PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Egypt: Human Rights (22 October 2019)
Question Asked
Asked by:
Fabian Hamilton (Labour)
Answer
Egypt is a Foreign and Commonwealth Office Human Rights Priority Country and the UK continues to urge the Egyptian Government to ensure the full implementation of the rights and freedoms set out in Egypt's constitution. We have concerns about mass detentions and sentencing, prison conditions, access to justice, and restrictions on freedom of expression and the media. We regularly raise these and other issues with the Egyptian Government, both in public and in private, and including at Ministerial level. Our concerns are also raised through our statements at the United Nations Human Rights Council and our Annual Human Rights and Democracy Report, last published on 6 June.
Answered by:
Dr Andrew Murrison (Conservative)
28 October 2019
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