Tenth anniversary of Bahrain's revolution

Early day motion 1486, tabled 10 February 2021 by Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 19 members.

That this House notes the 10th anniversary of Bahrain's revolution protesting structural inequalities, corruption, oppression, and a lack of government representation; expresses its concern that there remains a lack of democratic structures and that human rights abuses are still occurring in the country; observes that the UK Government has continued to support the Bahraini regime with little meaningful opposition of its continued human rights abuses despite Bahrain being listed as a human rights priority country by the UK; calls upon the UK Government to work for the immediate and unconditional release of Bahraini political prisoners; urges the UK Government to work with Bahrain to facilitate a democratic transition; calls for consideration of Magnitsky sanctions for those known to be perpetrators of human rights atrocities; and urges the UK Government to end arms exports to Bahrain and to adopt a presumption of denial when considering licence applications for exports to the country.

Signatures by party: Liberal Democrat 9, Labour 4, Independent 2, DUP 1, Green 1, Labour/Co-operative 1, Scottish National Party 1.