Written Questions by ALDE MEP Hans van Baalen, President of Liberal International, to the EU High Representative and Vice President of the European Commission Catherine Ashton on the release of Egyptian Blogger Maikel Nabil.
1. Do you know that the Egyptian Blogger Maikel Nabil was arrested and detained recently?
2. Do you know that he is in a hunger strike and that his health situation deteriorates by the day?
3. Are you prepared to ask the Egyptian authorities to secure due justice so that he will be released wityhout delay?
4. Can you inform the European Parliament which way you will approach the Egyptian authorities in order to secure the immediate release of Maikel Nabil?
5. Are you prepared to ask the Member States of the EU to support you by their political and diplomatic means in your efforts to get Maikel Nabil released?