DEATH PENALTY IN INDIA

Early day motion 2219, tabled 22 May 2006 by John McDonnell (Labour). Signed by 37 members.

That this House welcomes Amnesty International UK's section Report 2006, Standing Up for Human Rights, which calls upon India to send a strong signal of its support for human rights by abolishing the death penalty; calls for the release of Professor Davinderpal Singh Bhullar who, having been illegally extradited from Germany, is currently under sentence of death; and urges the UK Government to use whatever influence it can to urge the Indian government to abolish the death penalty and to free Professor Bhullar.

Signatures by party: Labour 24, Liberal Democrat 6, Plaid Cymru 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Conservative 1, Respect 1, UUP 1.