Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Labour and Co-operative Party), on Wednesday, 10 February 2021, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 14 members in total.

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Baha’i land in Iran

That this House notes the judgment of Branch 54 of the Special Court for Article 49 of the Constitution in Iran, issued on 1 August 2020 and a further extraordinary session of the Court of Appeal on 13 October 2020 in the case of properties and farms belonging to a community of Baha’is; further notes the effect of these judgments appears to finalise the expropriation of lands that Baha’is have farmed for nearly 150 years; observes that Baha’i rights can be dismissed though their omission from the Constitution; and calls on the UK Government to make urgent representations to the Iranian authorities to prevent the dispossession of this law-abiding religious community.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1487 

Session

2019-21

Other sponsors

Carol Monaghan

Alison Thewliss

Allan Dorans

Rachel Hopkins

Navendu Mishra

Subjects

Baha'i faith Farmers Property Iran

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk