MEPs in the European Parliament have voted
for a resolution that calls for the immediate and unconditional release of the
Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa. The twenty year old has been held in an Egyptian
prison since August 2013. The Sinn Fein MEP Lynn Boylan was instrumental in
getting the resolution through the Parliament. She says the charges being
levelled against Ibrahim are false. 

Out words: for that

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The European Parliament will today vote on
a resolution that calls for the immediate and unconditional release of the
Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa. He’s been held in an Egyptian prison since August
2013. The Egyptian authorities are claiming he took part in violent protests in
a mosque in Cairo but human rights organisations such as Amnesty International say
the claims are false. The Sinn Fein MEP, Lynn Boylan, who’s been instrumental
in highlighting Ibrahim’s case, says the twenty year old could face the death
penalty if he’s found guilty of the alleged crimes. The Dublin MEP says the
claims being made against him are fabricated 

Out words: it up

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The Sinn Fein MEP Matt Carthy says the IFA
should step up its vigilance of the talks on the EU-US trade deal known as
TTIP. The Midlands North-West MEP is openly critical of TTIP which he says will
damage the Irish agricultural sector and particularly the beef industry.
Speaking from the European Parliament, Mr Carthy referred to recent IFA
concerns about an EU trade deal with the Mercosur group of South American
countries. The IFA’s National Livestock Chairman Henry Burns recently said a
Mercosur deal would damage Irish and EU agriculture industries. Matt Carthy
says the IFA should be equally concerned about a TTIP deal.

Out words: Irish farmers

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