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<p>The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend
the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond) and I raised the Law on Associations
and the deadline for registration at our meeting with the Egyptian Foreign Minister
on 27 October.</p><p>We remain very concerned at the decreasing space for civil society
and the media to operate. At the Universal Periodic Review of Egypt’s human rights
situation in Geneva on 5 November, the UK recommended that the Egyptian government
ensure full implementation of the provisions for the free operation of civil society
as contained in the constitution, including through a revised NGO law that conforms
to international standards and protects freedom of expression.</p>
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