WESTERN SAHARA AND HUMAN RIGHTS

Early day motion 1113, tabled 26 February 2013 by Jeremy Corbyn (Labour). Signed by 50 members.

That this House notes the concerns raised by Amnesty International and other organisations over the trial and sentencing of 24 civilian Saharawi human rights activists by a military tribunal; further notes the increasing human rights abuses in the Western Sahara; acknowledges the need for MINURSO to be given a human rights monitoring mandate; and calls on the Government to make representations to the Moroccan government to revoke the politically motivated and unjust sentences against the 24 Saharawi human rights activists, to release all Saharawi prisoners in Moroccan jails and to allow access to the Saharawi territories under Morocco's occupation by independent observers and international media.

Signatures by party: Labour 31, Liberal Democrat 8, Social Democratic and Labour Party 3, Conservative 2, DUP 2, Plaid Cymru 2, Alliance 1, Green 1.