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UK denies visa for top Iraqi nuclear scientist

IRNA

London, Dec 12, IRNA - The British government is refusing to say 
why it has refused a visa to former Iraqi top nuclear scientist, 
Jafar Dhia Jafar, to attend a meeting at the Royal Society, the 
UK`s independent scientific academy. 
"I am withholding the information requested under exemption 5 
of Part 2 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government 
Information," Foreign Office Minister Chris Mullin told MPs on 
Thursday. 
Jafar, who obtained his PhD in nuclear science at the 
University of Birmingham in central England, was the former head 
of Iraq`s Nuclear Research Center. 
Mullin was asked in a written parliamentary question from 
Liberal Democrat MP Mike Hancock what were the reasons why the 
scientist was being refused to attend the meeting. 
In response, he said that it was "not our practice to disclose 
details of the individual entry clearance cases in a public forum" 
but added that he would write to the MP with regard to the matter. 
HC/213 
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