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2017-19
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Hunger Strike By Political Prisoners In Colombia
Jo Stevens
2017-07-17
That this House welcomes the amnesty framework laid out in the Peace Agreement between the Government of Colombia and the FARC-EP of August 2016; notes that all political prisoners should have been freed in January 2017; regrets that only 1,081 of 3,400 FARC prisoners have so far been released from Colombian gaols; is concerned that more than 1,400 prisoners began a hunger strike on 26 June 2017 in protest about the lack of implementation of the amnesty law; is further concerned that many have sewn up their mouths in this hunger strike in what is a painful and dangerous personal gesture; and calls on the UK Government to join the 455 human rights defenders and leading campaigners from all over the world, including Nobel Peace Prize winner Adolfo Perez Esquivel, in asking the Colombian Government to fulfil its obligations under the Peace Agreement and release the remaining political prisoners.
Human rights
International politics and government
Latin America
Prisons
Jo Stevens
2017-07-17
Proposed
Cardiff Central
Labour
Catherine West
2017-07-17
Seconded
Hornsey and Wood Green
Labour
Jim Shannon
2017-07-17
Seconded
Strangford
DUP
Clive Efford
2017-07-17
Seconded
Eltham
Labour
Peter Bottomley
2017-07-17
Seconded
Worthing West
Conservative
Jonathan Edwards
2017-07-18
Seconded
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
Plaid Cymru
Lady Hermon
2017-07-18
Signed
North Down
Independent
Conor McGinn
2017-07-18
Signed
St Helens North
Labour
Angus MacNeil
2017-07-18
Signed
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Scottish National Party
Chris Stephens
2017-07-18
Signed
Glasgow South West
Scottish National Party
Dennis Skinner
2017-07-18
Signed
Bolsover
Labour
Kelvin Hopkins
2017-07-18
Signed
Luton North
Labour
Tony Lloyd
2017-07-18
Signed
Caroline Lucas
2017-07-19
Signed
Brighton, Pavilion
Green
Ronnie Campbell
2017-07-19
Signed
Blyth Valley
Labour
Alan Brown
2017-07-19
Signed
Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Scottish National Party
Anna McMorrin
2017-07-20
Signed
Cardiff North
Labour
Chris Law
2017-07-20
Signed
Dundee West
Scottish National Party
Stephanie Peacock
2017-07-20
Signed
Barnsley East
Labour
Ellie Reeves
2017-09-05
Signed
Lewisham West and Penge
Labour
Clive Lewis
2017-09-05
Signed
Norwich South
Labour