United Kingdom · Motion · Early Day Motion
EDM 884
ARRESTS IN MALAWI OF CUTHBERT KULEMELA AND KELVIN GONANI
Introduced
16 December 2015
Last action
16 December 2015 · Early Day Motion
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0
Sponsors
Patrick Grady
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16 December 2015
Summary
That this House notes with serious concern reports in the Nyasa Times and elsewhere that Cuthbert Kulemela and Kelvin Gonani have been arrested in Lilongwe, Malawi, related to having consensual sex together; welcomes the condemnation of this development by the US Ambassador to Malawi, and echoes her calls for the charges to be dropped; believes the arrest is a regressive step given the relaxation of anti-gay laws under the previous President of Malawi; recognises the strong friendship that exists between Scotland, the UK as a whole, and Malawi, and in a spirit of friendship reminds the Malawi government of its international human rights obligations with respect to the protection of minorities from persecution; and calls on the Government to urgently express these concerns to the government of Malawi.
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16 December 2015
Early Day Motion
That this House notes with serious concern reports in the Nyasa Times and elsewhere that Cuthbert Kulemela and Kelvin Gonani have been arrested in Lilongwe, Malawi, related to having consensual sex together; welcomes the condemnation of this development by the US Ambassador to Malawi, and echoes her calls for the charges to be dropped; believes the arrest is a regressive step given the relaxation of anti-gay laws under the previous President of Malawi; recognises the strong friendship that exists between Scotland, the UK as a whole, and Malawi, and in a spirit of friendship reminds the Malawi government of its international human rights obligations with respect to the protection of minorities from persecution; and calls on the Government to urgently express these concerns to the government of Malawi.
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- Patrick Grady · Scottish National Party · Primary sponsor
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- Official source: https://edm.parliament.uk/early-day-motions/48677
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- uk · edm-48677 · source updated 16 December 2015