Cory Bernardi (SA, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I, and on behalf of Senators Fawcett, O'Sullivan, Xenophon, Madigan and Seselja, move:

That the Senate—

(a) supports freedom of religion as a universal human right;

(b) does not support the imprisonment or persecution of individuals on the basis of their religious belief;

(c) calls on the Sudanese authorities to release Mariam Yahya Ibrahim who was sentenced to 100 lashes and death because she was convicted of converting to Christianity and marrying a Christian man;

(d) recognises:

(i) that this action is a breach of Sudan's international obligations, and

(ii) also that this case is currently subject to an appeal to Sudan's Court of Appeal and looks forward to due process being applied; and

(e) stands in solidarity with Mariam Yahya Ibrahim, her family and all people who seek to practise their religion free from persecution.

Question agreed to.