Proceeding contribution from David Winnick (Labour) in the House of Commons on Monday, 7 February 2011. It occurred during Ministerial statement on EU Council and North Africa.
EU Council and North Africa
Fine words have been said by the Prime Minister, the President of the United States and other western leaders about the very brave demonstrators in Egypt. Is it not possible that those demonstrators are asking—this is an interesting question—why the western powers have been so silent over the past 25 or 30 years about what has been happening in their country, including the authoritarian rule, the denial of liberty and the sadistic tortures that have been taking place in prisons? Those sorts of questions should be asked not only in Egypt but elsewhere.
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- 2010-12
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- Bombings EU internal trade Innovation Economic situation Economic and monetary union EU economic policy Politics and government Prisoners' release Lockerbie European Council British Petroleum Egypt Libya EU energy policy al Megrahi, Abdelbasit Ali Mohmed Scottish Government
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