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Since January 2014, Egypt has held a constitutional referendum; elected a new President;
and is preparing for parliamentary elections to be held in the coming months. We look
to President Al Sisi to take steps to implement the rights contained in Egypt’s constitution,
in particular ensuring freedom of expression and association, as well as ensuring
that human and legal rights are fully upheld. We express our concern to the Egyptian
authorities when we see these rights being threatened, such as in the mass death penalties
handed down in Minya; the prosecution of journalists; the detention of people engaging
in peaceful political expression, the limitations on peaceful protest, as well as
restrictions on the freedom of non-governmental organisations. We believe that a genuinely
open political process, in which all political groups are able to participate, will
lead to long-term political stability in Egypt.
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