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END DEGRADING TREATMENT OF POLITICAL PRISONERS IN BAHRAIN

EDM (Early Day Motion) 1631: tabled on 13 September 2018

Tabled in the 2017-19 session.

This motion has been signed by 51 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted.

Motion text

That this House deplores the degrading treatment of political prisoners in Bahrain; is appalled by the inhuman conditions of detention facilities as described by the UN Human Rights Committee in July 2018, particularly in Jau prison, including unsanitary conditions, severe overcrowding, inadequate access to drinking water and unhygienic toilet facilities; is concerned about the arbitrary and extrajudicial arrest of 13 Bahraini opposition leaders who were subjected to torture and unlawfully convicted by a military court in 2011; condemns the deliberate targeting of Hassan Mushaima, who is being denied unconditional access to medical care, family visits and books; notes with dismay that Dr Abduljalil Al-Singace and Abdulwahab Husain are victims of similar punitive measures; is concerned that the violations of Mr Mushaima's rights have caused his son to launch a hunger strike outside the Bahraini Embassy in London, and that the political prisoner Ali Hajji is also on a hunger strike to protest degrading treatment in Jau prison; expresses further concern that the UK has provided over £5 million in technical assistance programmes to Bahrain to train human rights oversight bodies, which appear to have systematically failed to investigate thoroughly human rights abuses and whitewashed torture in Bahraini prisons; urges the Government to suspend the programme until Bahrain abides by its international human rights obligations, including the UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners; and calls for the immediate release of all political prisoners, including the Bahrain 13.

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.

Bailey, Mr Adrian
Labour
Signed on 11 October 2018
West Bromwich West
Bardell, Hannah
Scottish National Party
Signed on 9 October 2018
Livingston
Benn, Hilary
Labour
Signed on 15 October 2018
Leeds Central
Brown, Alan
Scottish National Party
Signed on 9 October 2018
Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Bruce, Fiona
Conservative
Signed on 23 October 2018
Congleton
Buck, Ms Karen
Labour
Signed on 10 October 2018
Westminster North
Carmichael, Mr Alistair
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 19 November 2018
Orkney and Shetland
Chapman, Douglas
Scottish National Party
Signed on 26 October 2018
Dunfermline and West Fife
Cooper, Rosie
Labour
Signed on 20 November 2018
West Lancashire
Cruddas, Jon
Labour
Signed on 17 October 2018
Dagenham and Rainham
Cryer, John
Labour
Signed on 24 October 2018
Leyton and Wanstead
Cunningham, Mr Jim
Labour
Signed on 9 October 2018
Coventry South
Day, Martyn
Scottish National Party
Signed on 10 October 2018
Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Edwards, Jonathan
Plaid Cymru
Signed on 10 October 2018
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
George, Ruth
Labour
Signed on 11 October 2018
High Peak
Gethins, Stephen
Scottish National Party
Signed on 23 October 2018
North East Fife
Glindon, Mary
Labour
Signed on 11 October 2018
North Tyneside
Hendry, Drew
Scottish National Party
Signed on 9 October 2018
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Hermon, Lady
Independent
Signed on 10 October 2018
North Down
Hobhouse, Wera
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 10 October 2018
Bath
Hopkins, Kelvin
Independent
Signed on 10 October 2018
Luton North
Jardine, Christine
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 22 October 2018
Edinburgh West
Lake, Ben
Plaid Cymru
Signed on 15 October 2018
Ceredigion
Law, Chris
Scottish National Party
Signed on 10 October 2018
Dundee West
Lloyd, Stephen
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 20 November 2018
Eastbourne
Lucas, Caroline
Green Party
Signed on 22 October 2018
Brighton, Pavilion
Mann, John
Labour
Signed on 12 November 2018
Bassetlaw
McDonald, Stewart Malcolm
Scottish National Party
Signed on 11 October 2018
Glasgow South
Pearce, Teresa
Labour
Signed on 1 November 2018
Erith and Thamesmead
Reynolds, Emma
Labour
Signed on 11 October 2018
Wolverhampton North East
Russell-Moyle, Lloyd
Labour
Signed on 9 October 2018
Brighton, Kemptown
Saville Roberts, Liz
Plaid Cymru
Signed on 10 October 2018
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Shannon, Jim
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on 9 October 2018
Strangford
Slaughter, Andy
Labour
Signed on 9 October 2018
Hammersmith
Stephens, Chris
Scottish National Party
Signed on 11 October 2018
Glasgow South West
Stringer, Graham
Labour
Signed on 15 October 2018
Blackley and Broughton
Twigg, Stephen
Labour
Signed on 1 November 2018
Liverpool, West Derby
Williamson, Chris
Labour
Signed on 18 October 2018
Derby North
Wishart, Pete
Scottish National Party
Signed on 6 November 2018
Perth and North Perthshire
Hayes, Helen
Labour
Signed on 6 December 2018
Dulwich and West Norwood
Blackford, Ian
Scottish National Party
Signed on 15 January 2019
Ross, Skye and Lochaber
McNally, John
Scottish National Party
Signed on 15 January 2019
Falkirk
Sheppard, Tommy
Scottish National Party
Signed on 22 January 2019
Edinburgh East
O'Hara, Brendan
Scottish National Party
Signed on 31 January 2019
Argyll and Bute
Hoey, Kate
Labour
Signed on 4 June 2019
Vauxhall

There are no withdrawn signatures for this motion.