Tuesday, 28 February 2017

Egypt parliament expels Member of Parliament



   Egypt's parliament has expelled an MP who was an outspoken critic of the government's human rights record.

   Mohammed Anwar Sadat, a nephew of the late President Anwar Sadat, was accused of forging signatures on a draft bill and leaking sensitive information to foreign organisations.
   Speaker Ali Abdel Aal said 468 of the 596 MPs in parliament, which is dominated by President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi's supporters, voted to unseat him. Sadat has denied the allegations.
    According to reports, Sadat was chairman of the House of Representatives' committee on human rights until last August, when he resigned over the failure to address abuse allegations.
Meanwhile, he has denied the allegations.

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