51884
2017-19
1413
Continued Detention Of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe In Iran
Tom Brake
2018-06-18
That this House expresses concern regarding the arbitrary detention of dual nationals in Iran, highlighted in the most recent UN Human Rights Resolution on Iran; notes that human rights of UK nationals detained in Iran must be a red line in any future trade deals negotiated with Iran; expresses particular concern regarding the case of Ms Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British dual national who has been imprisoned for over 800 days; is worried for the health and safety of Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe who has been kept in solitary confinement for over eight months; emphasises that the UN ruled that her arrest was arbitrary and her trial was conducted in secret courts; expresses further concern that comments made by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs have been used as evidence against Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe; expresses dismay at the Government's failure to acknowledge any violation of Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe's rights and has failed to condemn the Iranian Government; urges the Government to publicly call for the immediate release of Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe; recommends that the Government should make these representations based on its human rights violations; further urges the Government to take a more proactive approach to identifying and intervening in cases where British nationals face human rights violations; urges the Government to improve levels of consular access for UK nationals imprisoned abroad; and calls on the Government to state that in all cases involving British nationals imprisoned abroad, any threat of or actual torture and mistreatment is unacceptable and will be publicly condemned by the Government.
Human rights
Iran
Prisons
Tom Brake
2018-06-18
Proposed
Carshalton and Wallington
Liberal Democrat
Jim Cunningham
2018-06-19
Seconded
Coventry South
Labour
Jim Shannon
2018-06-19
Seconded
Strangford
DUP
Peter Bottomley
2018-06-19
Seconded
Worthing West
Conservative
Martyn Day
2018-06-19
Seconded
Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Scottish National Party
Tim Farron
2018-06-19
Seconded
Westmorland and Lonsdale
Liberal Democrat
Layla Moran
2018-06-20
Signed
Oxford West and Abingdon
Liberal Democrat
Mary Glindon
2018-06-20
Signed
North Tyneside
Labour
Ruth George
2018-06-20
Signed
High Peak
Labour
Chris Stephens
2018-06-20
Signed
Glasgow South West
Scottish National Party
Martin Docherty
2018-06-20
Signed
West Dunbartonshire
Scottish National Party
Liz Saville Roberts
2018-06-20
Signed
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Plaid Cymru
Alison Thewliss
2018-06-20
Signed
Glasgow Central
Scottish National Party
Jamie Stone
2018-06-20
Signed
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Liberal Democrat
Patrick Grady
2018-06-21
Signed
Glasgow North
Scottish National Party
Christine Jardine
2018-06-21
Signed
Edinburgh West
Liberal Democrat
Brendan O'Hara
2018-06-21
Signed
Argyll and Bute
Scottish National Party
Kate Hollern
2018-06-25
Signed
Blackburn
Labour
John McNally
2018-06-25
Signed
Falkirk
Scottish National Party