Cancel Sisi's invitation to the UK

Closed 2,562 signatures

What the petition asks

Despite an abhorrent human rights record, mass killings & arrests, president Sisi has been invited to the UK.

We the undersigned call upon the PM & Gov to:
- Urgently retract invitation extended to Sisi
- Exert pressure on Egyptian gov to rescind all death sentences
- Halt sales of arms

HRW: Year of Abuses Under Sisi
https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/06/08/egypt-year-abuses-under-al-sisi

Amnesty Intl: Beware Sisi’s claims of freedoms
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2015/06/egypt-beware-al-sisis-claims-of-freedoms/

HRW: Rabaa Killings Likely A Crime Against Humanity https://www.hrw.org/news/2014/08/12/egypt-raba-killings-likely-crimes-against-humanity

UK arms sales to repressive states
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/08/uk-condemned-arms-sales-repressive-states

Timeline

22 Jul 2015	Petition opened for signatures
22 Jan 2016	Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 2,562

Status Closed

Opened 22 Jul 2015

Closed 22 Jan 2016

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