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<p>We are aware of recent reports regarding Mohamed Boshi and are tracking the case.
The UK regularly raises concerns about freedom of expression with both the Egyptian
and Sudanese Governments both in public and private. On 18 September we issued a statement
at the UN Human Rights Council in which we raised specific concerns about the 'arrests
of activists, bloggers and journalists'. The Minister for the Middle East and North
Africa also raised concerns over freedom of expression with the Egyptian Foreign Minister
during his visit to Cairo on 14 October. Freedom of expression and freedom of the
media also remain a key focus of the human rights strand of the UK-Sudan Strategic
Dialogue. During the most recent round of talks, held in London in November, a wide
range of human rights issues were discussed with the Government of Sudan, and the
Minister for the Commonwealth and the UN specifically raised the importance that the
UK places on improvements in freedom of the media.</p>
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