Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor John Battle (Labour), on Wednesday, 17 December 2008, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 182 members in total.

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UNITED NATIONS AND POLITICAL PRISONERS IN BURMA

That this House condemns the arrest of over a thousand further political prisoners since the democracy uprising in September 2007, bringing the total to more than 2,100; further condemns the sentencing of hundreds of these activists to long jail terms; notes that many of the prisoners have been moved to jails hundreds of miles from where their families live; further notes that the United Nations Security Council, United Nations General Assembly, European Union and ASEAN have all called for the release of political prisoners in Burma and that these calls have been ignored; further notes that 37 visits by United Nations envoys have failed to secure a single reform; calls on the United Nations Secretary General to travel to Burma to negotiate the release of all political prisoners; further calls on the United Nations Security Council to pass a resolution giving full support to the Secretary General's efforts; and further calls on the British Government to continue to work for a Resolution by the Security Council.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

343 

Session

2008-09

Other sponsors

Peter Bottomley

John McDonnell

Andrew Dismore

Mark Durkan

Evan Harris

Subjects

Prisons Asia

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk