NEPAL

Early day motion 1436, tabled 20 January 2006 by Jeremy Corbyn (Labour). Signed by 47 members.

That this House is alarmed at the behaviour of the Nepalese government in its arrest of key opposition leaders in advance of a planned protest against the King's seizure of absolute power nearly a year ago, and its subsequent implementation of a dawn-to-dusk curfew in the capital; notes that the homes of at least five leading politicians from the alliance of seven major political parties and 78 other senior politicians were raided, with the politicians either arrested or placed under house arrest for a period of 90 days with no visitors; and therefore calls upon the Nepalese government to release these people, as well as the other 300 society leaders and human rights defenders from local districts who were also arrested, with a view to allowing a peaceful protest to take place.

Signatures by party: Labour 33, Liberal Democrat 7, Conservative 2, DUP 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Respect 1.