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Campaign to Urge Your MP to Sign EDM 1983 Which Calls On UK Government to Help Secure Gilad Shalit's Release
Date:
28 September 2011
On 23 June 2011, James Arbuthnot MP tabled an Early Day Motion (EDM 1983) addressing the ongoing captivity of Israeli Corporal Gilad Shalit. The EDM stated:
"That this House notes that 25 June 2011 is the fifth anniversary of the kidnap of Israeli serviceman Gilad Shalit by Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups in a cross-border terrorist attack inside Israel; is concerned that Gilad Shalit is being held incommunicado in the Gaza Strip and is neither permitted to send nor receive messages from his family; further notes that the International Committee of the Red Cross continues to be denied access to the kidnapped soldier; further notes that the soldier's continued detention is an obstacle to peace between Israelis and Palestinians; further notes that Gilad Shalit's detention is a serious violation of international humanitarian laws governing the treatment of prisoners of war, as enshrined by the Third Geneva Convention; condemns the kidnapping of Corporal Gilad Shalit; and calls on the Government to redouble its efforts to secure his immediate release."
“Please urge your MP to sign this EDM in order to raise attention to this very important matter.