Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Robert Parry (Labour), on Tuesday, 21 March 1995, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 48 members in total.

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RIGHTS OF MINORITIES IN PAKISTAN

That this House welcomes the recent High Court decision to release the Pakistani Christians, Manzoor Masih and 14-year old Salamat Masih, who had been under sentence of death on blasphemy charges; notes however, that the undemocratic law under which they were charged remains on the statute books, posing a grave threat to human rights and to the liberty, dignity and safety of the country's Christian community and all religions and other minorities; and therefore calls on the government of Pakistan to take all necessary measures to safeguard the life and liberty of Manzoor Masih and Salamat Masih, to repeal the present blasphemy law and take all necessary steps to safeguard and ensure religious liberty and civil rights.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

855 

Session

1994-95

Other sponsors

Dennis Canavan

Eddie Loyden

Ronnie Campbell

John Cummings

David Young

Subjects

Civil liberties Blasphemy Pakistan Religious freedom Masih, Salamat Masih, Manzoor

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk