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<p>We remain deeply concerned with reports of torture in Egyptian detention facilities
and we have raised this on a number of occasions with senior Egyptian officials in
Cairo and in London, most recently on 5 May. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s
Annual Human Rights Report 2015 designated Egypt a human rights priority country and
recorded that, “In 2015, reports of torture, police brutality, and forced disappearance
increased. A local NGO documented reports of 676 cases of torture and 137 deaths in
detention.”</p><p>The UK unreservedly condemns the use of torture and cruel, inhuman
or degrading treatment or punishment as a matter of fundamental principle. The UK
will continue to be a leader in advocating strong international systems to combat
torture in all its forms.</p>
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