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<p>We have raised the continued detention of individuals for expressing their political
views, including women and women's rights defenders, with the Saudi government. The
FCDO is closely monitoring both Manahel al-Otaibi and Salma al-Shehab's cases, and
the British Embassy in Riyadh will continue to attempt to attend trials where possible.
I, Minister for the Middle East, regularly raise individual freedom of expression
cases with the Saudi authorities, including as recently as 31 January with the President
of the Saudi Human Rights Commission. Saudi Arabia remains a FCDO human rights priority
country, in part due to continued restrictions on freedom of expression.</p>
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