Motion for a resolution
| Doc. 12846
| 24 January 2012
- Author(s):
- several Assembly members
- Signatories:
- Mr James CLAPPISON,
United Kingdom, EDG ; Mr Brian BINLEY,
United Kingdom, EDG ; Lord Tim BOSWELL,
United Kingdom, EDG ; Mr Otto CHALOUPKA,
Czech Republic, EDG ; Mr Christopher CHOPE,
United Kingdom, EDG ; Mr Jim DOBBIN,
United Kingdom, SOC ; Mr Jeffrey DONALDSON,
United Kingdom, EDG ; Alexander [The Earl of] DUNDEE,
United Kingdom, EDG ; Lady Diana ECCLES,
United Kingdom, EDG ; Ms Jana FISCHEROVÁ,
Czech Republic, EDG ; Sir Roger GALE,
United Kingdom, EDG ; Mr Oliver HEALD,
United Kingdom, EDG ; Mr Jim HOOD,
United Kingdom, SOC ; Mr Tomáš JIRSA,
Czech Republic, EDG ; Ms Marie KRARUP,
Denmark, EDG ; Mr Ian LIDDELL-GRAINGER,
United Kingdom, EDG ; Ms Amber RUDD,
United Kingdom, EDG ; Mr Samad SEYIDOV,
Azerbaijan, EDG ; Mr Øyvind VAKSDAL,
Norway, EDG ; Ms Karin S. WOLDSETH,
Norway, EDG
- Thesaurus
This motion has not been discussed in the Assembly and commits only those who have signed it.
In September 2010, Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, who ministers
to a network of house churches in Iran, was condemned to death by
an Iranian Court for alleged offences arising out of the exercise
of his faith. He has been told that the sentence will be commuted
if he renounces his Christian faith. Pastor Nadarkhani has refused
to do this and remains in custody in Iran. The way in which Pastor
Nadarkhani has been treated was condemned by President Obama last
year and has been the source of worldwide protest.
The Assembly should join the protests against the inhumane
treatment of Pastor Nadarkhani and urge the Iranian authorities
to desist from the persecution of religious minorities.
