Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Jeremy Corbyn (Labour), on Friday, 20 January 2006, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 47 members in total.

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NEPAL

That this House is alarmed at the behaviour of the Nepalese government in its arrest of key opposition leaders in advance of a planned protest against the King's seizure of absolute power nearly a year ago, and its subsequent implementation of a dawn-to-dusk curfew in the capital; notes that the homes of at least five leading politicians from the alliance of seven major political parties and 78 other senior politicians were raided, with the politicians either arrested or placed under house arrest for a period of 90 days with no visitors; and therefore calls upon the Nepalese government to release these people, as well as the other 300 society leaders and human rights defenders from local districts who were also arrested, with a view to allowing a peaceful protest to take place.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1436 

Session

2005-06

Other sponsors

Harry Cohen

Bob Spink

John McDonnell

Lynne Jones

Mark Durkan

Subjects

Nepal Social unrest

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk