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HUMAN RIGHTS IN ERITREA

EDM (Early Day Motion) 112: tabled on 10 June 2015

Tabled in the 2015-16 session.

This motion has been signed by 53 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted.

As this motion is using historical data, we may not have the record of the original ordering, in which case signatories are listed alphabetically.

Motion text

That this House strongly condemns the serious and systematic human rights violations committed by the Eritrean government, as detailed by the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea, which published a hard-hitting report last week; expresses its concern that the Eritrean government has created a pervasive climate of fear, causing hundreds of thousands of refugees to flee the country; deplores the evidence of Eritrea's use of compulsory, slavery-like national service, adoption of a shoot-to-kill policy at its borders, systematic stifling of dissent and complete failure to uphold the rule of law; notes that some of the violations found by the Commission may amount to crimes against humanity; is dismayed that it appears to have taken the recent migrant crisis in the Mediterranean for the international community to acknowledge the terrible suffering of the Eritrean people; and calls on the Government to condemn these violations in the strongest possible terms, to observe the Commission's request for the international community to offer protection to Eritreans fleeing the country and to work with the international community to address the appalling human rights situation in Eritrea.

The first 6 Members who have signed to support the motion are the sponsors. The primary sponsor is generally the person who tabled the motion and has responsibility for it. The date shown is when the Member signed the motion.

In addition to the sponsors, the following Members have signed to support the motion.

Abbott, Ms Diane
Labour
Signed on 11 June 2015
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Ahmed-Sheikh, Ms Tasmina
Scottish National Party
Signed on 22 June 2015
Ochil and South Perthshire
Anderson, Mr David
Labour
Signed on 16 June 2015
Blaydon
Blackford, Ian
Scottish National Party
Signed on 22 June 2015
Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Blackman, Kirsty
Scottish National Party
Signed on 15 June 2015
Aberdeen North
Bottomley, Sir Peter
Conservative
Signed on 15 June 2015
Worthing West
Brown, Alan
Scottish National Party
Signed on 21 July 2015
Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Carmichael, Mr Alistair
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 16 June 2015
Orkney and Shetland
Crausby, Mr David
Labour
Signed on 21 July 2015
Bolton North East
Crawley, Angela
Scottish National Party
Signed on 11 May 2016
Lanark and Hamilton East
Cunningham, Mr Jim
Labour
Signed on 15 June 2015
Coventry South
Day, Martyn
Scottish National Party
Signed on 11 June 2015
Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Debbonaire, Thangam
Labour
Signed on 2 November 2015
Bristol West
Docherty, Martin John
Scottish National Party
Signed on 16 June 2015
West Dunbartonshire
Dodds, Mr Nigel
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on 16 June 2015
Belfast North
Flello, Robert
Labour
Signed on 16 June 2015
Stoke-on-Trent South
Flynn, Paul
Labour
Signed on 16 June 2015
Newport West
Gapes, Mike
Labour
Signed on 29 June 2015
Ilford South
Glindon, Mary
Labour
Signed on 18 June 2015
North Tyneside
Godsiff, Mr Roger
Labour
Signed on 24 June 2015
Birmingham, Hall Green
Grady, Patrick
Scottish National Party
Signed on 16 June 2015
Glasgow North
Gray, Neil
Scottish National Party
Signed on 15 June 2015
Airdrie and Shotts
Hermon, Lady
Independent
Signed on 17 June 2015
North Down
Kinnock, Stephen
Labour
Signed on 23 June 2015
Aberavon
Leigh, Sir Edward
Conservative
Signed on 17 September 2015
Gainsborough
Lewis, Clive
Labour
Signed on 22 June 2015
Norwich South
MacNeil, Angus Brendan
Scottish National Party
Signed on 2 July 2015
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Maskell, Rachael
Labour
Signed on 16 June 2015
York Central
McDonald, Andy
Labour
Signed on 17 June 2015
Middlesbrough
McDonald, Stuart C.
Scottish National Party
Signed on 18 June 2015
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
McDonnell, John
Labour
Signed on 16 June 2015
Hayes and Harlington
McGarry, Natalie
Scottish National Party
Signed on 15 June 2015
Glasgow East
McInnes, Liz
Labour
Signed on 15 June 2015
Heywood and Middleton
McNally, John
Scottish National Party
Signed on 15 June 2015
Falkirk
Meale, Sir Alan
Labour
Signed on 15 June 2015
Mansfield
Monaghan, Carol
Scottish National Party
Signed on 1 July 2015
Glasgow North West
Newlands, Gavin
Scottish National Party
Signed on 23 June 2015
Paisley and Renfrewshire North
Pennycook, Matthew
Labour
Signed on 6 July 2015
Greenwich and Woolwich
Qureshi, Yasmin
Labour
Signed on 2 July 2015
Bolton South East
Ritchie, Ms Margaret
Social Democratic & Labour Party
Signed on 15 June 2015
South Down
Saville Roberts, Liz
Plaid Cymru
Signed on 16 June 2015
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Sharma, Mr Virendra
Labour
Signed on 15 June 2015
Ealing, Southall
Thompson, Owen
Scottish National Party
Signed on 15 June 2015
Midlothian
Whitford, Dr Philippa
Scottish National Party
Signed on 22 June 2015
Central Ayrshire
Williams, Mr Mark
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 18 June 2015
Ceredigion
Wilson, Corri
Scottish National Party
Signed on 15 July 2015
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Zeichner, Daniel
Labour
Signed on 1 July 2015
Cambridge

There are no withdrawn signatures for this motion.