Bob Brown asks the Government about Egyptian Vice President General Omar Suleiman

Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown, speaking in the Senate today, asks the Government if it is aware of Egyptian Vice President General Omar Suleiman’s reputation as a torturer and a murderer. 

Senator Brown also asks whether the Australian Government or members of its intelligence service have met General Suleiman and whether there was involvement in the illegal detention of Australian citizen Mr Mamdouh Habib in Egypt. 

Senator Brown also asks whether the Government has gone beyond being “deeply concerned” and asks what actions it has taken to join other nations in urging President Hosni Mubarak to move swiftly out of office and to stop the thugs who have attacked demonstrators and detained journalists in recent days and weeks.