Michael D Higgins (Galway West, Labour)

Question 84: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide his views on recent reports emanating from Zimbabwe regarding the imprisonment, and alleged torture, of the leader of the country's main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change; the initiatives which Ireland can and will, within the context of the European Union, take in that regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10502/07]

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