JEAN-BERTRAND EWANGA

Early day motion 389, tabled 22 October 2014 by Jeremy Corbyn (Labour). Signed by 28 members.

That this House expresses its gravest concern at the sentencing of the hon. Jean-Bertrand Ewanga, an Opposition Member of the Democratic Republic of Congo's Parliament, to one year of imprisonment on charges of insulting the President, the Government and Parliament, based on his declaration against the extension of constitutional presidential terms limits at a rally in August 2014; notes that Save the Congo considers him to be a prisoner of conscience, alongside the hon. Eugène Diomi Ndongala, on the basis of his opposition to the current government of Democratic Republic of Congo; and urges the Government to make representations to secure the immediate release of these parliamentarians and other Opposition prisoners jailed on politically-motivated charges in Congo.

Signatures by party: Labour 12, Liberal Democrat 7, Social Democratic and Labour Party 3, DUP 2, Alliance 1, Conservative 1, Independent 1, Respect 1.