Uplift

Lobbying Organisation Uplift

Date published 21 Sep, 2017

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 May, 2017 to 31 Aug, 2017

Specific Details We asked the Government to intervene and bring Ibrahim Halawa home.

Intended results To see the Government call on Egyptian authorities to release Ibrahim Halawa.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Emily Duffy

Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?) No

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Social Media (2-5)

We tweeted at Leo Varadkar, Simon Coveney, and Charlie Flanagan. Here are the tweets: It's time for @campaignforleo to start considering legal action. Thousands of people agree. http://bit.ly/1XfA1nk #freeibrahim https://twitter.com/UpliftIRL/status/902561597675229185 #IbrahimHalawa has spent 1,423 days in prison @simoncoveney we really need to work harder to bring him home https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/freedom-and-human-rights-for-ibrahim-halawa … https://twitter.com/UpliftIRL/status/884304856693002241 Yes @CharlieFlanagan #IbrahimHalawa ongoing detention is unjust & unfair http://snip.ly/80ba8 We need to hold Egyptian gov to account https://twitter.com/UpliftIRL/status/870319194327449601

Designated public officials lobbied

The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them. As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.

Leo Varadkar TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Simon Coveney Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)

Charlie Flanagan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)