The Muslim News Article: Palestinian Farmers Denied Visas to Visit UK
Zaytoun on April 4th, 2010The British government is being urged to overturn a decision denying three Palestinian farmers from visiting the UK.
Lina Mahmoud, Nahed Beshariah and Belal Eid were due to attend the Fairtrade Fortnight to promote the export of olive oil from the West Bank to the UK.
The decision to deny the farmers, who are the first olive oil producers in the world to be awarded Fairtrade status, was raised in parliament in an Early Day Motion from Labour backbench MP Katy Clark.
Clarke reminded the government that Prime Minister Gordon Brown expressed delight about the initiative last year and called for the famers to be allowed entry into the UK.
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