley
DUP
William McCrea
2014-10-30
Seconded
South Antrim
DUP
Jim Shannon
2014-10-30
Seconded
Strangford
DUP
Mike Hancock
2014-11-03
Seconded
Portsmouth South
Liberal Democrat
Virendra Sharma
2014-11-03
Seconded
Ealing, Southall
Labour
Peter Bottomley
2014-11-03
Seconded
Worthing West
Conservative
Jim Cunningham
2014-11-03
Signed
Coventry South
Labour
Kate Hoey
2014-11-03
Signed
Vauxhall
Labour
Mark Durkan
2014-11-03
Signed
Foyle
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Alan Meale
2014-11-04
Signed
Mansfield
Labour
Bob Blackman
2014-11-04
Signed
Harrow East
Conservative
Gregory Campbell
2014-11-04
Signed
East Londonderry
DUP
David Simpson
2014-11-04
Signed
Upper Bann
DUP
Paul Flynn
2014-11-04
Signed
Newport West
Labour
Margaret Ritchie
2014-11-04
Signed
South Down
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Ronnie Campbell
2014-11-05
Signed
Blyth Valley
Labour
Sandra Osborne
2014-11-05
Signed
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Labour
John Leech
2014-11-05
Signed
Manchester, Withington
Liberal Democrat
Mark Williams
2014-11-05
Signed
Ceredigion
Liberal Democrat
Martin Caton
2014-11-05
Signed
Gower
Labour
Nigel Dodds
2014-11-05
Signed
Belfast North
DUP
David Anderson
2014-11-05
Signed
Blaydon
Labour
Gary Streeter
2014-11-05
Signed
South West Devon
Conservative
Ian Paisley Jnr
2014-11-05
Signed
North Antrim
DUP
Lady Hermon
2014-11-05
Signed
North Down
Independent
David Ward
2014-11-05
Signed
Bradford East
Liberal Democrat
Annette Brooke
2014-11-06
Signed
Mid Dorset and North Poole
Liberal Democrat
Andrew George
2014-11-06
Signed
St Ives
Liberal Democrat
Mary Glindon
2014-11-06
Signed
North Tyneside
Labour
Fiona Bruce
2014-11-10
Signed
Congleton
Conservative
David Crausby
2014-11-11
Signed
Bolton North East
Labour
Andrew Stunell
2014-11-11
Signed
Hazel Grove
Liberal Democrat
Alasdair McDonnell
2014-11-19
Signed
Belfast South
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Naomi Long
2014-11-19
Signed
Belfast East
Alliance
Lindsay Roy
2014-11-25
Signed
Glenrothes
Labour
Geraint Davies
2015-02-04
Signed
Swansea West
Labour