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Lords Chamber
Queen’s Speech - Wed 19 May 2021
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Lord Foulkes of Cumnock (LAB - Life peer) Belarus is the only European country not eligible for membership of the Council of Europe, because of - Speech Link
2: Baroness Sheehan (LDEM - Life peer) will introduce measures to increase the safety and security of its citizens.” - Speech Link
3: Lord Craig of Radley (CB - Life peer) of China on the treatment of some of its citizens. - Speech Link
4: Lord Walney (CB - Life peer) road of mass persecution, harassment of lawmakers and the trashing of its international agreements.The - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Press Freedom and Safety of Protesters: India - Mon 08 Mar 2021
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Tahir Ali (LAB - Birmingham, Hall Green) condemn Prime Minister Modi and the actions of his BJP Government. - Speech Link
2: Brendan O'Hara (SNP - Argyll and Bute) rights organisations about the beatings, harassment, intimidation and unjustified detention of farmer - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 19 Jan 2021
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Alyn Smith (SNP - Stirling) And would she condemn colleagues in her Government who are indulging in vaccine nationalism and pretending - Speech Link
2: Scott Benton (CON - Blackpool South) the conflict for its own ends. - Speech Link
3: Wayne David (LAB - Caerphilly) Why have the Government failed to condemn this obviously dangerous step? - Speech Link
4: Dominic Raab (CON - Esher and Walton) support we provide for civil society groups, including media organisations in both Russia and Belarus - Speech Link
5: Dominic Raab (CON - Esher and Walton) We regard the reports of forced labour, the conditions of detention and the forced sterilisation of women - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
China’s Policy on its Uyghur Population - Mon 12 Oct 2020
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Chris Evans (LAB - Islwyn) The directives do not mention judicial procedures, but call for the detention of anyone who displays - Speech Link
2: Shabana Mahmood (LAB - Birmingham, Ladywood) Belarus and the rigged re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko. - Speech Link
3: Kieran Mullan (CON - Crewe and Nantwich) erosion of rights, mass detention and forced labour. - Speech Link
4: Nigel Adams (CON - Selby and Ainsty) religion or belief, freedom of speech and freedom of association for every single one of its citizens - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Belarus: Presidential Elections - Fri 25 Sep 2020
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: None They launched a campaign of violence, intimidation and harassment against peaceful protesters. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Sugg (CON - Life peer) Like both of them, I am appalled at the arbitrary detention and abuse of protesters that we have seen.The - Speech Link
3: Baroness Sugg (CON - Life peer) Belarus and its people. - Speech Link
4: Viscount Waverley (CB - Excepted Hereditary) The world must be rid of these thieves who rob citizens of their human rights. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Sugg (CON - Life peer) both Belarus and its neighbours to see the regional peace we all want. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Russian Annexation of Crimea - Wed 24 Apr 2019
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: John Howell (CON - Henley) For example, the policy of automatic naturalisation means that all Ukrainian citizens who remained in - Speech Link
2: Edward Leigh (CON - Gainsborough) That is why we supported the independence of Kazakhstan, Belarus and other federative republics. - Speech Link
3: Alan Duncan (CON - Rutland and Melton) it forcibly moves Ukrainian citizens out of Crimea and moves Russian citizens in, in violation of the - Speech Link
4: Alan Duncan (CON - Rutland and Melton) of Crimean civil society that it continues to speak out in the face of relentless harassment. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Turkey - Thu 07 Jun 2018
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Joan Ryan (TIG - Enfield North) This is a worrying preview of the sort of harassment and intimidation we can expect in the weeks before - Speech Link
2: Joan Ryan (TIG - Enfield North) targeted and sustained harassment. - Speech Link
3: John Howell (CON - Henley) We are engaged in a debate with Belarus, because the existence of the death penalty there prevents it - Speech Link
4: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Thousands of Turkish citizens have been imprisoned, including many who have stood up for the rights of - Speech Link
5: Fabian Hamilton (LAB - Leeds North East) It is a vital NATO ally and has important minorities, particularly Kurds and Armenians, as its citizens - Speech Link


Grand Committee
India: Freedom of Religion - Thu 17 Mar 2016
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Singh of Wimbledon (CB - Life peer) Its report also drew attention to the increasing harassment of Muslims and Christians, particularly those - Speech Link
2: Baroness Berridge (CON - Life peer) Yet if it is to continue it must ensure that all of its citizens, from any and every religion and from - Speech Link
3: Lord Hussain (LDEM - Life peer) harassment and government critics faced intimidation and law suits. - Speech Link
4: Earl of Courtown (CON - Excepted Hereditary) provide for detention and house arrest without trial for up to two years. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Freedom of Thought, Conscience and Religion - Thu 01 May 2014
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lyn Brown (LAB - West Ham) , will be in the thoughts and prayers of those in this House.On Europe’s doorstep, in Belarus, a Government - Speech Link
2: Mark Lazarowicz (LAB - Edinburgh North and Leith) highlighting just how extensive is the harassment, discrimination and persecution of people throughout - Speech Link
3: Lord Swire (CON - Life peer) its work and its valuable world watch list, which describes the worst countries for Christians. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 14 Jun 2011
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Pamela Nash (LAB - Airdrie and Shotts) What representations he has made to the Government of Belarus on standards of governance in that country - Speech Link
2: David Lidington (CON - Aylesbury) of occasions, and of course we continue to condemn the imprisonment of Opposition politicians in Belarus - Speech Link
3: Tracey Crouch (CON - Chatham and Aylesford) The Minister will be aware that, in light of its economic failures, Belarus has requested a further £5 - Speech Link
4: Keith Vaz (LAB - Leicester East) Last week, members of the Home Affairs Committee visited the border of Greece and Turkey and the detention - Speech Link