Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Louise Ellman (Labour and Co-operative Party), on Monday, 7 November 2005, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 94 members in total.

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SITUATION IN ETHIOPIA

That this House expresses grave concern at the current situation in Ethiopia which resulted in the killing of at least 46 people in last week's anti-government protests; condemns all violence, whether by security forces or demonstrators; urges the Ethiopian government to release all political detainees; calls on the Ethiopian government to allow immediate access to the International Red Cross to jailed opposition leaders, civil society and media leaders; urges the Government to provide notification to families of names and whereabouts of detainees together with appropriate access and provision of humanitarian needs; calls upon the Ethiopian government to initiate an independent investigation arising from recent events and events in June; and further urges the Ethiopian government to reinstate a free media.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received an amendment.

SITUATION IN ETHIOPIA (959A1)

The Early day motion has received an amendment sponsored by Baroness Hoey (primary, Labour) and tabled on Wednesday, 9 November 2005. It has been signed by 12 members in total.

After `protests', insert `notes that the head of the EU Election Observation Mission, Ana Gomez MEP, considered the Ethiopian elections in May `not to have met the international standards for genuine democratic elections'.;

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

959 

959A1 

Session

2005-06

Other sponsors

Peter Bottomley

Elfyn Llwyd

Gregory Campbell

Martin Caton

Andrew George

Subjects

Politics and government Ethiopia

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk