Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Tom Harris (Labour), on Wednesday, 17 November 2010, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 63 members in total.

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IMPRISONMENT OF ZARGANAR BY BURMESE AUTHORITIES

That this House condemns the treatment by the Burmese regime of the actor, director and comedian, Zarganar, who in 2006 was banned from any public performance and who in 2008, after speaking out on behalf of millions of Burmese citizens left homeless by a cyclone, was convicted of public order offences and sentenced to 59 years imprisonment, this sentence being reduced on appeal to 35 years; believes that Zarganar has suffered a grievous miscarriage of justice; and calls on the Burmese government to release him at the earliest possible opportunity.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1034 

Session

2010-12

Other sponsors

Dennis Skinner

Cathy Jamieson

Lord Cryer

Graham Stringer

Ian Lavery

Subjects

Politics and government Asia

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk