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<p>The FCDO is closely monitoring the case of Manahel al-Otaibi and the British Embassy
in Riyadh will continue to attempt to attend trials where possible. The Minister for
the Middle East and Human Rights, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon regularly raises
individual freedom of expression cases with the Saudi authorities, alongside other
human rights concerns, including in 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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