PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
Continued detention of Bahai in Yemen (1 June 2020)

That this House notes that over two months have passed since the President of the Houthi Supreme Political Council in Yemen ordered the release of six Baha’is, who have been in long term detention in Sana’a; further notes that this includes Mr Hamed bin Haydara who was under sentence of death and that President al-Mashat ordered his pardon on 25 March; observes that all six Baha’is are still imprisoned, and that reports confirm that other detainees in their prison facility have contracted covid-19; and urges the Government to make fresh and urgent appeals to the Houthi authorities to expedite the President’s orders for release of these six prisoners of conscience.

Sponsored by:
Bob Blackman (Conservative)