Is it not clear, given the brutal suppression of protests in Bahrain, that most Gulf countries do not recognise the need for the sort of political reform that the Secretary of State has spoken about? In order to maintain support for what we are doing in Libya, which I strongly endorse, do we not need to be wholly consistent in our approach to democracy and human rights in the middle east?
North Africa and the Middle East
Proceeding contribution from
Ben Bradshaw
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 24 March 2011.
It occurred during Ministerial statement on North Africa and the Middle East.
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2010-12
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