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<p>It remains a long-standing policy of the United Kingdom to oppose the death penalty
in all circumstances as a matter of principle. We have regularly made our position
clear to the Egyptian Government.</p><p>We have particular concerns in Egypt regarding
Article 122 of the Child Law in Egypt and cases involving the death penalty and juveniles.
Our Embassy in Cairo has raised our concerns with the Egyptian authorities and asked
them to take action to release political detainees who remain imprisoned and to review
mass judicial decisions.</p><p>I raised our concerns in my interim Autumn Statement
on Human Rights Priority Countries on 22nd October 2019. Our ambassador in Cairo repeated
these concerns in a meeting with the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 23 October
2019.</p>
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