Urgent Question on human rights - Egypt: 5 November 2015
5 November 2015 (updated on 5 November 2015)
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Tobias Ellwood, responded to an urgent question asked by Tom Brake, Liberal Democrat MP for Carshalton and Wallington in the House of Commons on the visit of President al-Sisi of Egypt and the human rights record of his Government and in particular its use of the death penalty.
Shadow Minister for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Diana Johnson, responded to the statement on behalf of the Opposition.
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