HUMANITARIAN APPEAL FOR VISITATION RIGHTS FOR WIVES OF MIAMI FIVE

Early day motion 497, tabled 11 September 2012 by Michael Connarty (Labour). Signed by 126 members.

That this House expresses concern at the continued lack of visitation rights granted to Olga Salanueva and Adriana Perez to visit their husbands Gerardo Hernandez and Rene Gonzalez, two of the Miami Five, five Cubans currently detained in the US; notes that Amnesty International `believes that denying the men visits from their wives is unnecessarily punitive and contrary to standards for humane treatment of prisoners and states' obligations to protect family life'; and calls on the USadministration to make a humanitarian gesture and grant visitation rights to their wives.

Signatures by party: Labour 85, Liberal Democrat 25, Plaid Cymru 3, Scottish National Party 3, Social Democratic and Labour Party 3, Conservative 2, Alliance 1, DUP 1, Green 1, Independent 1, Respect 1.