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4 Mar 2015

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UK human rights advocacy group: British-Egyptian business must not trump human rights

"'Mockery of justice’: British-Egyptian business mustn’t trump human rights, says charity", 04 March 2015

UK government efforts to bolster trade and political ties with Egypt have come under fire due to the ongoing detention of an Irish teenager. Human rights groups fear the youth could face execution. Ibrahim Halawa, 19, has been in prison for 19 months, having been arrested in a Cairo mosque after seeking shelter during a demonstration in August 2013. He had been visiting family. UK human rights advocacy group Reprieve released a statement on Tuesday pointing out both Halawa's plight and the increasingly close business ties between Britain and the Abdel Fattah el-Sisi regime...In a statement, Reprieve’s death penalty team head Maya Foa said, “Economic development must go hand-in-hand with respect for human rights – but while the Egyptian government presides over a wave of human rights abuses, the UK’s ‘business as usual’ approach is giving it the imprimatur of approval. This is both inappropriate and untenable...