PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
WESTERN SAHARA AND HUMAN RIGHTS (26 February 2013)

Motion Details

That this House notes the concerns raised by Amnesty International and other organisations over the trial and sentencing of 24 civilian Saharawi human rights activists by a military tribunal; further notes the increasing human rights abuses in the Western Sahara; acknowledges the need for MINURSO to be given a human rights monitoring mandate; and calls on the Government to make representations to the Moroccan government to revoke the politically motivated and unjust sentences against the 24 Saharawi human rights activists, to release all Saharawi prisoners in Moroccan jails and to allow access to the Saharawi territories under Morocco's occupation by independent observers and international media.

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Jeremy Corbyn (Your Party)

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Votes
%
 
Labour
29
57%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
7
14%
 
 
Conservative
3
6%
 
 
Independent
3
6%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
2
4%
 
 
Social Democratic & Labour Party
2
4%
 
 
Your Party
1
2%
 
 
Plaid Cymru
1
2%
 
 
Green Party
1
2%
 
 
Crossbench
1
2%
 
 
Alliance
1
2%
 
Sponsor List (51 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Con
Sir David Amess
Lab
Mr David Anderson
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
LD
Annette Brooke
Lab
Mr Ronnie Campbell
Lab
Martin Caton
Lab
Sarah Champion
Rotherham
Lab
Baroness Clark of Kilwinning
YP
Jeremy Corbyn (Sponsor)
Islington North
Lab
Sir David Crausby
Lab
Lord Cryer
Lab
Jim Dobbin
Lab
Frank Dobson
SDLP
Mark Durkan
Ind
Jonathan Edwards
Con
Jonathan Evans
XB
Lord Field of Birkenhead
Lab
Paul Flynn
Lab
Dr Hywel Francis
Lab
Mary Glindon
Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
Lab
Mr Roger Godsiff
Lab
Lord Hain
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
Lab
Glenda Jackson
Lab
Baroness Jowell
Lab
Sir Gerald Kaufman
LD
Mr John Leech
APNI
Naomi Long
Lab
Mr Andrew Love
Green
Caroline Lucas
SDLP
Dr Alasdair McDonnell
Lab
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Sir Alan Meale
Lab
Ian Mearns
Lab
Grahame Morris
Easington
Lab
Mrs Linda Riordan
Lab
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
Lab
John Robertson
Lab
Lindsay Roy
LD
Sir Bob Russell
LD
Mr Adrian Sanders
DUP
Jim Shannon
Strangford
Lab
Mr Virendra Sharma
DUP
David Simpson
Lab
Valerie Vaz
Walsall and Bloxwich
Lab
Joan Walley
LD
Mr David Ward
PC
Hywel Williams
LD
Mr Mark Williams
LD
Roger Williams

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