Early Day Motion·EDM 354

Hamed bin Haydara: death sentence

21 April 20203 Signatures

Primary sponsor

Bob Blackman

ConservativeHarrow East

Motion Text

That this House notes the decision of the Appeal Court of Yemen in Sana’a on 22nd March; further notes that court upheld a death sentence against Hamed bin Haydara, a member Yemen’s Baha’i community; and calls on the UK Government to make urgent representations to the Houthi authorities to release Mr bin Haydara immediately and to release all other prisoners of conscience and those persecuted for their religion or belief.