PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
Protests in Iran (14 November 2022)

Motion Details

That this House notes that protests against the Iranian government have been taking place for the last two months in Iran following the death in custody of Mahsa Amini; further notes with alarm that the Iranian authorities have killed more than 300 people and detained thousands of others in response; understands that hundreds of people have been charged for their participation in the protests, with at least one person being sentenced to death so far; reaffirms its solidarity with pro-democracy and human rights activists, and its opposition to violent repression and the use of death sentences; urges the Government to call for the UN Human Rights Council to establish an international investigative and accountability mechanism to collect, consolidate, preserve, and analyse evidence of the most serious crimes under international law committed in Iran; and calls on the Government to commit to exercising universal jurisdiction to criminally investigate and prosecute Iranian officials suspected of criminal responsibility for crimes under international law and to strengthen Magnitsky-style sanctions on officials involved in human rights abuses.

Sponsored by:
Nadia Whittome (Labour)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Labour
13
27%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
10
21%
 
 
Independent
8
17%
 
 
Scottish National Party
7
15%
 
 
Plaid Cymru
3
6%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
2
4%
 
 
Green Party
1
2%
 
 
Conservative
1
2%
 
 
Alba Party
1
2%
 
 
Social Democratic & Labour Party
1
2%
 
 
Alliance
1
2%
 
Sponsor List (48 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Lord Beamish
Ind
Apsana Begum
Poplar and Limehouse
Lab
Hilary Benn
Leeds South
Con
Bob Blackman
Harrow East
Lab
Paul Blomfield
SNP
Deidre Brock
Ind
Richard Burgon
Leeds East
Ind
Ian Byrne
Liverpool West Derby
Lab
Dan Carden
Liverpool Walton
LD
Wendy Chamberlain
North East Fife
LD
Daisy Cooper
St Albans
Ind
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
LD
Ed Davey
Kingston and Surbiton
Lab
Marsha De Cordova
Battersea
SNP
Dave Doogan
Angus and Perthshire Glens
LD
Tim Farron
Westmorland and Lonsdale
APNI
Stephen Farry
DUP
Paul Girvan
LD
Sarah Green
Chesham and Amersham
SDLP
Claire Hanna
Belfast South and Mid Down
LD
Wera Hobhouse
Bath
SNP
Stewart Hosie
LD
Christine Jardine
Edinburgh West
Lab
Kim Johnson
Liverpool Riverside
PC
Ben Lake
Ceredigion Preseli
Lab
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
South Shields
Lab
Tony Lloyd
Ind
Rebecca Long Bailey
Salford
Green
Caroline Lucas
Alba
Kenny MacAskill
Lab
Rachael Maskell
York Central
SNP
Stuart C McDonald
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
LD
Layla Moran
Oxford West and Abingdon
LD
Sarah Olney
Richmond Park
SNP
Kirsten Oswald
Lab
Bell Ribeiro-Addy
Clapham and Brixton Hill
PC
Liz Saville Roberts
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
DUP
Jim Shannon
Strangford
SNP
Tommy Sheppard
Lab
Cat Smith
Lancaster and Wyre
Lab
Lord Spellar
Ind
Zarah Sultana
Coventry South
SNP
Alison Thewliss
Ind
Claudia Webbe
Lab
Nadia Whittome (Sponsor)
Nottingham East
PC
Hywel Williams
LD
Munira Wilson
Twickenham

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