Top British MPs urge Mohamed’s Release
LONDON, MAY 25, 2010 — A LEADING VETERAN MEMBER OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT HAS PLEDGED TO HELP SAVE MOHAMED ABU MUAILEK FROM POSSIBLE EXECUTION AT THE HANDS OF HAMAS.
ABU MUAILEK’S BROTHER YASSER MET WITH LORD DAVID STEEL, FORMER HEAD OF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY, AT THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, WESTMINSTER. THE DAY BEFORE, ABU MUAILEK HAD HELPED LAUNCH A ‘SAVE MOHAMED’ CAMPAIGN AT THE LONDON PREMIERE OF A FILM ABOUT HIS BROTHER.
SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY HOLD SEVERAL IMPORTANT POSITIONS INSIDE THE NEWLY-ELECTED COALITION GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER. LORD STEEL PROMISED TO USE HIS “GOOD CONNECTIONS” WITH THE HAMAS RULERS OF THE GAZA STRIP TO HIGHLIGHT MOHAMED ABU MUAILEK’S PLIGHT.
THE MP HAS ALREADY WRITTEN A LETTER TO A SENIOR FIGURE IN THE HAMAS AUTHORITY THERE, AND PLANS TO FOLLOW UP. LORD STEEL SAID HE IS ALSO WILLING TO APPEAR ON TELEVISION ALONGSIDE FILM-MAKER PAUL MARTIN. THE MP WAS ONE OF A FIVE-PERSON PARLIAMENTARY GROUP WHO TRAVELED TO GAZA AND MET HAMAS LEADERS IN MARCH THIS YEAR. ANOTHER MEMBER OF THAT DELEGATION, THE RECENTLY RE-ELECTED LABOUR MP ANDY SLAUGHTER, A BARRISTER, HAS ALSO CONFIRMED HE IS WILLING TO SUPPORT A CAMPAIGN TO FREE OR SAVE MOHAMED.
‘I AM VERY ELATED AT THIS SUPPORT,” SAID YASSER ABU MUAILEK. “HAMAS RESPECTS PEOPLE WHO APPEAR TO THEM TO WIELD POLITICAL POWER, AND THIS COULD VERY MUCH HELP MY BROTHER TO SURVIVE – OR EVEN TO GET OUT OF JAIL AND OUT OF GAZA.”
