DEATH SENTENCES IN EGYPT

Early day motion 1262, tabled 3 April 2014 by Grahame Morris (Labour). Signed by 28 members.

That this House condemns the mass death sentences handed down to 529 people by an Egyptian court; notes that this is part of a wider issue of instability within Egypt as a result of a military coup against the democratically elected government; expresses deep concern that the military regime in power is actively repressing dissent and has detained and harassed over 16,000 activists since 2013; calls on the Government to denounce the military regime controlling Egypt in the strongest possible terms; and requests that the Government immediately interrupts all military assistance to the regime of Egypt, including financial aid not directed to civil society or under threat of diversion by the regime.

Signatures by party: Labour 15, Social Democratic and Labour Party 3, DUP 2, Independent 2, Plaid Cymru 2, Alliance 1, Conservative 1, Green 1, Liberal Democrat 1.