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MALDIVES

Early day motion 1582, tabled 22 July 2004 by Mark Oaten (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 89 members.

That this House, seeing the developing situation in the Maldives, urges President Gayoom and all sides to work for urgent, peaceful democratisation; abhors the detention and torture of political prisoners as documented by Amnesty International; urges the full recognition of the Maldivian Democratic Party; and urges the British Government to strengthen its representations on the matter and British and other companies present in the Maldives to refrain from any activity that impedes the growth of democracy.

Signatures by party: Labour 41, Liberal Democrat 27, Conservative 11, Labour/Co-operative 3, Plaid Cymru 2, Scottish National Party 2, Independent Conservative 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1, UUP 1.