HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN KACHIN STATE, BURMA

Early day motion 763, tabled 22 November 2012 by Virendra Sharma (Labour). Signed by 21 members.

That this House is alarmed that whilst the world is celebrating the political reforms made in Burma, ethnic violence and persecution carried out by the Burmese military persists, largely unacknowledged, in Kachin State; notes that this includes the targeted killings of civilians, torture and the burning of 1,000 villages, illustrating the severe human rights violations the Kachin people are being subjected to by the Burmese Army; and urges hon. Members to ask the Government to put pressure on the international community to provide much needed humanitarian aid for the Kachin people, to put pressure on the Burmese government to stop attacking Kachin civilians and to allow international humanitarian organisations access in Burma to provide aid and to urge the United Nations to instate a UN envoy in Kachin to monitor and improve this worsening situation.

Signatures by party: Labour 12, Liberal Democrat 3, DUP 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Conservative 1, Independent 1.