Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Egypt about the ongoing imprisonment without trial of Ramy Shaath.

We are following the case of Ramy Shaath closely. Our Embassy in Cairo is in regular contact with his lawyer, and has expressed our concern at his ongoing detention to the Egyptian authorities.

More broadly, Egypt is a Foreign and Commonwealth Office Human Rights Priority Country and the UK continues to urge the Egyptian Government to ensure the full implementation of the rights and freedoms set out in Egypt's constitution. We have concerns about mass detentions and sentencing, prison conditions, access to justice, and restrictions on freedom of expression and the media. We regularly raise these and other issues with the Egyptian Government, both in public and in private, and including at Ministerial level.