589. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a person (details supplied) will in fact be sentenced in the Courts in Egypt on 29 June 2016; if the person’s last thirteen trial hearings were in fact the trial; if this stands up to international standards of a fair trial, given that the person has had no opportunity to testify in defence and no witnesses have been brought before the Court for the person’s legal team to question the veracity of their evidence; and to call the person’s immediate and unconditional release and request the Taoiseach to immediately intervene and contact the President of Egypt, Mr Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, to seek the person’s release under the country’s Rule 140, Presidential Decree. [10115/16]

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589. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a person (details supplied) will in fact be sentenced in the Courts in Egypt on 29 June 2016; if the person’s last thirteen trial hearings were in fact the trial; if this stands up to international standards of a fair trial, given that the person has had no opportunity to testify in defence and no witnesses have been brought before the Court for the person’s legal team to question the veracity of their evidence; and to call the person’s immediate and unconditional release and request the Taoiseach to immediately intervene and contact the President of Egypt, Mr Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, to seek the person’s release under the country’s Rule 140, Presidential Decree. [10115/16]

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