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<p>We raise our human rights concerns regularly with the Egyptian government, including
some of the issues highlighted by Human Rights Watch. On 17 May, the Parliamentary
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my hon. Friend the
Member for Bournemouth East (Mr Ellwood), raised the death sentence for former President
Morsi with the Egyptian Ambassador in London.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to believe
that stability and prosperity in Egypt is dependent on open and inclusive politics
and on full respect for the rights contained in the Egyptian constitution. That is
why in recent months Foreign and Commonwealth Office Ministers have asked the Egyptian
authorities to take action to release journalists and political detainees who remain
imprisoned, to review mass judicial decisions, and to remove restrictions on civil
society.</p><p> </p>
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