Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 08 Apr 2019
UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
"I know that there is not a lot of time left to sum up—you may need to stop me if I get close to time, Mr Deputy Speaker—but I want to thank and congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Warrington South (Faisal Rashid) on today’s excellent debate. If we …..."Dawn Butler - View Speech
View all Dawn Butler (Lab - Brent East) contributions to the debate on: UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Written Question
Friday 22nd March 2019
Asked by:
Dawn Butler (Labour - Brent East)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in Bahrain on the case of the family members Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei.
Answered by Alistair Burt
We continue to raise the cases of Bahraini nationals Hajer Mansoor Hassan, Sayed Nazar Al Wadaei and Mahmood Marzooq Mansoor at senior levels with the Bahraini Government.
Written Question
Friday 22nd March 2019
Asked by:
Dawn Butler (Labour - Brent East)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether officials from his Department attended the proceedings in Bahrain on 25 February 2019 in which the three-year prison sentences against family members of Sayed Alwadaei were upheld.
Answered by Alistair Burt
Officials from our Embassy in Manama attended the court session for the individuals in question. We continue to monitor the cases of these individuals.
Written Question
Friday 22nd March 2019
Asked by:
Dawn Butler (Labour - Brent East)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, further to the Answer of 4 February 2019 to Question HL13127, whether his Department relies on the assurances provided by the Bahraini Government in assessing the case of Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei’s family members; and what assessment the Government has made of information provided by independent bodies such as the UN, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch on this matter.
Answered by Alistair Burt
The British Government takes note of a number of sources of information on these issues; including publications by the UN and other Non Governmental Organisations. We continue to encourage those with concerns about treatment in detention to raise them with the appropriate Bahraini human rights oversight body. We encourage the oversight bodies in Bahrain to carry out thorough and swift investigations into any such claims.
Written Question
Monday 18th March 2019
Asked by:
Dawn Butler (Labour - Brent East)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps they will take to escalate engagement with the Libyan authorities on securing justice for the descendents of Major Farouk Hamadalla who was forced off the British Overseas Airways Corporation VC10 en route from London to Khartoum on the 22nd July 1971.
Answered by Alistair Burt
The British Government has raised this case with the Libyan Government on a number of occasions, and stressed the need to address the events of 1971, and the complex issues involving the Libyan and Sudanese Governments. I raised the case with the Libyan Ministers of Justice and Foreign Affairs during my visit to Tripoli in April 2018 and followed up with letters to the Ministers on the subject, hand delivered by our Ambassador.
Raising legacy cases with the Libyan Government is challenging in the context of the ongoing political and security situation. However, we continue to raise this case with the Libyan authorities when there is an opportunity to do so and to provide regular updates to Major Hamadalla's family.
Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 21 Mar 2017
UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
"I beg to move,
That this House has considered the UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
I am pleased to be having this debate on the day that the United Nations has declared an international day for the elimination of racial discrimination. The theme this year is …..."Dawn Butler - View Speech
View all Dawn Butler (Lab - Brent East) contributions to the debate on: UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 21 Mar 2017
UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
"My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Racial profiling is not a good way to police communities; in fact, it builds resentment and adds to the problem. On this day when we acknowledge and try to eliminate racial discrimination, that issue should and must be addressed.
It is important that our …..."Dawn Butler - View Speech
View all Dawn Butler (Lab - Brent East) contributions to the debate on: UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 21 Mar 2017
UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
"I agree with my hon. Friend. The thing about hate and racism is that it will stop only when we stop it. The Dubs amendment was important. It gave hope to people fleeing circumstances that we too would flee if we were faced with them. Rowing back on that commitment …..."Dawn Butler - View Speech
View all Dawn Butler (Lab - Brent East) contributions to the debate on: UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 21 Mar 2017
UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
"I absolutely concur. Martin Luther King was a great orator. He also said:
“I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be...this is the interrelated structure of reality…all mankind is tied together…in a single garment of destiny.”
Until we realise that, we …..."Dawn Butler - View Speech
View all Dawn Butler (Lab - Brent East) contributions to the debate on: UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 21 Mar 2017
UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
"It has been a pleasure to serve under your stewardship, Mr Streeter. I am disappointed that the Minister has not committed to ensuring that we mark this day every year in our calendar in the UK. The Government have some programmes, but I can tell the Minister that the audit …..."Dawn Butler - View Speech
View all Dawn Butler (Lab - Brent East) contributions to the debate on: UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination