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The Sikh Federation (UK) urges Sikhs throughout
the UK to write, email, fax and ring their local
MP and ask him/her to sign Early Day Motions 1394
and 1383 (reproduced below). MPs should also be
asked to write to the Foreign and Commonwealth
Office urging it to take relevant actions in conjunction
with the German Government and other members of
the European Union in the case of Professor Davinderpal
Singh Bhullar. The EDMs will remain open until
November 2006.
Around 150 MPs (Government Ministers and Parliamentary
Secretaries) are unable to sign EDMs due to Parliamentary
protocol. However, they should be asked to write
to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office urging
them to take actions. In all cases ask your Mp
to copy you all correspondence with the Foreign
Office.
It should be possible for Sikhs in Canada, USA
and other countries to approach politicians in
the countries where they live and urge their respective
Governments to exert pressure on the Indian authorities.
If we all did this where we live a considerable
amount of pressure could be exerted.
A Written Declaration is also to be tabled in
the European Parliament in February with regards
to Professor Davinderpal Singh Bhullar. This will
enable Sikhs in the 25 Member States to urge MEPs
to sign the Written Declaration when it is released.
The Written Declaration will only be available
to sign by MEPs for 90 days. MEPs should also
be encouraged to write to their national governments
and the Indian authorities.
EDM 1394 - PROFESSOR DAVINDERPAL SINGH
BHULLAR
That this House urges the President of
India to intervene in the case of Professor Davinderpal
Singh Bhullar, who was deported from Germany in
1995 contrary to Article 3 of the European Human
Rights Convention and who has been facing a sentence
of death in India since 2001, despite the serious
doubts expressed by many, including human rights
bodies and the most senior judge on the bench
in his trial, about the manner in which his conviction
was obtained including the use of torture; and
urges the United Kingdom Government to do all
it can in conjunction with the German Government
and the European Union in making representations
to the Indian Government to secure justice in
this case.
The following 12 MPs signed this motion in the
first week. Sikhs are urged to contact their MP
to get them to sign as soon as possible.
1. Bottomley, Peter (Con) - Worthing West
2. Campbell, Ronnie (Lab) - Blyth Valley
3. Caton, Martin (Lab) - Gower
4. Corbyn, Jeremy (Lab) - Islington North
5. Cryer, Ann (Lab) - Keighley
6. Durkan, Mark (SDLD) - Foyle
7. Hoyle, Lindsay (Lab) - Chorley
8. Jones, Lynne (Lab) - Birmingham, Selly Oak
9. Marris, Rob (Lab) - Wolverhampton South West
10. McDonnell, John (Lab) - Hayes & Harlington
11. Singh, Marsha (Lab) - Bradford West
12. Wyatt, Derek (Lab) - Sittingbourne & Sheppey
EDM 1383 - BEHAVIOUR OF THE INDIAN POLICE
That this House expresses its deep concern at
the recent examples of brutal behaviour of the
Indian Police in the eviction of Punjabi farmers
from their farms in Kashipur in the State of Uttaranchal,
in their violent attack on the protesting vegetable
merchants in the old fruit market in Amritsar,
and the beating to near death of Sukhvinder Singh
Sukha at Phagawara; and calls upon the Government
to express formally its condemnation to the Indian
High Commission.
The following 20 MPs signed this motion in the
first week. Sikhs are urged to contact their MP
to get them to sign as soon as possible.
1. Anderson, Janet (Lab) - Rossendale & Darwen
2. Bottomley, Peter (Con) - Worthing West
3. Campbell, Ronnie (Lab) - Blyth Valley
4. Corbyn, Jeremy (Lab) - Islington North
5. Cryer, Ann (Lab) - Keighley
6. Drew, David (Lab) - Stroud
7. Flynn, Paul (Lab) - Newport West
8. Hamilton, David (Lab) - Midlothian
9. Jones, Lynne (Lab) - Birmingham, Selly Oak
10. Llwyd, Elfyn (PC) - Meirionnydd Nant Conwy
11. Marris, Rob (Lab) - Wolverhampton South West
12. McCafferty, Chris (Lab) - Calder Valley
13. McDonnell, John (Lab) - Hayes & Harlington
14. Meale, Alan (Lab) - Mansfield
15. Robinson, Iris (DUP) - Strangford
16. Singh, Marsha (Lab) - Bradford West
17. Spellar, John (Lab) - Warley
18. Stringer, Graham (Lab) - Manchester, Blackley
19. Wareing, Robert N (Lab) - Liverpool, West
Derby
20. Wyatt, Derek (Lab) - Sittingbourne & Sheppey
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