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DAVID CAMERON came under attack yesterday from a senior member of his own party for his decision to invite Egyptian President Abdel Fatah el-Sissi to Britain.
Commons foreign affairs committee chairman Crispin Blunt told MPs that Mr Sissi must be held accountable for the deaths and imprisonment of opposition activists since 2013, when the army overthrew then president Mohammed Morsi following mass protests.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn accused the PM of showing “contempt” for human rights by “rolling out the red carpet” for Mr Sissi.
Mr Blunt told Middle East Minister Tobias Ellwood that while he understood that engagement with Egypt was essential and that some would claim Mr Sissi’s regime had brought stability to Egypt, no-one should be in any doubt as to the price.
