Early Day Motion·EDM 2310
EASTER SUNDAY ATTACKS IN SRI LANKA
23 April 201928 Signatures
Primary sponsor
Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford
Motion Text
That this House condemns the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka which killed 321 people and injured hundreds more; offers sympathies to all those killed or injured in the attack and their families and friends; recognises that many of those killed were Christians gathering peacefully for prayer; condemns all attacks on the right to freedom of religion of belief; stands in solidarity with the Sri Lankan people and all people everywhere who have suffered at the hands of terrorists; and offers its support to the Sri Lankan Government to defeat terrorism and to protect the right to freedom of religion of belief.