DEATH SENTENCE VERDICT IN CASE OF HAMED BIN HAYDARA

Motion Text

That this House notes the death sentence verdict in Sana'a on 2 January 2018 in the case of Hamed bin Haydara, a Yemeni Baha'i; observes reports that Mr bin Haydara was convicted on grounds of communication with the international governing body of the Baha'i faith, located in Haifa, Israel and that Mr bin Haydara endured over four years of detention, including torture, before this verdict; and requests the UK ­Government to call on the Houthi authorities to overturn the verdict against Mr bin Haydara and to release him and all Baha'i prisoners in Yemen.