Please Write to Your MP to Ask Them to Sign EDM No. 243 on Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Jails

The following motion (an EDM) on Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Jails was tabled in the British House of Commons on 30 November 2004. To date it has been signed by 40 British Members of Parliament.

(PRWEB) December 12, 2004 -- The following motion (an EDM) on Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Jails was tabled in the British House of Commons on 30 November 2004. To date it has been signed by 40 British Members of Parliament.

An Early Day Motion (EDM) in the British House of Commons is the term used to describe notices of motions given by Members of Parliament that are not generally expected to be debated. Effectively, the tabling of an EDM is a device to draw attention to an issue, and to elicit support for it by the means of inviting other Members to add their signatures to the motion. EDMs can often attract a great deal of publicity, and many people regard them as a gauge of opinion.

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EDM 243 Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Jails 30.11.04
Burden/Richard

That this House is alarmed that since 1967 more than 600,000 Palestinians, including women and children, are believed to have been detained by Israeli military and security forces, with an estimated 7,000 Palestinians currently being held in custody; notes that numerous human rights organisations continue to report inhuman and degrading treatment of detainees as well as the use of torture; is concerned about an apparent culture of impunity on the part of the Israeli authorities in respect of these matters; calls upon the UK Government to take every measure possible to ensure that Israel complies with its international legal obligations, particularly the Fourth Geneva Convention; and further calls upon the UK Government to request that the Israel authorities address, as a matter of urgency, the serious legal concerns raised by the Inter-Parliamentary Union in the cases of the imprisoned Palestinian Parliamentarians Marwan Barghouti and
Hussam Khader.

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