Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Richard Burgon (Labour), on Wednesday, 3 May 2023, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 18 members in total.

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Bahrain’s sponsorship of the Royal Windsor Horse Show

That this House expresses strong concern at Bahrain’s ongoing sponsorship of the Royal Windsor Horse Show 2023, to which the King of Bahrain has been a regular visitor since 2012, despite the Kingdom's appalling human rights record under his rule; notes the ongoing detention of hundreds of political prisoners, with 26 individuals at imminent risk of execution, many of whom allege torture, including Mohammed Ramadhan and Husain Moosa; further notes leading political activists who continue to face systematic medical negligence, including Hasan Mushaima, Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, Abdulwahab Husain and Sheikh Abduljalil Al-Muqdad; decries the ongoing situation regarding Dr Abduljalil Al Singace, who has remained on a hunger strike without solid food since July 2021 and the failure of King Hamad to resolve the situation; notes that previous protests met with repressive measures of retaliation including the 2016 arrest of opposition politicians; condemns reprisals and harassment against the family members of those choosing to protest against King Hamad’s repressive rule and presence in the UK; opposes the invitation of King Hamad to the Royal Windsor Horse Show and Bahrain’s sponsorship of the event; calls for the sponsorship to be ended and the invitation rescinded; further calls on the Royal Windsor Horse Show to uphold its own human rights policy adopted in 2021 and prevent the show from being used to sportswash the reputation of the Bahraini regime.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1125 

Session

2022-23

Other sponsors

Jeremy Corbyn

Grahame Morris

Ian Byrne

Zarah Sultana

Nadia Whittome

Subjects

Bahrain Royal visits Royal Windsor Horse Show

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk