PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
Pressures on Baha'is in Mazandaran (12 April 2021)

Motion Details

That this House notes a report of 9 March 2021 by Federation International des Ligues de Droits de L’Homme alerting the world to increased pressures on Baha’is in the province of Mazandaran, Iran; further notes the text of a directive from the Commission on Ethnicities, Sects and Religions in the town of Sari, Mazandaran, dated September 2020; observes that this directive mandates authorities to identify Baha’is students in order to bring them to Islam and to further suppress Baha’i economic activity; and urges the Government to make representations to the Iranian authorities on this matter.

Sponsored by:
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Liberal Democrat)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Scottish National Party
2
29%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
1
14%
 
 
Conservative
1
14%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
1
14%
 
 
Independent
1
14%
 
 
Labour
1
14%
 
Sponsor List (7 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Con
Bob Blackman
Harrow East
LD
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Sponsor)
Orkney and Shetland
SNP
Marion Fellows
Ind
Margaret Ferrier
Lab
Rachel Hopkins
Luton South and South Bedfordshire
DUP
Jim Shannon
Strangford
SNP
Alison Thewliss

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