United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 76718
Egypt: Capital Punishment
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20 July 2020
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1 September 2020 · Answer
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1 September 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations (a) he has and (b) officials of his Department have made to the Government of Egypt on abolishing the death penalty in that country in the last 12 months.
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20 July 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations (a) he has and (b) officials of his Department have made to the Government of Egypt on abolishing the death penalty in that country in the last 12 months.
Source: Commons
1 September 2020
Answer
It remains a long-standing policy of the United Kingdom to oppose the death penalty in all circumstances as a matter of principle. We continue to make our position clear to the Egyptian authorities, including in our Advanced Questions to Egypt during its ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-07-20/76718
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1226615
- uk · wq-1226615 · source updated 1 September 2020