Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Tony Lloyd (Labour), on Monday, 3 July 2023, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 16 members in total.

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Visit of the Bahraini Crown Prince to the UK

That this House is concerned about the visit by Bahraini Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa to the UK; highlights the continued detention of an estimated 1,200 political prisoners, including Abdulwahab Hussain, Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, Sheikh Ali Salman, Hassan Mushaima and Abduljalil Al-Singace; further notes reports of mistreatment and denial of medical treatment of some political prisoners; condemns the wider context of repression in Bahrain; reiterates misgivings about death penalty convictions, some of which may be carried out imminently, further to allegations of coerced confessions and other serious violations of fair trial rights; and calls on the UK Government during meetings with the Crown Prince to press for the release of all political prisoners, an urgent review of the death penalty convictions and the reinstatement of the de facto moratorium on judicial executions, and to ensure that any free trade agreement concluded with the Gulf Cooperation Council includes human rights protections and benchmarks.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1406 

Session

2022-23

Other sponsors

John McDonnell

Jonathan Edwards

Martin Docherty-Hughes

Chris Stephens

Kenny MacAskill

Subjects

Human rights Political prisoners Bahrain Royal visits

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk