All Party Parliamentary
Group for International
Freedom of Religion or Belief
EARLY DAY MOTIONS
All relevant Early Day Motions are listed below. Each title is a link to the appropriate page on the parliament.uk website, where you can view the full wording and the list of those who have proposed and supported the EDM.
EARLY DAY MOTIONS 2019-20 SESSION
298 TellMAMA report on the Christchurch terror attack Kirsten Oswald
273 International Women’s Day and freedom of religion or belief Jim Shannon
209 Freedom of religious belief in Iran Mary Glindon
82 Death sentence for Junaid Hafeez in Pakistan Jim Shannon
34 Murder of 11 Christian hostages in Nigeria Jim Shannon
EARLY DAY MOTIONS 2019 SESSION
55 PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS
44 ATTACK IN HALLE, GERMANY
12 ANTI-SEMITIC ATTACK IN HALLE, GERMANY
EARLY DAY MOTIONS 2017-19 SESSION
2748 PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS
2487 SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DETENTION OF RAIF BADAWI AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN SAUDI ARABIA
2453 UN INTERNATIONAL DAY COMMEMORATING THE VICTIMS OF ACTS OF VIOLENCE BASED ON RELIGION OR BELIEF
2310 EASTER SUNDAY ATTACKS IN SRI LANKA
2308 SRI LANKA EASTER SUNDAY BOMBINGS
2303 TACKLING ISLAMOPHOBIA AND RELIGIOUS HATE CRIMES
2197 MASS KILLING IN NEW ZEALAND
2138 FORCED LIVE ORGAN EXTRACTION FROM PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE IN CHINA
1956 ATTACKS ON CHRISTIANS IN EGYPT 2
1827 UNCONDITIONAL ASYLUM FOR ASIA BIBI
1823 THREATS TO ASIA BIBI AND THE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES
1804 ATTACKS ON CHRISTIANS IN EGYPT
1786 PITTSBURGH SUPPORT AND SOLIDARITY
1705 HARASSMENT OF PAKISTANI REFUGEES IN THAILAND
1499 TARGETED MURDER OF AFGHAN SIKHS
1478 ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL DAY COMMEMORATING THE VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION
1408 KILLING OF CHRISTIAN MINORITIES IN MYANMAR’S KACHIN PROVINCE
1399 FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR BELIEF
1246 LEAH SHARIBU’S KIDNAPPING BY BOKO HARAM
1219 REFERRAL OF BURMA TO THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
1190 TERRORIST ATTACK ON A CHURCH IN QUETTA, PAKISTAN
1141 COMMONWEALTH HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEETING 2018 – FREEDOM OF WORSHIP
752 ATTACK ON CHRISTIANS IN THE METHODIST CHURCH, PAKISTAN
677 FALUN GONG AND HARVESTING ORGANS
255 FLIGHT OF ROHINGYA REFUGEES FROM BURMA
184 CONDEMNING THE ATTACK ON AMARNATH PILGRIMS IN KASHMIR
EARLY DAY MOTIONS, 2016-17 SESSION
1144 ATTACKS ON COPTIC CHRISTIANS
937 ATTACK ON JOSEPH COLONY, LAHORE, PAKISTAN
884 UN INQUIRY INTO ROHINGYA CRISIS IN BURMA
839 GENOCIDE BY DAESH AGAINST THE YAZIDI PEOPLE
806 POLICE RAID OF THE OFFICES OF THE AHMADIYYA MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN RABWAH, PAKISTAN
799 PROTECTION OF CHRISTIANS IN EYGPT
796 BAHA’I BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN IRAN
679. DEATH OF SHEHZAD MASIH AND SHAMA BIBI
444. ISLAMIC STATE/DAESH GENOCIDE
351. PLIGHT OF MINORITIES IN BANGLADESH
346. RECOGNITION OF GENOCIDE BY DAESH
290. VIOLENCE AGAINST AHMADI MUSLIMS IN ASIA
EARLY DAY MOTIONS, 2015-16 SESSION
1363. TERRORIST ATTACKS IN LAHORE
1192. UN CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION AND PUNISHMENT OF GENOCIDE
1102. REMEMBRANCE OF THE 21 EGYPTIAN COPTIC CHRISTIANS BEHEADED BY ISIS/DAESH
1008. GENOCIDE IN SYRIA AND IRAQ
1004. RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION OF AHMADI MUSLIMS IN INDONESIA
998. TREATMENT OF YAZIDI AND CHRISTIAN MINORITIES
730. OPEN DOORS 2016 WORLD WATCH LIST
512. RESTRICTIONS ON CHRISTIANS IN VIETNAM
511. RELEASE OF PASTOR ABEDINI IN IRAN
510. FREEDOM OF RELIGION IN BURMA
370. PEACE IN THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
281. TREATMENT OF YAZIDI WOMEN AND MINORITIES BY ISIL
114. A CHRISTIAN COLONY IN LAHORE
113. CASE OF RAIF BADAWI IN SAUDI ARABIA
76. BURNING ALIVE OF A 15 YEAR OLD CHRISTIAN BOY IN LAHORE
58. ACCESS FOR HUMANITARIAN AGENCIES TO RAKHINE STATE IN BURMA
34. CHRISTIANS IN EASTERN UKRAINE
EARLY DAY MOTIONS, 2014-15 SESSION
888. PERSECUTION OF THE ROHINGYA COMMUNITY IN BURMA
878. CHURCH BOMBING IN LAHORE, PAKISTAN
797. PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS IN NORTHERN NIGERIA
720. PUBLIC FLOGGING OF RAIF BADAWI IN SAUDI ARABIA
617. PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS
529. SHEHZAD MASIH AND SHAMA BIBI
453. IRAN AND THE PERSECUTION OF RELIGIOUS MINORITIES
333. BAHA’I CEMETERY IN SHIRAZ
308. TREATMENT OF IRAQI MINORITIES BY THE ISLAMIC STATE
190. RELEASE OF CHINESE RIGHTS LAWYER GAO ZHISHENG
71. FREEDOM OF RELIGION IN SUDAN
41. RELEASE HASSAN HUSSAIN MOHAMMED
34. RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN THE ARAB WORLD
23. MERIAM YAHIA IBRAHIM ISHAG
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