Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Baroness Featherstone (Liberal Democrat), on Monday, 22 February 2010, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 22 members in total.

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INQUIRY INTO LETHAL FORCE AGAINST MALAYSIAN ETHNIC INDIANS

That this House supports the right of all communities to peaceful protest; notes with concern the allegations of indiscriminate lethal force by the police against protesting ethnic Indians in Malaysia; further notes a state's right to curtail violent protest by proportionate means; and calls on the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs to make urgent representations to the Malaysian government to hold an open and impartial inquiry into recent deaths of ethnic Indians at the hands of the police.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

871 

Session

2009-10

Other sponsors

Kelvin Hopkins

Lynne Jones

Jeremy Corbyn

Ann Cryer

Mike Hancock

Subjects

Asia

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk