VoteClimate: Detention of Alaa Abd el-Fattah - 5th December 2024

Detention of Alaa Abd el-Fattah - 5th December 2024

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Detention of Alaa Abd el-Fattah.

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2024-12-05/debates/6F78BF94-8DAB-4107-A87F-CC2D8C98C398/DetentionOfAlaaAbdEl-Fattah

16:44 John McDonnell (Labour)

Many of us will remember the scenes in the run-up to and during COP27, which was held in Egypt. With still no movement after months on a Gandhi-style strike of 100 calories a day, Alaa escalated to a full water strike. There were scenes of global solidarity with Alaa from those in the climate movement, Nobel laureates and world leaders, including Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President Emmanuel Macron. Our former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wrote to Alaa’s family before travelling to—

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