Mrs. Khalil (Hansard, 20 July 1989)

HC Deb 20 July 1989 vol 157 c332W 332W

§ Mrs. Mahon
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he intends to send an independent observer to the trial of Mrs. Khalil, the president of In'ash El-Usra, to be held on 20 July.

§ Mr. Waldegrave
No.

§ Mrs. Mahon
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations his Department has made on behalf of Mrs. Khalil, the president of In'ash El-Usra.

§ Mr. Waldegrave
We raised the case of In'ash EI-Usra with the Israeli authorities at the time of its closure last summer. We have not raised the specific charges brought subsequently against Mrs. Khalil.