Amnesty International (Hansard, 10 July 2001)

§ Mr. Bradshaw

We take every opportunity bilaterally, through the EU and also the United Nations to press the Burmese regime to release all political prisoners.

As my hon. Friend will be aware, all four people mentioned are MPs-elect for the National League for Democracy, which overwhelmingly won the general

Family visit visa applications 2001
	Applications received	Applications determined	Applications allowed	Applications refused
	April	May	April	May	April	May	April	May
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2. Abu Dhabi	64	102	53	89	45	79	8	10
3. Abuja	0	27	0	15	0	9	0	6
4. Accra	1,969	2,410	1,294	2,373	302	1,346	992	1,027
5. Addis Ababa	15	10	15	11	7	4	8	7
6. Almaty	25	13	25	13	24	10	1	3
7. Amman	11	10	12	10	11	9	1	1
8. Amsterdam	48	57	48	57	43	56	5	1
9. Ankara	27	32	27	32	25	32	2	0
10. Bahrain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11. Baku	13	16	13	13	13	13	0	0
12. Bangkok	69	197	125	145	88	111	37	34
13. Banjul	80	104	60	67	51	59	9	8
14. Beirut	128	183	126	181	126	181	0	0
15. Belgrade	146	85	146	96	140	83	6	13
16. Bogota	103	158	103	158	95	146	8	12
17. Bombay	2,429	2,706	2,430	2,696	1,999	2,159	431	537
18. Bratislava	153	198	146	176	146	175	0	1
19. Brussels	33	18	14	7	14	6	0	1
20. Bucharest	111	182	112	179	106	174	6	5
21. Budapest	8	6	8	6	8	4	0	2
22. Cairo	193	322	186	316	179	298	7	18
23. Calcutta	338	450	337	449	335	445	2	4
24. Canberra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25. Casablanca	104	106	104	105	99	98	5	7
26. Chicago	200	368	182	356	180	355	2	1
27. Colombo	110	130	100	130	35	93	65	37
28. Copenhagen	45	53	43	49	43	49	0	0
29. Dakar	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
30. Damascus	50	108	49	107	45	102	4	5
31. Dar Es Salaam	90	123	89	130	79	116	10	14
32. Dhaka	521	569	421	509	246	297	175	212
33. Doha	22	45	22	45	19	43	3	2
34. Dubai	96	178	60	143	54	118	6	25
35. Dublin	16	37	20	32	18	30	2	2
36. Dusseldorf	331	316	302	261	301	258	1	3
37. Ekaterinburg	20	0	20	0	19	0	1	0
38. Geneva	65	85	62	80	61	74	1	6
39. Georgetown	47	74	62	74	61	67	1	7
40. Guangzhou	230	234	185	167	161	152	24	15
41. Hanoi	4	15	6	7	1	4	5	3
42. Harare	¹—	¹—	0	0	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
43. Havana	2	1	2	1	2	1	0	0
44. Hong Kong	44	95	34	72	34	72	0	0
45. Islamabad	2,994	¹—	2,985	0	2,070	¹—	915	¹—
46. Istanbul	389	460	278	368	247	325	31	43
47. Jakarta	63	119	66	127	59	122	7	5

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election in Burma in 1990. The latest information we have from the National League for Democracy is that only three MPs-elect remain in prison and that all those listed have been released.

I very much welcome the recent release of over 30 MPs-elect from detention in Burma and hope this represents the start of an ongoing process leading to the early release of all political prisoners and national reconciliation.