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POSTED By : DESTINATION NEWRY
Post Date : 08 Feb 2018 09:55 AM
Mickey Brady MP Hosts Palestinian Community in London

 Sinn Féin’s Newry & Armagh MP, Mickey Brady, has said Israeli military occupation, rights abuses and the imprisonment of children must end immediately.

Speaking after a hosting a discussion in Westminster on solidarity between Palestine and Ireland, Brady called on Irish and British governments to act to end Israeli human rights abuses:
“The racially charged imprisonment of Palestinian children by the Israeli state, and their prosecution in military courts is an inhumane practice to be condemned by anyone claiming to support human rights and the rule of law.
“Last week Ahed Tamimi spent her 17th birthday in the shackles of the Israeli state. Her case has also raised attention to the rights abuses inflicted on around 700 Palestinian children arrested each year.
 
“The British government, with their refusal to condemn the Israeli state’s military occupation and human rights abuses, are directly culpable in these barbaric practices.
 
“I am calling on the Irish and British governments to break their silence, and to take a stand against the routine and widespread attacks on the human rights of Palestinian children.”