Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor John Pugh (Liberal Democrat), on Sunday, 30 May 2010, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 145 members in total.

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HUMAN RIGHTS IN BURMA

That this House sends its best wishes to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who will spend her 65th birthday in detention on 19 June 2010; calls for the immediate release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners in Burma; rejects the elections planned by Burma's generals later this year which, due to election laws and ongoing repression in Burma, cannot be free and fair; condemns Burma's new constitution which is designed to maintain dictatorship in civilian guise and does not grant rights or protection to Burma's ethnic minorities; notes that all diplomatic efforts to reform the dictatorship's sham roadmap to democracy have failed; recalls that the United Nations Security Council, General Assembly, Secretary General and Human Rights Council have all stated that the solution to the problems in Burma lies in dialogue between the dictatorship, Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy, and ethnic representatives; and calls on the Government to support a United Nations-led effort to pressure the dictatorship to enter into such dialogue.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

112 

Session

2010-12

Other sponsors

Peter Bottomley

Keith Vaz

Alan Keen

Wayne David

John Whittingdale

Subjects

Human rights Politics and government Asia

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk