Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Jeremy Corbyn (Labour), on Friday, 20 March 2015, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 19 members in total.

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YEMEN AND THE KILLING OF JOURNALIST ABDULKARIM AL-KHAIWANI

That this House condemns the killing of journalist Abdulkarim al-Khaiwani in Yemen and calls for the relevant authorities to conduct a prompt, thorough, independent and impartial investigation into this and other targeted assassinations; is deeply concerned at the deteriorating situation in Yemen, which has witnessed restrictions and freedom of assembly and press freedom, as well as attacks on peaceful protests and targeting of civilians by all sides to the conflict; notes that the situation is being exploited by al-Qaeda in the Arab Peninsula, who has benefited from the unrest and polarisation in Yemen and stepped up its activities targeting Huthis; and calls on the Government and the international community to live up to commitments made at the 2014 Friends of Yemen conference, and press for respect for human rights and a political settlement that will halt the deteriorating situation.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

903 

Session

2014-15

Other sponsors

Ann Clwyd

Paul Flynn

John McDonnell

Kelvin Hopkins

Bob Russell

Subjects

Middle East

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk