Over 100 Parliamentarians call on UK Government to refer Myanmar Military General Min Aung Hlaing to International Criminal Court
Ahead of the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting on 26 February, 102 Parliamentarians across parties have signed a letter urging the Foreign Secretary to publicly support and campaign for his EU counterparts to back a UN Security Council referral of Myanmar General Min Aung Hlaing to the International Criminal Court.
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Rushanara Ali MP Calls for Urgent Action to Tackle Rising Levels of Child Poverty in UK
Today the End Child Poverty coalition released new statistics showing the extent of child poverty across the UK broken down by constituency, Local Authority and ward.
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Rushanara Ali MP joined by Mayor of London to unveil complete Bethnal Green Tube Disaster memorial after 74-year wait
On Sunday 17th December, Rushanara Ali, Member of Parliament for Bethnal Green and Bow was joined by Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan to officially open the Bethnal Green Tube Disaster memorial.
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Rushanara Ali MP appeals for information on disappearance of professor and policy analyst Dr Mubashar Hasan in Bangladesh
Dr Mubashar Hasan, a Bangladeshi professor and policy analyst has been missing since 7pm on Tuesday 7th November. Dr Hasan is an expert in the field of political science and has previously held a position at the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh and has worked as a public relations and communications specialist for Oxfam.
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Rushanara Ali MP welcomes return of ‘Old Flo’ but calls for statue to be moved closer to original home within five years
The iconic sculpture by Henry Moore named ‘Draped Seated Woman’ or as it is commonly known ‘Old Flo’ was unveiled on 25th October in Cabot Square, Canary Wharf after spending 20 years out of the borough. ‘Old Flo’ had originally been displayed outside the Wickham and Ewhurst tower blocks in Stepney before being loaned to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park in 1997. The sculpture was nearly auctioned off in 2015 by the former Mayor of Tower Hamlets Council Lutfur Rahman. This decision was halted after a local campaign was formed called the “Save Old Flo,” chaired by Rushanara Ali MP.
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Rushanara Ali MP leads parliamentary debate on the persecution of the Rohingya by Myanmar Government
On Tuesday 17th October, Rushanara Ali, Member of Parliament for Bethnal Green and Bow and Co-Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Democracy in Burma called on the Government to apply greater pressure on the Burmese military and government to protect Rohingya Muslims.
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Anniversary of the Battle for Cable Street
On this day in 1936 the Jewish community of East London and its allies blocked the streets in order to prevent Oswald Mosley and his British Union of Fascists marching through in what became known as the Battle for Cable Street.
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Rushanara Ali MP Statement on Terrorist incident in Parsons Green
On the morning of Friday 15th of September twenty-nine people were injured after a device exploded on the carriage of a London underground train at Parsons Green Station.
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Statement on EU Withdrawal Bill
Rushanara Ali, Member of Parliament for Bethnal Green and Bow voted against the Second Reading of the EU Withdrawal Bill in the House of Commons. The bill also known as the Repeal Bill will overturn the 1972 European Communities Act which took the UK into the then European Economic Community.
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158 Parliamentarians Write to Foreign Secretary on Violence Against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar
Following the recent escalation of violence targeted towards Rohingya Muslims in Rakine State, Myanmar, 158 Parliamentarians have written to the Foreign Secretary urging the Government to exert more pressure on the Burmese Government:
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