MRS SHEIKH HASINA WAJID

Early day motion 1197, tabled 17 March 2008 by Marsha Singh (Labour). Signed by 46 members.

That this House notes with grave concern that Mrs Sheikh Hasina Wajid, a former Prime Minister of Bangladesh and Leader of the Bangladeshi Awami League, has been under arrest for the last eight months by the military-backed government in Bangladesh; further notes that though various charges have been laid against her that she has not been offered due legal process or the right to a trial in an open, fair and transparent court; further notes that she is seriously ill in jail but has not been offered the appropriate hospital treatment; and calls upon the Government to make representations to the government of Bangladesh to either offer Mrs Sheikh Hasina Wajid a fair trial or to release her, to afford her immediate hospital treatment and, more generally, to uphold its democratic obligations to the country.

Signatures by party: Labour 32, Liberal Democrat 5, Conservative 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, DUP 1, Independent 1, Independent Conservative 1, Scottish National Party 1, UUP 1.