PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
IMPRISONMENT OF ZARGANAR BY BURMESE AUTHORITIES (17 November 2010)
Motion Details
That this House condemns the treatment by the Burmese regime of the actor, director and comedian, Zarganar, who in 2006 was banned from any public performance and who in 2008, after speaking out on behalf of millions of Burmese citizens left homeless by a cyclone, was convicted of public order offences and sentenced to 59 years imprisonment, this sentence being reduced on appeal to 35 years; believes that Zarganar has suffered a grievous miscarriage of justice; and calls on the Burmese government to release him at the earliest possible opportunity.
Sponsored by:
Mr Tom Harris (Labour)
EDMS Sponsor By Party
Party
Votes
%
Labour
34
54%
Liberal Democrat
11
17%
Conservative
6
10%
Independent
4
6%
Scottish National Party
3
5%
Democratic Unionist Party
2
3%
The Independent Group for Change
2
3%
Social Democratic & Labour Party
1
2%
Sponsor List (63 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Dame Anne Begg
LD
Lord Beith
Lab
Tom Blenkinsop
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
LD
Tom Brake
LD
Lord Bruce of Bennachie
Lab
Mr Ronnie Campbell
Ind
Mr Douglas Carswell
IGC
Ann Coffey
Lab
Michael Connarty
Lab
Sir David Crausby
Lab
Lord Cryer
Lab
Mr Jim Cunningham
Con
David T C Davies
Con
Sir Philip Davies
Lab
Jim Dobbin
Lab
Clive Efford
Eltham and Chislehurst
Lab
Julie Elliott
IGC
Mike Gapes
LD
Andrew George
St Ives
Lab
Mr Tom Harris (Sponsor)
Ind
Mr Stephen Hepburn
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
Lab
Glenda Jackson
Lab
Cathy Jamieson
Con
Baroness Laing of Elderslie
Lab
Ian Lavery
Blyth and Ashington
LD
Mr John Leech
Lab
Mr Andrew Love
Lab
Mr Denis MacShane
SDLP
Dr Alasdair McDonnell
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Alison McGovern
Birkenhead
Lab
Jim McGovern
Lab
Sir Alan Meale
Con
Mrs Louise Mensch
Lab
Grahame Morris
Easington
Lab
Fiona O'Donnell
Lab
Albert Owen
DUP
Ian Paisley
LD
John Pugh
LD
Mr Alan Reid
Lab
Mrs Linda Riordan
LD
Dan Rogerson
Lab
Steve Rotheram
Lab
Lindsay Roy
Lab
Chris Ruane
Lab
Dame Joan Ruddock
LD
Sir Bob Russell
DUP
Jim Shannon
Strangford
Lab
Mr Dennis Skinner
Lab
Graham Stringer
Blackley and Middleton South
LD
Jo Swinson
Lab
Mark Tami
Alyn and Deeside
LD
Viscount Thurso
Lab
Keith Vaz
Lab
Valerie Vaz
Walsall and Bloxwich
Con
Mr Robin Walker
Lab
Joan Walley
Lab
Lord Watts
SNP
Mike Weir
SNP
Dr Eilidh Whiteford
SNP
Pete Wishart
Perth and Kinross-shire
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